2018 Empire League Trade Value Chart Rank Pos Rk TV Player Team Age FA Year Notes 1 RB1 95 Todd Gurley LAR Big contract

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1 2018 Empire League Trade Value Chart Rank Pos Rk TV Player Team Age FA Year Notes 1 RB1 95 Todd Gurley LAR Big contract provides stability 2 WR1 95 DeAndre Hopkins HOU Proved his value with crap QBs, and now he's got Watson 3 RB2 90 Ezekiel Elliott DAL With the legal troubles in the past, Zeke can get down to business this year 4 WR2 90 Odell Beckham NYG Seems like he could be franchise tagged for a few years now 5 WR2 90 Antonio Brown PIT Dinged a small bit because he's a few years older and when will Ben retire? 6 RB3 85 Saquon Barkley NYG Great landing spot for Barkley, instant top 5 back 7 RB3 85 Le'Veon Bell PIT The contract situation is thorny, could he be on the Jets next year? 8 RB3 85 David Johnson ARI Worried about offense, not about injuries 9 RB6 80 Alvin Kamara NO Unsustainable numbers, but GAWD is he talented 10 RB6 80 Dalvin Cook MIN Coming off the ACL and back to a revamped offense 11 WR4 80 Mike Evans TB We were all ready to crown Evans as the next greatest WR, so what happened? 12 WR4 80 Michael Thomas NO Looked every bit the part of a #1 WR in a Drew Brees offense 13 WR4 80 Julio Jones ATL Always nervous about Julio's injury history, but he blows up 4x per year 14 RB8 75 Leonard Fournette JAC We hope his sophomore season comes without drama 15 WR7 75 Keenan Allen LAC Allen could have 1,600 yards and 14 TDs, or get injured in Week 1 16 WR7 75 Davante Adams GB Jordy's out, Adams is far and away the top option in GB 17 RB9 70 Kareem Hunt KC Darling of the league in October, scuffled down the stretch 18 WR9 70 A.J. Green CIN Green is great, if his offense was a little better around him he could bump up 19 WR10 65 Tyreek Hill KC The NFL's fastest man? I don't trust the consistency 20 RB10 60 Christian McCaffrey CAR I still think he's a slot WR playing RB, let's see how Norv Turner utilizes him 21 WR11 60 Amari Cooper OAK Crabtree is gone, Jordy is in, when will Cooper wake up and be a true #1 WR? 22 RB10 60 Melvin Gordon LAC Always seems to fade in fantasy playoff time, but he's still a bellcow 23 QB1 60 Aaron Rodgers GB The best fantasy QB you could get, if his collarbone stays in one piece 24 QB2 55 Deshaun Watson HOU Coming off ACL, but looked stunning when he played last year 25 RB12 55 Jordan Howard CHI Young, talented, virtually no competition for touches 26 WR12 55 Brandin Cooks LAR A downgrade for sure from Brady to Goff, tough to pinpoint exact value 27 WR12 55 Stefon Diggs MIN Contract year, my guess is he stays in Minnesota, but could hit the open market 28 WR12 55 Allen Robinson CHI Coming off ACL, and headed to Chicago where he should be a target hog 29 TE1 55 Zach Ertz PHI Ertz is the youngest of the big 3 TE options, I kind of like him the most 30 TE1 55 Travis Kelce KC Could be Mahomes' WOOBIE (thanks for that term Fish) 31 WR12 55 T.Y. Hilton IND Andy Luck is back, we think, so Hilton is again undervalued 32 TE1 55 Rob Gronkowski NE Talk about retirement or trade, oft-injured, when is Brady done? 33 RB13 50 Ronald Jones TB No one should challenge Jones for the RB1 spot in Tampa 34 RB13 50 Joe Mixon CIN If the Bengals improve that o-line at all, Mixon could rocket up the board 35 RB13 50 Derrius Guice WAS There's really not much in the way of Guice getting the top RB job in Wash

2 36 RB13 50 Rashaad Penny SEA Basically no competition, he could run away with this job (pun intended) 37 RB13 50 Sony Michel NE I don't know, the Pats dropped a R1 on a RB, so is he a lead dog? 38 QB3 50 Carson Wentz PHI He's clearly getting his job back and will be great again once he's ready 39 RB13 50 Devonta Freeman ATL Loads of talent, good weapons around him, not sure why he's a third tier back 40 WR16 50 Doug Baldwin SEA A bit of a rebuild in Seattle, but Baldwin should benefit by being a mainstay 41 QB3 50 Russell Wilson SEA Re-tooling the team this year, should be interesting to see offensive changes 42 WR17 45 JuJu Smith-Schuster PIT Juju is the deep threat