2025 Fantasy Football Week 8 Trade Value Chart: Running Backs

Fantasy Football Championships are won with trades.

Here, I continue a series previously captained by RSJ’s MOH in 2023 and 2024, and Jackson Barrett before him. In my version, I’ll be basing these trade value charts off The Wolf’s Rest Of Season Rankings, who finished 2nd of 172 experts in FantasyPros’ Multi-Year Draft Rankings. These charts adjust values to account for positional need, assigning values based on a 1QB, 12-team, full PPR league, where quarterbacks are generally harder to trade due to a lack of positional need, unlike in Superflex leagues.

Each week throughout the season, these values will be altered to reflect the player’s value for the rest of the season. Be sure to tune back each week throughout the season. We’ll be adjusting the chart, discussing risers & fallers, and other backs of interest, and providing a refresher on optimal trade strategy. The trade value chart for each position is linked below.

QB | RB | WR | TE

FANTASY FOOTBALL WEEK 8 TRADE VALUE CHART: RUNNING BACKS

Running Back Risers

D’Andre Swift followed a 108-yard rushing effort in week 6 with a season-high 124-yard one against the Saints, and saw the endzone for the third straight week. He’s become an impactful part of the Bears’ offense when it was a huge question mark in the off-season, considering current head coach Ben Johnson was Swift’s OC in Detroit when the Lions traded him away in favor of Jahmyr Gibbs.

But bygones are quickly becoming bygones not only in sentiment but on the field as well, as the potential we haven’t often seen from Swift is starting to become consistent, and Ben Johnson’s acumen helps further catapult Swift into one of our biggest RB risers this week, more of a keeper than a sell-high candidate. Plus, it seems like the team has figured out how to deploy both Swift and Kyle Monangai to form a fantasy-friendly rushing attack.

Running Back Fallers

Saquon Barkley had his worst fantasy output of the year against the Vikings, 44 yards rushing on 18 carries and one catch for -2 yards. The only time he’s rushed for over 60 yards is week 2, and he’s now fallen out of RB1 fantasy production territory for the season.

Other Running Backs Of Interest

The TreVeyon Henderson breakout took a step back in week 7, as he saw his lowest touch count of the season with two. Conversely, Rhamondre Stevenson saw his highest of the year with 20.

It’s anybody’s call at this point if Henderson will see fantasy relevance at any point this season, as a juicy matchup with the Titans hinted at a positive game script with plenty of assumed opportunity for TreVeyon. Instead, even the garbage time touches went to Terrell Jennings. If you’re still willing to hold out for him, TreVeyon could be seeing his biggest buy-low window this week.

Trade Strategy Reminders

Aim To Fill Holes On Your Roster, And Your Trade Partner’s

In general, trade offers that clearly benefit both teams’ overall value, not just your own, will make a trade partner more cooperative. However, being mindful of depth concerns with all teams involved in a trade will only increase the chance of that cooperation. Be mindful not just of weak positional depth, but a surplus of positional depth, with all your league’s rosters. You might have a shortlist of players you’d love to be able to trade for, but if what you have to offer isn’t what your trade partner needs, your offers will likely fall on deaf ears. Say you’re weak at RB, and have a surplus at WR. Teams that are strong at RB, but weak at WR, are naturally more eager to haggle.

Never Mention The Words “But The Trade Calculator Says”

Charts and calculators are a reference that can help find ideal trades, but they’re not gospel, and trying to make your potential trade partner think otherwise could shut the door on negotiations real quick. Even if your charts/calculators show the trade offer to be in your league mate’s favor, they probably have tools and references of their own, and the next time “But the trade calculator says” changes someone’s mind, maybe the first time.

Be Careful How Low-Ball Your Offers Are

Speaking of bad faith, a trade offer that is too clearly in your favor puts you in danger of potential trade partners shutting you out, not just for that particular trade negotiation, but any future ones as well. It’s a great feeling to get those kinds of lopsided trade deals, but the ones that are so bad they only go through 1 percent of the time likely aren’t worth hitting the send button to begin with. At their core, fantasy players aren’t complete masochists; they just want to have fun with it, and somebody sending them insulting offers isn’t fun.

WEEK 8 TRADE VALUE CHART: RUNNING BACKS

QB | RB | WR | TE