4 TEs to Trade Away if You're Rebuilding

A look into the top tight ends to trade away if you are rebuilding in dynasty.

Corey Spala's 4 TEs to Trade Away if You're Rebuilding Corey Spala Published 08/16/2024

If you are rebuilding, it will be important to make the necessary moves to position your team for future success. This article will identify tight ends to trade away if your team is rebuilding.

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If you are rebuilding, you should not trade away a young tight end like Sam LaPorta or Trey McBride. You have a cornerstone piece for the foreseeable future. You do not need to trade away for draft picks and hope those draft picks become a LaPorta, McBride, or a wide receiver like Garrett Wilson. Identify key variables when trading away an asset:

  • Aging asset
    • Travis Kelce (TE8)
    • George Kittle (TE11)
  • Volatile situation
    • Jake Ferguson (TE12)
  • Not a top target on their team
    • Cole Kmet (TE13)

Rebuilding TE to Trade Away #1 & #2

Aging Asset: Travis Kelce, Kansas City - TE8 | George Kittle, San Francisco – TE11 

If you are rebuilding, it is a disservice to hold onto depreciating assets. Trade away the right-now production to contending teams in need. If you have a tight end like Kittle or Kelce, identify the team needing a starting TE1.

Below are recent trades taken from MyFantasyLeague’s open API system:

  • Kelce for two-2025 second-round selections
  • Kelce for Keon Coleman and two 2025 second-round selections
  • Kelce for Jayden Reed
  • Kittle for T.J. Hockenson
  • Kittle for Brian Thomas

Your league determines the exact market; however, you can understand the pivot from an aging asset to acquiring draft capital and/or younger assets for the future. The obvious value the two tight ends have for immediate production is evident. You can acquire a promising young talent and/or future draft capital.

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