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Is DK Metcalf for James Conner fair?

DK Metcalf and James Conner have been on opposite sides of 21 real dynasty trades.

Not simulations and not a calculator lining up two numbers. Every one of them is a completed trade from a public Sleeper league, graded at the player values that were current on the day it happened.

Most of those were larger deals with other pieces attached. 1 of them were straight up: DK Metcalf for James Conner, nothing else changing hands.

In 1 of these deals exactly one side had to attach something extra, split 0 to 1 between the DK Metcalf side and the James Conner side. That is too close, and too small a sample, to call either player the more valuable.

21
Deals they were both in
1
Straight up, one for one
0 / 1
One side sweetened: DK Metcalf / James Conner

What they cost today

Everything above is priced on the day each deal happened, which is the only honest way to grade a completed trade. It is not what they cost now. Today DK Metcalf prices at 2,285 and James Conner at 21, so the market currently rates DK Metcalf about 108.8x the other. A pair can lean one way across its history and price the opposite way now; that gap is the whole reason to check the deal in front of you rather than the deal someone made in 2023.

Values as of 2026-07-24.

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The deals themselves

DateMarginWent with DK MetcalfWent with James Conner
2026-07-22-88%Devontez Walker, Geno Smith, Davante Adams, 14 moreTucker Kraft, Andrei Iosivas, Jaxson Dart, 15 more, 1 later pick
2026-06-13-17%Joe Milton, Rachaad White, Kirk Cousins, 15 more, 1 1st, 1 3rdMatthew Stafford, Justice Hill, Michael Wilson, 19 more, 1 1st, 1 3rd, 1 later pick
2025-10-19+0%Sam LaPorta, Michael Penix, Spencer Rattler, 6 moreRay Davis, LeQuint Allen, Tyreek Hill, 1 more, 7 1sts, 3 2nds, 1 3rd
2025-08-22-12%Stefon Diggs, Deebo SamuelJosh Jacobs, Tony Pollard
2025-07-04-34%Baker Mayfield, Sean Tucker, Tyjae SpearsKyler Murray, A.J. Brown
2025-05-12+76%1 3rd1 2nd
2025-04-28+77%T.J. Watt, 1 2nd, 1 3rdKeon Coleman, Myles Garrett, 1 3rd, 2 later picks
2024-11-15-29%1 2ndJaylen Waddle
2024-11-07+71%Ja'Tavion SandersBucky Irving, Quentin Johnston
2024-08-21+14%Caleb Williams, Rome Odunze, Stefon Diggs, 1 moreJaylen Wright, Keenan Allen, Matthew Stafford, 1 more

Read each row as: DK Metcalf, plus anything in the third column, was traded for James Conner plus anything in the fourth. An em dash means that side sent nobody else. Margin is the value gap at that day’s prices from the side that received DK Metcalf; positive means that side came out ahead.

The whole-deal margin

Across all 21, the whole-deal value gap runs +9.5% from the side that received DK Metcalf, so the side ending up with DK Metcalf has generally come out ahead on face value. That measures the entire trade, every piece included, not these two players against each other.

Why this beats a calculator on this exact question

A calculator answers “is DK Metcalf for James Conner fair” by subtracting one number from another, and it gives every manager in your league the same answer. That tells you nothing about whether the trade closes. What closes it is whether one side has to attach a piece, and which side that usually is. The 21 deals above are the record of what leagues actually agreed to when these two were on the table together.

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