Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Players to Buy (Week 3)

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Let’s take a look at players to buy and sell this week.

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Fantasy Football Trade Advice

Players to Buy

Saquon Barkley (RB – NYG)
Saquon Barkley didn’t have a monster game like in Week 1, but still had MONSTER usage that included 24 touches for 88 yards. He dominated the Giants backfield for a second straight week with an 89% share of the team’s backfield touches. I’d be going after him in trades this week.

Still a bell cow. 89% backfield share.

Joe Mixon (RB – CIN)
Joe Mixon didn’t score for a second straight week, which may have some fantasy managers frustrated. Let them be. And take full advantage. Because for a second straight week, Mixon played 73% or more of the team’s offensive snaps to go along with 22 touches. And that’s despite the Bengals trailing throughout. His lack of receiving and 3rd-down work was way overblown this offseason. Buy him while the consensus is low on a 0-2 Bengals squad. The Jets in Week 3 figure to cure all wounds.

Javonte Williams (RB – DEN)
Everything Javonte Williams truthers want continued in Week 2. His snaps increased (65% vs 58%) and he also led the team in carries (15) over Melvin Gordon (10) — unlike in Week 1. The second-year back also added four targets to Gordon’s one target. If the gap in usage continues to go in Williams’s favor, you’ll be glad you traded for him now versus later.

A.J. Dillon (RB – GB)
A.J. Dillon led the team in targets (6) not Aaron Jones (5) in Week 1.

Dillon also out-touched Jones 15 to 8…continuing the usage trend from last season.

Jones’ production is going to be heavily reliant on him as a receiver out of the backfield. So my advice would be the sell Jones after a spiked week in production and buy Dillon before the market realizes he is the traditional RB1 in the Packers offense, with goal-line duties in hand.

That spiked week happened in Week 2, with Jones going OFF versus the Chicago Bears on Monday night. But again, the usage. Snaps were 50/50 again with Dillon, and the younger back had more carries (18 vs 15) and the same number of targets (3).

Cam Akers (RB – LAR)
Cam Akers was a BUY last week and remains one heading into Week 3. Led the team in carries (15) and RB opportunities (18) after Darrel Henderson earned the bell-cow usage in Week 1.

Drake London (WR – ATL)
Drake London led all players in target share in Week 1 (48%). Back-to-back weeks as alpha in the Falcons’ passing attack.

Buy high.

Kyle Pitts (TE – ATL)
Kyle Pitts has been non-existent in the Falcons offense through two weeks. But the fact that Drake London has been so productive suggests this offense under Marcus Mariota can support a viable fantasy weapon.

Buy low.

Dameon Pierce (RB – HOU)
A week after Dameon Pierce was left for dead by fantasy managers, he out-touches Rex Burkhead 16-2. Luckily Pierce didn’t convert the usage into crazy production, so he can still be had after seeing a 62% snap share in Week 2 (29% in Week 1).

Rhamondre Stevenson (RB – NE)
Rhamondre Stevenson was buried on the Week 1 depth chart, playing just 25% of the snaps. However, he saw just one fewer touch than Damien Harris and looked explosive with the ball in his hands. With little to no playmakers in the Pats’ offense in Week 2, Stevenson’s role increased to a 62% snap share because he ran 15 more routes (25 vs 10) than Harris. Still a buy.

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