that we always wanted Martavis to be 43 RB19 45 Jay Ajayi PHI Blount is out. Ajayi's probably still not a 20-touch guy, but he's close 44 WR17 45 Jarvis Landry CLE Joins one of the most exciting WR corps in football, will Tyrod or Baker play? 45 WR17 45 Adam Thielen MIN Has anyone ever heard that he's a home grown Minnesota kid? 46 WR17 45 Alshon Jeffery PHI Sneaky great at the end of last year 47 RB20 40 Nick Chubb CLE You don't use a high second rounder on Carlos Hyde's backup 48 RB20 40 Derrick Henry TEN I for one, am not that nervous of the Dion Lewis addition 49 WR21 40 Corey Davis TEN Chalk up the rookie year as a redshirt season, let's see the sophomore reaction 50 RB20 40 Jerick McKinnon SF IMO, people are too high on him. He's not a lead back 51 QB5 40 Jimmy Garoppolo SF It's possible that he could be a top 5 QB by the end of Pick Early R1 Pick Pick A pick in the 2019 draft that you think will be one of the top 4 picks 53 RB23 35 Royce Freeman DEN Open competition for the top job in Denver 54 TE4 35 Evan Engram NYG He's in the second tier of TE all by himself 55 RB23 35 Aaron Jones GB My opinion is he's the best RB on the Packers roster 56 RB23 35 Alex Collins BAL Was one of the best backs in the league according to PFF grades 57 WR22 35 Sammy Watkins KC The first traditional outside WR KC has had since Dwayne Bowe 58 WR22 35 Sterling Shepard NYG Was a very solid fantasy WR, what will happen upon Odell's return 59 RB23 35 Mark Ingram NO Value is depressed right now because of 4-gamer, buy low 60 QB6 35 Cam Newton CAR I see this offense taking a step back with weird pieces and new OC 61 QB6 35 Andrew Luck IND All systems go, soon the world will know, the fury of Andrew Luck 62 WR22 35 Golden Tate DET Lions didn't add much to the passing game, so Tate is still WR1 in Detroit 63 QB6 35 Kirk Cousins MIN New lease on life in Minny, great pieces around him 64 WR25 30 D.J. Moore CAR Instantly becomes the best WR on the Panthers roster, maybe? 65 QB9 30 Jared Goff LAR All the weapons in the world, but what if he's not that good? 66 WR25 30 Will Fuller HOU Worried about his injuries and his QB's injuries, but sky is the limit 67 WR25 30 Cooper Kupp LAR Was a very consistent PPR option last season 68 RB27 30 Kenyan Drake MIA The Fins signed Frank Gore, which means that Drake is still a touch guy 69 QB9 30 Dak Prescott DAL Never vibed with Dez anyway, his departure doesn't change the value 70 WR25 30 Nelson Agholor PHI The new Philly offense suited Agholor very well 71 WR25 30 Robert Woods LAR I feel like Woods is at peak value right now 72 WR25 30 Josh Gordon CLE So Gordon's back, for good, right?

3 73 RB27 30 Carlos Hyde CLE Carlos Hyde has a big Chubb chasing him 74 QB9 30 Derek Carr OAK Can Gruden make a difference? That's the only question 75 TE5 30 Kyle Rudolph MIN Solid red zone TE with a new QB who loved to hit his TE in the end zone 76 RB27 30 LeSean McCoy BUF The domestic issues could completely tank this value, time to sell 77 WR25 30 Dez Bryant FA 29 0 Now a free agent, I'm mostly selling unless he ends up in a great spot 78 QB9 30 Matthew Stafford DET Interested to see what the new coaching staff brings, but 5K seasons are over 79 WR25 30 Demaryius Thomas DEN Keenum means that he has a semi-legit QB for first time since Manning 80 WR25 30 Pierre Garcon SF The top available target for Jimmy G, could be good 81 QB9 30 Matt Ryan ATL Falcons just re-upped him through the 2023 season, he'll finish as a Falcon 82 WR25 30 Larry Fitzgerald ARI Keeps putting up WR2 numbers, but he's in the twilight of a HOF career 83 QB9 30 Drew Brees NO Looks like we get two more years of Brees in the Big Easy 84 QB9 30 Tom Brady NE Might play 6 more years 85 Pick Mid R1 Pick Pick A pick next year that you deem to be a mid-round selection 86 RB30 25 Kerryon Johnson DET All he's got to do is get past LeGarrette Blount and Ameer Abdullah 87 QB16 25 Lamar Jackson BAL Writing is on the wall for Flacco. L-Jax is the future. 