Fantasy Football Week 10: Updated Trade Value for Top 100 Players

There are always those players who elevate to the highest of highs during the fantasy season but always seem likely to take a dip in the long run—players who become essential adds on the waiver wire but slowly and surely start to lose value.

Maybe an injured player at their position returns, or a backup quarterback doesn't jell with them on the offense. Or maybe a series of easy matchups early in the season inflates their productivity. Whatever the case, there is always a sense with these players that they are about as likely to remain fantasy superstars as Kim Kardashian is to be voted as the president in 2020.

Actually, wait. Maybe that isn't so inconceivable at this point...

Regardless, alongside this week's fantasy trade chart, let's take a look at some players whose values are falling at alarming rates. 

Rank	Position Rank	Player	Position	Team	Trade Value
Rank	Position Rank	Player	Position	Team	Trade Value
Rank	Position Rank	Player	Position	Team	Trade Value
Rank	Position Rank	Player	Position	Team	Trade Value
Rank	Position Rank	Player	Position	Team	Trade Value
Rank	Position Rank	Player	Position	Team	Trade Value
Rank	Position Rank	Player	Position	Team	Trade Value
Rank	Position Rank	Player	Position	Team	Trade Value
Rank	Position Rank	Player	Position	Team	Trade Value
Rank	Position Rank	Player	Position	Team	Trade Value
1	1	David Johnson	RB	Arizona Cardinals	11
2	2	Melvin Gordon	RB	San Diego Chargers	11
3	3	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	Dallas Cowboys	11
4	4	DeMarco Murray	RB	Tennessee Titans	11
5	1	Rob Gronkowski	TE	New England Patriots	11
6	5	Le'Veon Bell	RB	Pittsburgh Steelers	11
7	6	LeSean McCoy	RB	Buffalo Bills	11
8	7	Jay Ajayi	RB	Miami Dolphins	11
9	1	Julio Jones	WR	Atlanta Falcons	10
10	2	Antonio Brown	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers	10
11	3	Mike Evans	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10
12	4	A.J. Green	WR	Cincinnati Bengals	10
13	8	Matt Forte	RB	New York Jets	9
14	9	LeGarrette Blount	RB	New England Patriots	9
15	10	Carlos Hyde	RB	San Francisco 49ers	9
16	11	Devonta Freeman	RB	Atlanta Falcons	9
17	5	Odell Beckham Jr.	WR	New York Giants	9
18	1	Tom Brady	QB	New England Patriots	9
19	12	Frank Gore	RB	Indianapolis Colts	8
20	13	Lamar Miller	RB	Houston Texans	8
21	14	Spencer Ware	RB	Kansas City Chiefs	8
22	15	Tevin Coleman	RB	Atlanta Falcons	8
23	6	T.Y. Hilton	WR	Indianapolis Colts	8
24	7	Michael Crabtree	WR	Oakland Raiders	8
25	8	Amari Cooper	WR	Oakland Raiders	8
26	9	Dez Bryant	WR	Dallas Cowboys	8
27	10	Jordy Nelson	WR	Green Bay Packers	8
28	2	Aaron Rodgers	QB	Green Bay Packers	8
29	3	Matt Ryan	QB	Atlanta Falcons	8
30	4	Andrew Luck	QB	Indianapolis Colts	8
31	5	Drew Brees	QB	New Orleans Saints	8
32	2	Greg Olsen	TE	Carolina Panthers	8
33	3	Jimmy Graham	TE	Seattle Seahawks	8
34	4	Jordan Reed	TE	Washington	8
35	16	Jonathan Stewart	RB	Carolina Panthers	7
36	17	Isaiah Crowell	RB	Cleveland Browns	7
37	18	Latavius Murray	RB	Oakland Raiders	7
38	19	Mark Ingram	RB	New Orleans Saints	7
39	11	Brandin Cooks	WR	New Orleans Saints	7
40	12	Terrelle Pryor	WR	Cleveland Browns	7
41	13	Larry Fitzgerald	WR	Arizona Cardinals	7
42	14	Mike Wallace	WR	Baltimore Ravens	7
43	20	Todd Gurley	RB	Los Angeles Rams	6
44	21	Jeremy Hill	RB	Cincinnati Bengals	6
45	22	Jordan Howard	RB	Chicago Bears	6
46	23	Christine Michael	RB	Seattle Seahawks	6
47	24	Theo Riddick	RB	Detroit Lions	6
48	5	Delanie Walker	TE	Tennessee Titans	6
49	15	Marvin Jones	WR	Detroit Lions	6
50	16	Demaryius Thomas	WR	Denver Broncos	6
51	17	Randall Cobb	WR	Green Bay Packers	6
52	18	Kelvin Benjamin	WR	Carolina Panthers	6
53	19	Jamison Crowder	WR	Washington	6
54	20	Michael Thomas	WR	New Orleans Saints	6
55	21	Alshon Jeffery	WR	Chicago Bears	6
56	22	Davante Adams	WR	Green Bay Packers	6
57	23	Allen Robinson	WR	Jacksonville Jaguars	6
58	6	Derek Carr	QB	Oakland Raiders	6
59	7	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	Pittsburgh Steelers	6
60	8	Cam Newton	QB	Carolina Panthers	6
61	24	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	Denver Broncos	5
62	25	Brandon Marshall	WR	New York Jets	5
63	26	Jarvis Landry	WR	Miami Dolphins	5
64	27	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	Houston Texans	5
65	6	Travis Kelce	TE	Kansas City Chiefs	5
66	7	Zach Miller	TE	Chicago Bears	5
67	8	Jack Doyle	TE	Indianapolis Colts	5
68	25	Devontae Booker	RB	Denver Broncos	4
69	26	Giovani Bernard	RB	Cincinnati Bengals	4
70	27	Doug Martin	RB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	4
71	28	Terrance West	RB	Baltimore Ravens	4
72	29	Darren Sproles	RB	Philadelphia Eagles	4
73	9	Marcus Mariota	QB	Tennessee Titans	4
74	10	Matt Stafford	QB	Detroit Lions	4
75	28	Tyrell Williams	WR	San Diego Chargers	3
76	29	Rishard Matthews	WR	Tennessee Titans	3
77	30	Quincy Enunwa	WR	New York Jets	3
78	31	Cole Beasley	WR	Dallas Cowboys	3
79	32	Doug Baldwin	WR	Seattle Seahawks	3
80	33	Jordan Matthews	WR	Philadelphia Eagles	3
81	34	Stefon Diggs	WR	Minnesota Vikings	3
82	35	Golden Tate	WR	Detroit Lions	3
83	30	Jerick McKinnon	RB	Minnesota Vikings	3
84	31	Rashad Jennings	RB	New York Giants	3
85	32	Matt Jones	RB	Washington	3
86	33	James White	RB	New England Patriots	3
87	9	C.J. Fiedorowicz	TE	Houston Texans	3
88	10	Kyle Rudolph	TE	Minnesota Vikings	3
89	36	Brandon LaFell	WR	Cincinnati Bengals	2
90	37	Travis Benjamin	WR	San Diego Chargers	2
91	38	Julian Edelman	WR	New England Patriots	2
92	39	Ty Montgomery	RB/WR	Green Bay Packers	2
93	40	DeSean Jackson	WR	Washington	2
94	34	Matt Asiata	RB	Minnesota Vikings	2
95	35	Robert Kelley	RB	Washington	2
96	36	Tim Hightower	RB	New Orleans Saints	2
97	37	Duke Johnson	RB	Cleveland Browns	2
98	11	Tyrod Taylor	QB	Buffalo Bills	2
99	12	Dak Prescott	QB	Dallas Cowboys	2
100	11	Coby Fleener	TE	New Orleans Saints	2

