Scouting report · TE · Chicago

Nikola Kalinic

TE58 in IDP dynasty. Age alone takes 13% off in a year.

#723 overall · age 29 · undrafted · 5th seasonIR

CHITight end · TE58

Standard points a game

0.02025

Current outlook

This week · week 8 · Standard

0.0

@ SEA · Mon, Nov 2, 8:15 p.m. ET

IR · injury data read Sun, Nov 1, 5:35 p.m. ET

Swindlr's season form: Sleeper has no projection for him this week

Rest of season · redraft standard

#433 · TE114

Value 358 · 12 teams

Dynasty · Dynasty IDP

#723 · TE58

Value 654 · 12 teams

LatestNo Swindlr analysis on him in the last three weeks.

Dynasty value · Dynasty IDP

654

▼ 17 · last 3 weeks of games

Rank

#723 · TE58

Overall · position

Projected / game

7.4

No games yet

Age

29

5 seasons in

In a year

−13%

569 · about #777 next year

Value through each week · 2026 · Dynasty IDP

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 IDP

This season 3%Next two seasons 29%Later 68%

His projection (7.4 a game) doesn't clear a replacement-level tight end yet, so his value is all upside: the model's allowance for him becoming more than that, which it makes wider the further ahead it looks. It's the least certain part of any value.

Splits

Regular season · week 8 of 2026 (in progress)

SeasonGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDRush ydsStandard / G
20251000000.0

What he's worth in a trade

Dynasty IDP

Equal value today · Swindlr's estimate

Not real trades: packages that land within a few percent of Nikola's value in Dynasty IDP 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.

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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.