Scouting report · TE · Chicago

Nikola Kalinic

TE66 in Superflex TE-premium dynasty leagues, but the clock is running: 15% less in a year on age alone.

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

CHITight end · TE66

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 Mon, Nov 2, 5:39 a.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 · SF TE+

#443 · TE66

Value 580 · 12 teams

LatestNo Swindlr analysis on him in the last three weeks.

Dynasty value · SF TE+

580

▼ 28 · last 3 weeks of games

Rank

#443 · TE66

Overall · position

Projected / game

8.1

No games yet

Age

29

5 seasons in

In a year

−15%

493 · about #470 next year

Value through each week · 2026 · SF TE+

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 · SF TE+

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

His projection (8.1 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

SF TE+

Equal value today · Swindlr's estimate

Not real trades: packages that land within a few percent of Nikola's value in SF TE+ 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.