With two weeks of the NFL season complete, many managers are looking to make roster moves. This is an opportune time to capitalize on overreactions and improve your fantasy football team. A smart strategy is to identify players to acquire before their value rises and others to trade away before it falls. Here are some key trade targets to consider pursuing or moving on from this week.
Trade Targets to Buy: David Njoku, Cleveland Browns
There’s always a lot of overreaction after Week 1 of the season, and much of it remains following Week 2. The 2025 NFL landscape has begun to take shape, but there isn’t enough data to be fully confident in what we’ve seen so far.
Many aspects remain unclear heading into Week 3, including depth charts, workloads, and each team’s strengths and weaknesses. However, one bet that usually pays off is that the cream will rise to the top.
The Joe Flacco 🏹 David Njoku connection is alive and well #DawgPound pic.twitter.com/Bwc97T9BGb
— SleeperBrowns (@SleeperBrowns) September 14, 2025
Betting on good players is always a good strategy in fantasy, and David Njoku is a very good player. However, rookie tight end Harold Fannin Jr. has immediately shone in the Cleveland Browns offense, and has out-targeted Njoku 14-11 through two weeks.
Njoku, though, has years of NFL production behind him and was the TE4 overall last year in fantasy points per game. The explosive tight end is a sleeping giant through two weeks of the season and is a great buy-low if his current owner is ready to move on.
Elijah Arroyo, Seattle Seahawks
After trusted veterans, explosive rookies are perhaps the next best bet in fantasy, and the Seahawks have one at tight end this year. Elijah Arroyo is a speedy receiving tight end who was taken 50th overall in April’s NFL Draft.
Arroyo’s second-round draft capital would suggest the team has a clear plan for him, and he’ll almost certainly emerge as the team’s clear TE1 before long. His three targets in Week 2 already show progress from Week 1, and the former Miami (FL.) pass catcher should continue to build on that.
Arroyo won’t be ready for your lineup until he strings together some meaningful production. However, his 35 catches for 590 yards and seven touchdowns in 2024 suggest that that may be sooner than many predict.
Trade Targets to Sell: Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs
With each passing week, the return of Rashee Rice draws nearer, and Travis Kelce’s trade value deteriorates. In three games alongside a healthy Rice last season, Kelce averaged just four targets and five fantasy points per game.
Over those three games, Kelce was the TE22 in fantasy, and there’s no guarantee he’ll do any better this time around. Hollywood Brown is already far more involved than Xavier Worthy was at that point in the season, while Worthy himself may also be back from injury by then.
Kelce may hold his value until Week 7, but there are plenty of other weapons in the Kansas City Chiefs offense, and the veteran’s name value could still fetch value in trades. Sticking with Kelce is understandable, considering where he was drafted, but those considering a trade should be decisive, one way or the other.
Tucker Kraft, Green Bay Packers
To be clear, I don’t think there are too many more valuable fantasy tight ends than Tucker Kraft this season, and I’m not expecting the Packers star to collapse. However, given his Week 2 explosion on Primetime and Jayden Reed’s lengthy layoff, his value will likely never be higher.
Tucker Kraft is the most badass player the #Packers have had in years
pic.twitter.com/vTB7pP3RC9— Eli Berkovits (@BookOfEli_NFL) September 12, 2025
Outside of Brock Bowers, Trey McBride, and George Kittle, Kraft is potentially the best tight end option in fantasy. Unfortunately, Kraft’s big game won’t be enough to get Bowers or McBride in a trade, while Kittle’s injury rules him out of consideration.
The Packers will likely continue to spread the ball around, and while Kraft is a huge weapon for Jordan Love, he will almost certainly have quiet games as well. You shouldn’t be desperate to cash in, but if someone is willing to overpay for a star tight end, you could get a significant upgrade elsewhere on your roster.
