Scouting report · RB · Buffalo
A top-12 back in 1QB dynasty leagues, right in the prime of the curve.
#26 overall · age 27 · 2022 round 2, pick 63 · 5th season
BUFRunning back · RB12
Standard points a game
This week · week 8 · Standard
15.9RB6
vs BAL · Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 p.m. ET
Questionable · injury data read Sun, Nov 1, 8:36 p.m. ET
Projected 15.9 before the game. Sleeper's projection, read Sun, Nov 1, 8:36 p.m. ET, scored by Swindlr
Rest of season · redraft standard
#4 · RB4
Value 6,668 · 12 teams
Dynasty · Dynasty 1QB
#26 · RB12
Value 4,169 · 12 teams
LatestWeek 8 start/sit: when PPR changes the answer · Analysis, Oct 28, 2026
Dynasty value · Dynasty 1QB
4,169
▲ 211 · last 3 weeks of games
Rank
#26 · RB12
Overall · position
2026 Standard / game
17.3
RB3 at the position
Age
27
5 seasons in
In a year
Same
4,081 · about #30 next year
Recalculated: today's model on the games through each week, valued at today's point in the season. It shows what each week's games did to his value, not the values Swindlr showed at the time.
Swindlr records its published values weekly from Oct 28, 2026; they'll appear here as a record beside this chart.
Every format
12-team leagues. Tap a format to see him in it.
Where his value comes from · Dynasty 1QB
This season 21%Next two seasons 40%Later 39%
55% of it is what he's projected to score (16.2 a game, aged season by season) and 45% is upside, the chance he does better. The projection weighs this season's 18.9 a game over 6 games against last season's 17.8 and his draft slot, giving less weight to last season when his role has grown, and it moves as the games pile up.
Regular season · week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
| Season | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Standard / G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16 | 207 | 1,009 | 16 | 38 | 32 | 258 | 2 | 14.7 |
| 2025 | 17 | 309 | 1,621 | 12 | 40 | 33 | 291 | 2 | 15.8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 117 | 627 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 89 | 0 | 17.3 |
2026 week by week · Standard points
Swindlr analysis
Analysis ·
Jameson Williams climbs 7 places among receivers when catches don't count, one of 10 players who cross the illustrative 12-team starter line depending on scoring. The head-to-head that flips: Ashton Jeanty or Derrick Henry.
Dynasty 1QB
Real trades · 148 in the last year · 23 in dynasty one-QB leagues
The last 90 days of the sample, dynasty leagues: 46 trades, 36 Superflex or 2QB and 10 one-QB, 33 with a TE premium. Every trade with him, by format →
What managers actually gave for James in completed trades in public Sleeper leagues, leagues like Dynasty 1QB first. Each shows the date and the league's settings; the price is what was agreed then, and the line under it is today's value, a different thing. Two-team trades of up to four pieces a side; none is left out for disagreeing with Swindlr. No league or manager names. 2 of them look lopsided at today's values (values move after a trade, with injuries and role changes, so a fair price then can look lopsided now); none is left out.
Equal value today · Swindlr's estimate
Not real trades: packages that land within a few percent of James's value in Dynasty 1QB now. A two-for-one shows the pair's total less the roster spot the second player takes, as the calculator counts it. Open one to see who wins it.
Head to head
In your league
Values are Swindlr's estimates for 12-team leagues, updated with every week's stats (through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)). "In a year" is the same production a year older, on the age curve the model is tuned with; news, role changes and the next rookie class aren’t in it. Stats: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0).
Stats from Sleeper’s weekly stat lines, regular season, through week 8 of 2026 (in progress) (nflverse’s box scores fill a week Sleeper lacks); teams and injuries from Sleeper, Nov 1. Where the numbers come from.