No matter how many seasons I play fantasy football, I’m always struck by how fast the season goes. We’re nearly halfway through the season in what feels like the blink of an eye. It’s bizarre.

For many of you, the time is now to start checking when your trade deadline is. In most of my leagues, it comes between Weeks 9 and 10. In one league, it’s this Friday!

Regardless of whether you have 24 days or 24 hours, your time to make a deal is running short. And when you’re looking to make a deal, you can’t go in blind. That’s why we provide our trade chart below, which gives a relative weight to every fantasy-relevant player.

My usual reminder that the values are based off of 12-team, 0.5 PPR leagues. To the extent your league is larger or smaller, or uses another format, you’ll need to adjust.

Ready? Let’s deal.

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Quarterbacks

Player Current Value Previous Value +/- Patrick Mahomes 23 21 +2 Aaron Rodgers 21 21 — Drew Brees 21 21 — Cam Newton 21 21 — Tom Brady 18 17 +1 Andrew Luck 15 7 +8 Matt Ryan 15 15 — Jared Goff 11 11 — Jameis Winston 11 11 — Kirk Cousins 11 15 -4 Philip Rivers 11 11 — Carson Wentz 9 9 — Ben Roethlisberger 9 9 — Russell Wilson 9 9 — Deshaun Watson 7 9 -2



Andrew Luck is now firmly in the circle of trust. It would have been fair to write off most of his early-season production to playing with a consistently negative game-script. But after Sunday against the Bills, it’s pretty clear that Luck should continue to pile on the touchdowns all year. He has the most passes and passing touchdowns inside the red zone, and the most passing touchdowns from inside the 10-yard line. Marlon Mack’s return and a healthier defense may keep games closer for the Colts, but it shouldn’t stop Luck from being a lockdown QB1 the rest of the year.

Running Backs

Player Current Value Previous Value +/- Todd Gurley 74 70 +4 Saquon Barkley 65 65 — Kareem Hunt 65 54 +11 Melvin Gordon 65 65 — Ezekiel Elliott 65 65 — Alvin Kamara 65 65 — Joe Mixon 42 44 -2 David Johnson 41 38 +3 Christian McCaffrey 39 52 -13 James Conner 38 26 +12 James White 38 22 +16 Mark Ingram 35 39 -4 Tarik Cohen 24 19 +5 Nick Chubb 22 5 +17 Adrian Peterson 22 22 — Phillip Lindsay 22 10 +12 Marlon Mack 22 10 +12 Tevin Coleman 22 26 -4 Kerryon Johnson 20 13 +7 Sony Michel 19 38 -19 Isaiah Crowell 17 16 +1 Alex Collins 16 16 — Chris Thompson 16 16 — Matt Breida 15 21 -6 Jordan Howard 15 18 -3 Dalvin Cook 13 18 -5 Kenyan Drake 13 9 +4 Chris Carson 12 12 — Le’Veon Bell 12 21 -9 Dion Lewis 12 5 +7 Lamar Miller 11 9 +2 Latavius Murray 11 6 +5 Austin Ekeler 10 10 — Leonard Fournette 10 21 -11 LeSean McCoy 9 14 -5 Corey Clement 9 11 -2 Jalen Richard 9 N/A +9 Doug Martin 9 N/A +9 Ito Smith 8 8 — T.J. Yeldon 7 14 -7 Wendell Smallwood 7 9 -2 Raheem Mostert 7 5 +2 Aaron Jones 7 7 — Peyton Barber 6 9 -3 Carlos Hyde 6 19 -13 Royce Freeman 5 9 -4 Mike Davis 5 5 — Javorius Allen 5 5 — Jamaal Williams 5 5 — Duke Johnson 4 5 -1 Derrick Henry 4 4 — Chris Ivory 4 N/A +4 Frank Gore 3 5 -2 Nyheim Hines 3 3 — Kenjon Barner 3 N/A +3 Ronald Jones II 3 2 +1



Some notable items went down after last week’s trade chart was published, so let’s discuss them briefly. Carlos Hyde loses almost all value heading to Jacksonville. He’ll likely play this week with Leonard Fournette surely out again, but then he’ll have his bye week and likely sit on the wrong side of a timeshare after that. In his stead, Nick Chubb vaults in value to reliable RB2 status, while Duke Johnson remains Duke Johnson. Because Hue Jackson.

Doug Martin and Jalen Richard also enter the fray with news of Marshawn Lynch’s groin injury. If you checked your waiver wire and saw both Martin and Richard after learning of Lynch’s injury, your reaction should have been:

They’ll both get work, and although I’d expect Martin to see the bulk of the carries, particularly after Jon Gruden’s comments on Wednesday, they’re worth roughly equal value in a trade in 0.5 PPR leagues. But you really do not want any piece of the Raiders at this point unless you’re desperate.

