Dynasty Fantasy Trade Values: Week 7
It’s redraft season, which means it’s overreaction season. Every week of games brings new surprises and another subset of data to evaluate. With that information comes some large changes in value, not just for redraft, but for dynasty as well. Week 6 was full of big games, disappointments, breakouts, and unfortunately injuries. Sometimes the hardest part can be figuring just how much you should pay to get these volatile players, or how much you should demand of those trying to buy them from you. Fantasy football can be a game of quick reactions and decisions that can have effects years down the road. I want to help you get all the information to make your own informed decisions on some of these players. I’ll be breaking down some of the more polarizing players each week and talking about their dynasty value. Check it out in Dynasty Fantasy Trade Values: Week 7.
Dynasty League Football (DLF) has a lot of great tools for their members that I highly suggest you check out and subscribe to. One of my favorites, that I will use for this article, is the DLF trade finder. They use real trades happening in real-time across hundreds of leagues and compile the information into one searchable database. Today I have chosen five players and collected what I thought to be a representative sample of their trades occurring between their Week 6 game and today. I will break down which trades I prefer to acquire the player in question and which I would prefer to sell him. In the end, I will give a verdict of market value for the player so you can make your own decisions and trades in your own leagues. Use these values to try and go out and make some trades for yourself. Let’s get into it.
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Christian McCaffrey
Christian McCaffrey is one of the best fantasy assets of all time when he is on the field. His blend of volume, pass-catching, and touchdowns makes him a league winner every week. Unfortunately, the injuries are starting to pile up and we just haven’t gotten to see that magic much over the last couple of years. He is still only 25 but has plenty of touches under his belt already and is also not getting any younger. With the announcement this week that McCaffrey will go to IR once again, contenders have to start making plans without him and all managers have to figure out how he fits into their long-term plans. As you can see in the trades, McCaffrey is by no means cheap, but he is also no longer unobtainable. In fact, he was involved in a lot of trades this week. Notably, he was being swapped for other high-end veteran backs like Saquon Barkley and Alvin Kamara. Getting Darrell Henderson as a running back replacement paired with other proven assets seems to be a popular move for contenders. He was also moved for a couple of expensive young pieces in D’Andre Swift and Jerry Jeudy.
Verdict: I don’t even remember the last time there was a buying window for McCaffrey, but here we are. He isn’t going to be cheap, but if you still believe he is the top running back in fantasy you can probably get him for other high-end running backs with small add-ons included on your side. If you are the McCaffrey owner and want to move on, I would be looking for a deal like the first one on this list getting a young stud running back and a young upside receiver.
Zach Ertz/Dallas Goedert
Fantasy managers were waiting in vain for Zach Ertz to get traded all offseason, only to see him and Dallas Goedert cannibalize each other’s production for six weeks to start the year. The trade finally happened though as we saw Ertz get sent to the Arizona Cardinals, which is great news for both tight ends. It also led to a lot of fantasy trade action involving both players. Ertz is understandably the cheaper of the two options still given his age. He was involved in a lot of trades involving mid-round rookie draft picks and also was swapped for other tight ends including Evan Engram and Irv Smith. Goedert was able to be used in packages to acquire some more proven players like Michael Pittman and even packaged to help get Antonio Gibson. He was also involved in tight end swap packages though such as Cole Kmet, Pat Freiermuth, and Jonnu Smith.
Verdict: Both of these tight ends should see improvements in production with Goedert seeing more target and Ertz going to a high-powered offense. Ertz may be the cheaper buy for tight-end needy contending teams who should try offering packages of multiple thirds or pairing your current tight end with a third-round pick to get the deal done. Goedert is going to cost a little more but seems to be going at very reasonable prices for a potential every week starting tight end. Trying pairing multiple depth assets to acquire or if you want to sell high package him with other pieces for your favorite buy-low option.
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Tee Higgins
Tee Higgins had a monster rookie year and the hype was running wild until the Bengals chose to use the fourth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft to reunite Joe Burrow with his college buddy Ja’Marr Chase who has since run wild on one of the hottest starts for a rookie in NFL history. Living in Chase’s shadow combined with some injury issues early in the year has led to a disappointing start for Higgins. His profile is still strong though and the hope is that Burrow can support multiple high-end fantasy assets in this offense. There have been a lot of bets placed on whether that happens via trades this week. He was traded straight up for players like Mark Andrews, Mike Williams, and even Kadarius Toney. Other assets had to be packaged with him to get guys like DJ Moore and Chase Claypool.
Verdict: The complete breakout of Chase certainly is disappointing for Higgins’s upside, but he still has a great profile and makes for a potential buy-low target right now. If you can use guys rookies like Kadarius Toney or Terrace Marshall to get Tee Higgins I would do that. I also prefer Higgins to Claypool and you can also apparently get a rookie pick on top of him. The only deal I prefer selling Higgins for here is getting DJ Moore.
Miles Sanders
It’s hard to disagree that Miles Sanders has had a very disappointing start to the season. After a strong Week 1, Sanders has failed to top 10 points in a single week this year. While he has been far from perfect usage is certainly a driving factor to this disappointment as the Eagles seem to have completely abandoned the usage of their running backs. Head coach Frank Reich has said this week however that he wants to get Sanders more involved again raising the hopes of some managers for a fantasy bounce back. According to the trades found in the trade calculator, Sanders can be had right now for players straight up such as Darnell Mooney, Kareem Hunt, and Adam Thielen. In terms of draft picks managers don’t seem keen on giving up a first, but multiple seconds and a depth piece have gotten the job done.
Verdict: There is certainly risk in adding Sanders given the offense he is in, but he seems to be an affordable running back option now who is still young and has talent. If you can move a flex receiver straight up for Sanders, I would like to make that happen. I also like getting him for draft picks when you don’t have to give up a first. As far as selling, that first-round pick would be my goal to make a move happen.
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