Dynasty Rankings Risers/Fallers and Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart (September Updates)

Matt's updated dynasty fantasy football rankings, risers and fallers for September 2025. His fantasy football dynasty trade value chart with buy/sell advice.

The NFL returned to action on September 4th, setting in motion all kinds of movement in the dynasty market as fantasy managers ingest all the information they collected from the first slate of games.

With the market in flux through the early portion of the season, it is key that fantasy managers have the proper information when deciding which players to trade for and which to consider trading to receive the best return on their investments. Which players are trending up, and who is seeing their fantasy values take a hit? It's time to separate fact from fiction in this month's Dynasty Market Report.

For a deeper dive into dynasty strategy, rankings, and trade tactics, check out our complete Dynasty Fantasy Football Guide.

• 2025 fantasy football rankings
• Running back (RB) fantasy football rankings
• Wide receiver (WR) fantasy football rankings
• Tight end (TE) fantasy football rankings
• Quarterback (QB) fantasy football rankings
• FLEX fantasy football rankings
• Defense (D/ST) fantasy football rankings
• Kicker (K) fantasy football rankings
• Dynasty fantasy football rankings

Fantasy Football Dynasty Rankings (September 2025)

Dynasty Rankings Trending Upward 

Tyler Warren, TE, Indianapolis Colts (+17)

Previous rank: 57
Current rank: 40

Talk about a rookie debut. Tyler Warren and Harold Fannin Jr. share the college football record for most receptions in a game (17) and the record for most receptions by a rookie tight end in Week 1 (7). Over the last 20 years, Warren's 31% target share is the highest by a rookie tight end in Week 1, surpassing the previous high of 25% set by Brock Bowers a season ago. Warren's target share was the ninth-highest when looking at all pass catchers from Week 1 of the NFL season.

Warren isn't your typical tight end. The Colts had the rookie run a route out of the slot 39.1%  of the time against the Dolphins. Looking further into the data, Warren and Bowers were the only tight ends to average greater than 3.00 yards per route run in Week 1, where Warren topped out at 3.30 on 23 routes. On those 23 routes, Warren accounted for a Colts receiving market share of 27.9%.

Tyler Warren down the sideline from Daniel Jones!

Stream on @NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/S0wrhDePFD

— NFL (@NFL) August 16, 2025

It may be early, but Warren already looks like a mid-tier TE1 in fantasy with weekly top-three upside. With Daniel Jones' tendency to pepper his inside receivers with targets (see Wan'Dale Robinson 2024), Warren's ascendance to elite status may be here sooner than anticipated.

Travis Etienne Jr., RB, Jacksonville Jaguars (+42)

Previous rank: 116
Current rank: 74

Don't call it a comeback; Travis Etienne has been here for years. Last season, Etienne averaged 8.7 fantasy points per game in PPR formats, with his best game being Week 2, where he posted 14.8 fantasy points. In Week 1 of the 2025 season, Etienne rushed for 143 yards on 18 attempts, caught three passes for 13 yards, and produced a top-5 fantasy week with 18.6 fantasy points, doing so without reaching the endzone.

Among running backs with 5 rush attempts in Week 1, six running backs averaged 2.50 yards before and after contact per attempt per @FantasyPtsData.

👀Breece Hall
👽Derrick Henry
👀Travis Etienne
🎱Jacory Croskey-Merritt
📈Trey Benson
🌬️RJ Harvey pic.twitter.com/U8TMTWYW3T

— Corbin (@corbin_young21) September 10, 2025

In Week 1, only six running backs averaged more than 2.50 yards before contact and yards after contact, with Etienne being one with 3.63 yards before contact per attempt and 5.31 yards after contact per attempt. Of Etienne's 143 rushing yards, 85 came after contact, trailing only Derrick Henry in that category. Perhaps this is all part of the "Liam Coen Effect".

Was Week 1's performance an outlier, considering what we witnessed from Etienne in the 2024 season? I'm not too sure. I do recall Etienne dealt with an ankle injury much of last season, which did affect his productivity. I also remember that, in 2023, Etienne would finish as the overall RB3 in fantasy, recording 282.5 fantasy points and averaging 16.6 per contest that season. In that 2023 campaign, Etienne topped 1,000 yards on the ground while running the ball into the end zone on 11 occasions. In the passing game, Etienne was targeted 73 times, converting those targets into 58 receptions and 476 receiving yards.

Keon Coleman, WR, Buffalo Bills  (+18)

Previous rank: 112
Current rank: 78

Should we prepare for a Keon Coleman breakout in 2025? After one week, it may happen. In Coleman's rookie season, the Bills receiver finished with more than 12 fantasy points just once. Looking at that rookie season, Coleman only sported two weekly finishes inside the top 35 and never once produced a top 12 week. Coleman has a top-5 fantasy finish one week into the latest campaign thanks to eight receptions on 11 targets, resulting in 112 yards and a touchdown.