Other than that, the majority of the movers are risers based on performance and/or situation. Todd Gurley shouldn’t even be on this trade chart. We need a new chart that is Gurley only, and on it should be your car, your house, and your first-born child. Those are the only things acceptable to accept in a trade for Todd Gurley.

James White continues to dominate and will be without Sony Michel for at least a week or two, Phillip Lindsay is still getting it done and may not have to contend with Royce Freeman for a bit, Marlon Mack is legitimate, and Kerryon Johnson can thrive despite the presence of LeGarrette Blount. That’s pretty much all.

Wide Receivers

Player Current Value Previous Value +/- Adam Thielen 65 65 — Antonio Brown 65 65 — DeAndre Hopkins 62 62 — Davante Adams 62 58 +4 Tyreek Hill 62 58 +4 Michael Thomas 59 62 -3 A.J. Green 59 58 +1 Julio Jones 59 62 -3 Odell Beckham Jr. 54 50 +4 Mike Evans 49 49 — Alshon Jeffery 48 33 +15 JuJu Smith-Schuster 48 48 — Emmanuel Sanders 40 28 +12 Robert Woods 40 40 — Keenan Allen 39 45 -6 Brandin Cooks 36 35 +1 Stefon Diggs 33 46 -13 T.Y. Hilton 29 20 +9 Golden Tate 28 34 -6 John Brown 25 17 +8 Kenny Golladay 25 28 -3 Jarvis Landry 25 28 -3 Josh Gordon 20 18 +2 Julian Edelman 20 19 +1 Cooper Kupp 19 19 — Tyler Boyd 19 23 -4 Will Fuller 18 13 +5 Geronimo Allison 18 11 +7 Doug Baldwin 18 23 -5 DeSean Jackson 17 20 -3 Allen Robinson 17 18 -1 Calvin Ridley 16 17 -1 Tyler Lockett 15 17 -2 Demaryius Thomas 13 16 -3 Michael Crabtree 13 11 +2 Devin Funchess 13 13 — Taylor Gabriel 11 11 — Chris Godwin 11 12 -1 Sterling Shepard 10 4 +6 Marquise Goodwin 10 10 — Marvin Jones 9 15 -6 Corey Davis 7 13 -6 Sammy Watkins 7 9 -2 Tre’Quan Smith 7 N/A +7 Amari Cooper 5 5 — Mohamed Sanu 5 7 -2 Jordy Nelson 5 5 — Nelson Agholor 5 7 -2 Tyrell Williams 5 2 +3 Robby Anderson 4 4 — Randall Cobb 4 5 -1 Mike Williams 4 4 — Christian Kirk 4 5 -1 Larry Fitzgerald 4 4 — Dede Westbrook 4 4 — Courtland Sutton 3 N/A +3 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 3 N/A +3 Kenny Stills 2 4 -2 Keelan Cole 2 4 -2 Danny Amendola 2 N/A +2



Frankly, it’s a quiet week in terms of movement on the trade chart for wide receivers. Briefly, some notable items.

I would not be trying to trade away Stefon Diggs by any stretch, but at some point, his numbers matter. He’s played in seven games and has 43 yards receiving or less in four of them. Kirk Cousins doesn’t have much time to throw, and has approximately 43.579% of his passes knocked down at the line of scrimmage (that’s a number I just made up – but it feels that way!). Diggs is still getting plenty of targets, but he falls back into mid-WR2 range with his performance.

Briefly on some other risers — go ahead and go after Alshon Jeffery, Emmanuel Sanders, and T.Y. Hilton without reservations. They should all deliver high-end performance from here on out absent injury.

On the flip side, Marvin Jones looks like a touchdown-dependent WR3/4 in this format, and I am not waiting around for Corey Davis to get going. Both will have a big game or two at some point, but neither should be considered reliable or worth trading for in this format.

Tight Ends

Player Current Value Previous Value +/- Travis Kelce 35 35 — Zach Ertz 35 35 — Rob Gronkowski 25 30 -5 George Kittle 8 7 +1 Jared Cook 7 7 — Eric Ebron 7 7 — Jimmy Graham 7 7 — Trey Burton 7 7 — David Njoku 7 6 +1 O.J. Howard 5 5 — Evan Engram 4 4 — Jordan Reed 3 4 -1 Greg Olsen 3 5 -2



George Kittle should be valued as the fourth-best tight end in 0.5 PPR formats. He is slightly more valuable than pretty much every tight end other than the big three. That’s all I’ve got. Don’t trade for a tight end.

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