New England Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett isn't even on the list at this point and, honestly, is anyone surprised? After all, with quarterback Tom Brady and tight end Rob Gronkowski now resuming their dominance on the NFL, Bennett has scored a whopping seven fantasy points in his past three games combined.

Gronkowski, meanwhile, has 53 fantasy points in that span.

Drop Bennett. Trade him if you can. Bail, bail, bail. His days of fantasy relevance are in the past.

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is another player who is trending down. In the past three weeks, Stafford has registered totals of 17, 13 and 14 fantasy points, respectively. He's scored 20 or more fantasy points just once in his past six games. While he's a top-six quarterback, a major reason for that is his 66 fantasy points in his first three games.

However, since Week 4, he's averaging just 16 fantasy points per game. To put that in perspective, 15 quarterbacks this season have a better points-per-game average (and Brady would make it 16, though if we include suspensions and bye weeks, technically his per-game average is just 12.8 points).

In other words, the perception is that Stafford is a QB1, but he's played more like a QB2 after the first four weeks of the season.

So, if you wanted to try to sell Stafford high, what might you get? Well, probably not much, at least for savvy owners. As you can see, I have him pretty far down the ratings. 

But, for the sake of the article, let's say the average owner values him as the sixth-ranked quarterback, where he currently resides. On my list, I have Derek Carr in that ranking. In that case, Stafford might net you the following deals:

• Devontae Booker and DeSean Jackson
• Darren Sproles and Coby Fleener
• Tyrell Williams and Jerick McKinnon
• Doug Baldwin and James White

Even those aren't great deals, but players like Baldwin and White could perform well down the stretch, while Booker will get plenty of touches in Denver (though he hasn't been terribly productive as the starter to this point).

But honestly, given Stafford's shaky form, dealing him if you have a strong quarterback on the roster makes a lot of sense.

How about Christine Michael?

The Seattle Seahawks running back is 13th in fantasy points at the position this year, but he has failed to score double-digit points twice in the past four weeks and four times in eight Seattle games. And there are plenty of other reasons to be concerned.

For one, an enormous 47.7 percent of his fantasy production this year has come from touchdowns, while he's rushed for over 100 yards just once this year and is averaging a mediocre 4.0 yards per carry. To put that in context, Melvin Gordon—who leads all running backs with 11 total touchdowns—is garnering just 41.5 percent of his points from reaching paydirt.

In other words, Michael's fantasy sustainability is unusually dependent on reaching the end zone. Even for running backs, that's always a gamble. Yardage is always more sustainable than touchdowns.

But there's more. In the last two weeks, he's rushed for all of 41 yards on 15 carries. C.J. Prosise has continued to get touches as well, meanwhile, and Thomas Rawls will return to action at some point. It's unlikely Michael has played well enough to keep Rawls out of the starting lineup.

Michael is on borrowed time, folks. Now would probably be a good time to abandon ship if you can. Barring a huge game against New England, his value is only going to continue to plummet.

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