88 QB16 25 Patrick Mahomes KC People are oddly excited about him, I'm hesitant because of the inexperience 89 WR35 25 Calvin Ridley ATL Julio and Sanu are in the way of targets, so I'm a little tepid for now 90 RB30 25 Jamaal Williams GB Some say he's the best RB in GB, I disagree 91 RB30 25 Tevin Coleman ATL Lame duck year in Atlanta, should have a good chance to start next year 92 QB16 25 Jameis Winston TB Kind of a bone-headed suspension, how will he react? 93 WR35 25 Robby Anderson NYJ Was the only starting caliber fantasy player on the Jets in QB16 25 Marcus Mariota TEN Such a wide skill set, but we haven't fully seen it transfer to fantasy yet 95 WR35 25 DeVante Parker MIA A bazillion of vacated targets in and out of the red zone 96 RB30 25 Lamar Miller HOU We're still patiently waiting the breakout year, and it's probably not happening 97 WR35 25 Allen Hurns DAL Big opportunity to be a top WR in an offense 98 RB30 25 C.J. Anderson CAR I think he's a 15-plus touch guy in Carolina this season 99 WR35 25 Michael Crabtree BAL He's amazingly solid and unexciting, but if he's your WR3 you're happy 100 WR35 25 Julian Edelman NE ACL last year, 4 games off this year, what next? 101 WR41 20 Christian Kirk ARI Lots of departures from the Zona WR corps, should have opportunity 102 RB35 20 Nyheim Hines IND Decent shot of being the starter behind Andy Luck 103 TE6 20 David Njoku CLE Are you Njoku my ass?!?! Suddenly he's a 4th or 5th best receiving option 104 WR41 20 Dante Pettis SF There's a very good chance that he could end the season as top WR in SF 105 WR41 20 Devin Funchess CAR Some greatness, but also disappeared like David Copperfield in some games 106 WR41 20 Anthony Miller CHI Should start at WR for the Bears, pity I'm not more excited about his QB 107 QB20 20 Mitchell Trubisky CHI Another great name in the long list of Bears QBs 108 RB35 20 Duke Johnson CLE Chubb and Hyde are depressing the value, but I maintain that Duke is good 109 RB35 20 Isaiah Crowell NYJ Likely the two down back and goal line option in the Jets offense

4 110 WR41 20 Kelvin Benjamin BUF Contract year in Buffalo, I've never been fully convinced that he's good. 111 RB35 20 Dion Lewis TEN I happen to believe Lewis is in Tennessee to be the third down back 112 WR41 20 Marvin Jones DET A solid fantasy option, but an uninspiring name on an uninspiring team 113 WR41 20 Chris Hogan NE Cooks and Amendola are gone, should benefit Hogan as the main outside WR 114 TE6 20 Jimmy Graham GB I'm not convinced that Rodgers can use a TE well or that Graham still has IT 115 Pick Late R1 Pick Pick A pick in the 2019 draft from one of the best teams in your league 116 Pick R1 Pick Pick Any 2020 Round 1 Pick 117 QB21 15 Sam Darnold NYJ Won't be long until he's starting over McCown and Bridgewater 118 QB21 15 Josh Rosen ARI Sam Bradford's crappy knees are the only obstacle between Rosen and starting 119 WR48 15 Courtland Sutton DEN Probably slots into the WR3 role this season 120 WR48 15 Michael Gallup DAL Let's face it, the departure of Dez & Witten leave a lot of vacated targets 121 RB39 15 Tarik Cohen CHI September darling, kind of disappeared once Trubisky took the helm 122 RB39 15 Marlon Mack IND Maybe the lead dog in Indy, but they will probably draft a RB 123 WR48 15 Corey Coleman CLE The fact the Browns are kicking the tires on Dez is bad for Coleman 124 TE8 15 Hunter Henry LAC Out for season, if your team sucks this year, acquire him for WR48 15 Mike Williams LAC He was a first round pick, and spent most of last season injured 126 WR48 15 Jamison Crowder WAS The best option in Washington for now 127 WR48 15 Jordan Matthews NE Edelman plays the slot, Gronk plays the slot, Burkhead plays the slot 128 WR48 15 Martavis Bryant OAK Traded to the Raiders, competing with Amari and Jordy for looks 129 WR48 15 Randall Cobb GB He's still just the slot guy in Green Bay 130 RB39 15 Rex Burkhead NE Sony Michel seems to be pumping the brakes on Burkhead's value 131 WR48 15 Mohamed Sanu ATL Daddy Mohamed Sanu showed some flashes in Atlanta 132 QB21 15 Case Keenum DEN Your starting QB in Denver for the time being 133 WR48 15 Emmanuel Sanders DEN Last gasp of value for Sanders 134 WR48 15 Jordy Nelson OAK Sources say no A-Rodg in Oakland, the