Against the Ravens, Coleman commanded a 23.9% target share, a significant increase from the 15% target share Coleman saw last season. Coleman also had a 33.7% air yards share, and more importantly, the 34.6% first-read target share. Those 112 yards to start the season equate to 20% of Coleman's total yards from a season ago, and if Coleman sees 45 targets over the next 16 weeks, he can also equal last season's total there.

Keon Coleman Week 1

- 44 routes
- 11 targets
- 8 catches, 112 yards, TD
- 25.2 fantasy points

All team-highs and felt like there could be more. Big year coming

— Michael F. Florio (@MichaelFFlorio) September 8, 2025

It's only one week, and we don't want to get caught in the moment, but Coleman's usage is promising for his fantasy prospects.

Other Notable Risers: Isaiah Bond (+119), Juwan Johnson (+80), Tre Tucker (+67), Ollie Gordon II (+58), Daniel Jones (+53), Quentin Johnston (+46), Cedric Tillman (+40), Braelon Allen (+34), Marquise Brown (+39), Ricky Pearsall (+31), Trey Benson (+27), Dylan Sampson (+12)

Dynasty Rankings Trending Downward 

Kenneth Walker III, RB, Seattle Seahawks (-16)

Previous rank: 39
Current rank: 55

Throughout the offseason, we've heard several truths from the Seahawks camp. One, Kenneth Walker III was dealing with a foot injury. Second, Zach Charbonnet would have a larger role in the offense than initially thought. Seattle told us what to expect, yet many seemed surprised that Walker only had 10 carries. Thanks to the three targets he received, Walker had 13 opportunities to Charbonnet's 12. Meanwhile, Charbonnet's 58% snap share bested Walker's 40%, which indicates that Walker's diagnosis is a little more severe than we believe.

Breaking down the backfield usage, we see Charbonnet had one carry and garnered 62% of his snaps in the first three quarters, while Walker accounted for 35% of the snaps and five rushing attempts. In the fourth quarter, the backs split the snaps 50-50, with Walker getting five carries to Charbonnet's single touch.

While Walker was productive when healthy last season, an undesirable trend is starting to develop, causing angst among fantasy managers. When healthy, Walker averaged 16.5 fantasy points, 12th-most among running backs. However, Walker missed six games, including much of the fantasy playoffs. Starting the 2025 season hurt only adds to the frustration, as availability is often a running back's most important ability. Plenty of backs have churned out productive fantasy seasons because they won the war of attrition. 

In a previous article, I ranked and broke down every offensive line ahead of the 2025 season. In that write-up, Seattle ranked 29th. Having a banged-up back operate behind one of the worst offensive lines is not a recipe for success.

Mark Andrews, TE, Baltimore Ravens (-13)

Previous rank: 109
Current rank: 122

Last season, through the first four weeks, Mark Andrews was the TE39 in fantasy, averaging 3.1 fantasy points per game. Then, from Week 6 on, Andrews would average 13.9 fantasy points per game and finish that stretch as the TE5, pushing his points per game to 11.1. 

For dynasty managers, it's about practicing patience. Right now, if you tried to sell Andrews, you wouldn't be getting much of a return on your investment. It's hard to imagine getting anything back for a tight end coming off a 5.3% target share or a tight end with just 2.4% of his team's receiving market share. Understanding the drop in the market is essential, but understanding that this particular asset has recovered in the past and rewarded the faithful is just as important.

Looking back at the Ravens versus Bills Week 1 film, Baltimore used 13 personnel more than in previous contests, with Andrews being instrumental in the run game. Andrews still had a 75% snap share running a route on 72% of Lamar Jackson's drop-backs. Opportunities are coming, but when your team drops 40 points in a contest and all you come away with is 1.5 fantasy points, fantasy managers will start sounding alarms again.

Cooper Kupp, WR, Seattle Seahawks (-37)

Previous rank: 118
Current rank: 155

While Andrews is an asset that will likely recover, the same cannot be said for Cooper Kupp. From Week 12 on, last season, Kupp failed to produce 60 yards or more in five of six contests while being limited to 30 or fewer in four of those six games. That trend continued in Week 1 as Kupp was targeted just three times, hauling in two of those passes for 15 yards.

Kupp's new running mate, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, came to play, earning 13 targets and a 53% target share, resulting in 133 receiving yards. In contrast, Kupp received a 13% target share despite running 21 routes (84% route participation rate). Even if Kupp converts, the average target depth in Week 1 was 6.7 yards, while his yards per target were 5.00. Kupp's 0.71 yards per route run ranked 135th among all pass catchers.

2021 was a special season for Kupp. Unfortunately, injuries have slowed him down, and much like Walker, the Seahawks' offensive line is doing him no favours. The Seahawks' front allowed 10 pressures against the 49ers, a trend likely to continue throughout the season.

