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Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Cam Akers, Melvin Gordon III, Brandin Cooks (Week 6)

Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Cam Akers, Melvin Gordon III, Brandin Cooks (Week 6)

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Let’s take a look at players to sell this week: Cam Akers, Melvin Gordon III, and Brandin Cooks.

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Fantasy Football Trade Advice

Players to Sell

Cam Akers (RB – LAR)

Cam Akers 13-33-0 (zero rushing attempts for Darrell Henderson). But Henderson saw more targets (5 vs 1), played more snaps for a second straight week and ran more routes. Not good for Akers, who has not been effective as a rusher this season, running behind a piss-poor offensive line. Despite the 74% opportunity share in Week 5, he’s a sell-high candidate.

Melvin Gordon III (RB – DEN)

The Broncos running backs split work on Thursday night with Melvin Gordon (56% snap share) and Mike Boone (41%) snap share, each seeing a decent chunk of playing time. MG3 totaled 18 touches – 15 carries, three catches – for 103 yards, while Boone hit 10 touches – 7 carries, 3 catches – for 85 yards. Gordon was the lead back undoubtedly to start the game and the “guy” in the red zone, but the team didn’t shy away from using Boone. They split routes nearly 50/50 with Gordon running 21 to Boone’s 19. The team also randomly threw out Devine Ozigbo on two snaps. After a so-so performance in the box score, I’d sell Gordon now before the backfield becomes a total mess. The team lost starting tackle Garrett Bolles, and Latavius Murray figures to throw a wrench into the backfield pecking order.

Brandin Cooks (WR – HOU)

The gap is closing between Nico Collins and Brandin Cooks. Over the last month, Collins has more receiving yards than Cooks. Each saw 6 targets in Week 5. Sell high while Cooks maintains his perceived status as the clear-cut No. 1 WR in Houston.

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