draft day trade of Martavis is a problem 135 TE8 15 Greg Olsen CAR Seems to have one foot in the TV booth already, how many more years 136 QB21 15 Alex Smith WAS Washington basically invested as much in Smith as they would have in Cousins 137 QB21 15 Philip Rivers LAC Interesting that Rivers and Eli are the same draft, but no one is writing off PRiv 138 QB21 15 Ben Roethlisberger PIT The word "retirement" seems to be floating around Big Ben 139 RB42 10 D'Onta Foreman HOU Good chance that he takes over as a starter after returning from Achilles 140 WR59 10 James Washington PIT Fills the Martavis Bryant role as WR3 141 QB27 10 Josh Allen BUF The path to playing time is clear, I just don't believe he's in the right spot 142 RB42 10 Samaje Perine WAS I guess it's possible that he could be a decent NFL runner 143 TE10 10 O.J. Howard TB The Brate re-signing is troubling for Howard, he might be the blocking TE 144 TE10 10 Ricky Seals-Jones ARI Came on at the tail end of the season, how will he do with Bradford 145 RB42 10 Matt Breida SF The Niners did not address RB in the draft, so it's Breida and McKinnon 146 QB27 10 Baker Mayfield CLE Top overall pick will have a shot to lead the Browns by October

5 147 WR59 10 Donte Moncrief JAC I guess he's one of several guys who could be the best WR in Jacksonville 148 WR59 10 Dede Westbrook JAC I guess he's one of several guys who could be the best WR in Jacksonville 149 WR59 10 Kenny Golladay DET Preseason darling, in-season dud, high upside dart throw 150 TE10 10 Austin Seferian-Jenkins JAC It's more fun to say ASJ than to play ASJ 151 WR59 10 Josh Doctson WAS Washington is hungry for receivers 152 WR59 10 Marqise Lee JAC And he too might be the best WR on the Jags 153 TE10 10 Cameron Brate TB Signed a decent sized contract extension to continue as the RZ option 154 WR59 10 Paul Richardson WAS It's plausible that P Rich is the best WR in Washington and has a 1K yard season 155 TE10 10 Jordan Reed WAS Maybe he's healthy, but he lost his buddy Kirk Cousins 156 TE10 10 Tyler Eifert CIN Maybe he's healthy, but who knows 157 RB42 10 Chris Thompson WAS A good PPR depth RB 158 RB42 10 Latavius Murray MIN With Dalvin back, Latavius returns to the backup role 159 WR59 10 Rishard Matthews TEN Totally underrated, decent fantasy producer, get him as a throw-in in a trade 160 QB27 10 Eli Manning NYG How much longer will he hold the starting job 161 WR67 5 Curtis Samuel CAR Has a chance to step up in a big way 162 WR67 5 D.J. Chark JAC Yet another WR who could have a major role in Jacksonville 163 WR67 5 Equanimeous St. Brown GB If he's not too much of an issue, he's got a chance to be the WR2 164 WR67 5 Tre'Quan Smith NO Thomas, Ginn, Meredith in front of him on the depth chart 165 RB47 5 Austin Ekeler LAC A few brilliant games, handcuff to Gordon 166 RB47 5 John Kelly LAR The handcuff for Todd Gurley 167 RB47 5 Kalen Ballage MIA Don't completely sleep on this job being up for grabs 168 TE16 5 Mike Gesicki MIA Likely steps in as the top TE option in Miami 169 WR67 5 J'Mon Moore GB Either Moore or St. Brown will fill the WR2 role 170 WR67 5 Zay Jones BUF You don't Zay? I don't Zay. 171 RB47 5 Corey Clement PHI His involvement down the playoff stretch makes me think his role will increase 172 WR67 5 DaeSean Hamilton DEN Another depth WR in an aging group, keep an eye 173 TE16 5 Dallas Goedert PHI Probably steps into the Trey Burton role and maybe more, good receiver 174 WR67 5 John Ross CIN RB47 5 Ameer Abdullah DET Had his shot, now behind both Blount and Kerryon Johnson in the pecking order 176 WR67 5 Keelan Cole JAC Jesus, this is the fourth Jags WR I've written a blurb on 177 TE16 5 Hayden Hurst BAL Top TE taken in the draft, but rookies rarely pay dividends at this position 178 TE16 5 Eric Ebron IND New lease on life with Luck 179 WR67 5 Cameron Meredith NO New slot guy in New Orleans, not a bad place to be 180 RB47 5 Ty Montgomery GB Probably converts back to WR, his value is weird 181 RB47 5 Devontae Booker DEN He might be the top RB in Denver still 182 QB30 5 Blake Bortles JAC There were actually glimpses of okay-ness