Other Notable Fallers: Joe Mixon (-37), Jack Bech (-37), Jerome Ford (-29), Anthony Richardson Sr. (-22), Jalen McMillan (-22), Tre Harris (-21), Cam Skattebo (-20), Stefon Diggs (-19), Brandon Aiyuk (-15), Tank Dell (-15), Tyreek Hill (-10), David Montgomery (-10), Travis Kelce (-10)

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Kayshon Boutte, WR, New England Patriots (+127)

Previous rank: 308
Current rank: 181

One of the hottest names on the waiver wire to start the 2025 season is New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte, who in Week 1 got the better of the Las Vegas Raiders' secondary, producing 103 receiving yards and 16.3 fantasy points on six receptions. Those 103 yards were the seventh-most in Week 1, helping to propel his name to the top of the list for names you need to know.

Against the Raiders, Boutte was on the field for 45 passing plays and ran a route on 44 of Maye's drop-backs. In 2024, over the final 10 contests, Boutte would be targeted on five or more occasions in nine of those contests, accounting for a team-high 743 air yards, building an apparent rapport with Maye that continued throughout training camp, where Boutte got the better of Christian Gonzalez in one-on-one battles and was evident in Week 1.

Kayshon Boutte led the NFL with 103 yards vs zone in Week 1, and he tied with JSN for the lead in downfield catches (6)

The chemistry Boutte and Drake Maye showed this summer on fades and digs translated to the field, and Maye showed great anticipation on a deep curl pic.twitter.com/IyFuNvVsBx

— Taylor Kyles (@tkyles39) September 8, 2025

As good as Boutte's performance to open the 2025 season was, don't mistake it for an outlier. In Boutte's last four games, his 343 receiving yards trail only Drake London (407), Malik Nabers (374), Ricky Pearsall (370), and Ladd McConkey (350). In those four contests, Drake Maye has targeted Boutte on 27 occasions.

The former five-star recruit was once projected as a first-round draft selection. In 2020, Boutte torched Mississippi for 308 receiving yards and three touchdowns on 14 receptions. Talent has always been there.

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Keenan Allen, WR, Los Angeles Chargers (+48)

Previous rank: 204
Current rank: 156

Keenan Allen is projected to have a good season, picking up where he and Justin Herbert left off in 2023. During his final season of his first tenure with the Chargers, Allen caught 108 of the 150 balls thrown in his direction for 1,243 yards and seven touchdowns. In his return, Allen hauled seven of the 10 targets against the Chiefs for 68 yards and a touchdown. Basic mathematics suggests that Allen is on pace for 119 receptions,170 targets, 1,156 receiving yards, and 17 touchdowns. The math checks out; that's like 336.6 fantasy points.

back like he never left

📺 | @youtube pic.twitter.com/2Kvh0QUAaO

— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) September 6, 2025

Further, here are more selling points to get the biggest bang for your buck. McConkey was creating separation all over the field, and per the fantasy points data suite, McConkey's average separation score of 0.316 was significantly higher than that of Allen, whose separation score was 0.129. Yet, Herbert targeted Allen 10 times to McConkey's nine. Herbert loves himself some Allen.

Okay, those projections aren't reasonable, but they help when trying to move an aging asset to a contender for draft capital. Allen, now 33, while productive, is at the point in his career when the age cliff is about to hit him. Understanding the need to move an asset too early versus too late is imperative when constructing your roster and is often the difference between retooling and rebuilding.

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Jaylen Waddle, WR, Miami Dolphins (-16)

Previous rank: 127
Current rank: 141

The Miami Dolphins put the "fun" in dysfunctional. Against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 1, the defense was atrocious, and the Tua Tagovailoa-led offense was just as bad. Just look at the box score, in a contest in which the Dolphins lost 33-8, Tyreek Hill had four receptions for 40 yards. Jaylen Waddle had four catches for 30 yards. De'Von Achane had three catches for 20 yards. The game was never in doubt, and while the game script suggested garbage points galore, that never occurred.

With all the offseason chatter regarding Hill and his future, as well as the way this Dolphins team performed in Week 1, there is a good chance that Hill will be applying his talents elsewhere by the NFL trade deadline, creating more opportunities for Waddle. Before last season, Waddle had at least 72 receptions and 1,000 or more receiving yards in three consecutive seasons. As a rookie with no real target competition, Waddle caught 104 of the 140 targets he saw. Eventually, when Hill is removed from the equation, that volume type is more than reasonable to expect.

Since the start of the 2024 season, only 10 receivers have multiple 22-point fantasy weeks in PPR scoring, and Waddle is included among them. Right now is the perfect opportunity to buy low. Miami looks like a mess on the field, and everyone sees it. Waddle is coming off a poor performance, which has soured some fantasy managers who bought into the offseason hype. There is also the matter of a shoulder injury he suffered last week, which he returned from, that could be a factor in the next couple of weeks. Waddle's price has never been lower, and midway through the season, you could once again be looking at a potential league winner.

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