Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Players to Buy (Week 4)

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

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Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Players to Buy

Javonte Williams (RB – DEN)

The Denver RBs were heavily involved as receivers Sunday night, with Javonte Williams and Melvin Gordon both seizing 5-plus targets.

Williams led the team with 15 carries, followed by Gordon (12), but the usage was more split than in Week 2. Williams played just a 45% snap share to MG3’s 38% with No. 3 RB Mike Boone seeing some playing time (19%). His snap rate was 65% in Week 2.

Gordon also scored the lone rushing TD

The TD score by the wily veteran will likely have Williams managers soured, so I’d be all over buying low ahead of a matchup versus the 0-3 Raiders.

The fact that Williams totaled 20 opportunities (10 in 1st half) on a sub-50% snap share is evidence enough they want to get the ball in his hands, and that there’s room for him to grow. Also, Boone’s 19% snap share was a season-high and not likely a trend.

Leonard Fournette (RB – TB)

This team is featuring Leonard Fournette until the wheels fall off. The Bucs RB posted an absurd 91% snap share and 100% opportunity in Week 3 totaling 17 touches for 70 scoreless yards. The dude’s usage is out of control and the lack of points he’s scoring is not going to sustain with this heavy workload.

He’s a buy for me as is the No. 2 RB Rachaad White. Fournette has had trouble staying healthy in the past so there is some concern he breaks down at some point.

Breece Hall (RB – NYJ)

Breece Hall seeing the massive target volume over Michael Carter in Week 3 is eye-opening.

11 to 2 is massive.

Their carries were more split (8 to 11) in favor of Carter. Although they both rushed for 39 yards and Hall out-snapped Carter (51% versus 49%) for the first time all season.

Buy Hall now before his massive breakout game. It’s coming. 2 of 1st three NFL games with 9-plus targets for a rookie RB should not be overlooked.

George Kittle (TE – SF)

George Kittle caught four of his five targets for 28 scoreless yards in his first game of the season. But he played a team-high 91% of the snaps, suggesting that he is fully over the groin injury that sidelined him to start the year. If you are sick of streaming TEs off the waiver wire, Kittle should be your priority trade target.

Brandon Aiyuk (WR – SF)

There’s been a lot of turnover in the 49ers offense through 3 weeks, with all the injuries that the team has sustained from their backfield to the QB position. But the one constant has been Brandon Aiyuk, operating as the WR1 in the passing game. He led the SF WRs in snaps in Week 3 and tied the team in target share with Deebo Samuel (28% target share).

Over the last two weeks Aiyuk has averaged north of a 30% target share.

Romeo Doubs (WR – GB)

With all the injuries to the Packers WRs, rookie WR Romeo Doubs led Green Bay in targets (8) and ranked second in snap share (89%) behind only Allen Lazard in Week 3. The head coach talked up Doubs having a larger role in this contest and he delivered with 73 receiving yards and one touchdown. Considering the current state of this receiving corps, Doubs is a massive buy with a starting role in hand moving forward now that Sammy Watkins is on IR.

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