1 trade · 2026 season

Trade desk

Every trade in the league, graded on what each side actually got: rest-of-season points above a free waiver-wire replacement. Then an opinion, because a grade alone never hurt anyone’s feelings.

Tue 29 Sept · effective NFL week 4

Red River Rangers fleece Hátún Hustlers

Hátún Hustlers

Hlynur Freyr · 22.8 in · 64.3 out

Receives

TETucker KraftGB · 9.9 pts/game · 13 games left22.8value

Red River Rangers

Sigurjón B · 64.3 in · 22.8 out

A+

Receives

TEGeorge KittleSF · 13.1 pts/game · 13 games left64.3value

The take

This is not a trade, it is a donation. Hátún Hustlers gave up 64.3 points of value above replacement for the rest of the season and got 22.8 back.

Red River Rangers bought George Kittle straight off a 23.2-point week, against a usual 13.1. Buying the peak is a time-honoured tradition.

Early returns, 1 week in: 13.50 started points for Hátún Hustlers, 15.00 for Red River Rangers. Too close to gloat about. Someone will anyway.

Who won the trade? Your call

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No unexplained numbersHow trades are graded

Value is a player’s fantasy points per game under this league’s scoring, minus what the best freely available player at his position scores — a kicker worth 9 a week in a league where the wire has an 8-point kicker is worth 1. That is multiplied by the NFL games his team has left in the fantasy season after the trade, byes excluded.

Points per game this season are padded with 4 games at last season’s rate, so one monster week does not make a player a star. Replacement level today: QB 18.4, RB 9.3, WR 8.1, TE 8.2, K 9.2, DEF 5.9 points per game.

A side’s grade is its share of all the value that changed hands: around 50% is a C and a fair trade, 70% or more is an A+, and 38% or less is an F.

Who received whom comes from the rosters before and after the trade, since Yahoo’s trade records do not always say. Until a roster confirms it, a trade is listed without a verdict. Every line of commentary is generated from these numbers; none of it is made up, even when it is rude.