Winning the trade market is at least as important as nailing the draft. Aside from the waiver wire’s huge impact in the season’s first few weeks, trading is the best way to quickly improve your squad. Great buy-low moves can set you up for victory both in the short term and down the stretch. Solid sell-high deals can get you relatively big hauls for overachieving players who likely won’t sustain their production. Let’s take a look at players to sell this week.

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Players to Sell High

Marquise Brown (WR – ARI)
The window to sell Brown at his peak is coming to a close. He’s the alpha receiver in this offense for two more games until DeAndre Hopkins comes back. Once that happens, all bets for Brown are off. Kyler Murray‘s struggles this year are real, as he ranks 31st in aDOT at 5.8 yards. Brown has put up numbers based on him getting an average of 11 targets per game, a number that is likely to drop as Hopkins will soak up targets making Brown more of a WR3. Trading him now should net you a borderline WR1 and I’d be looking to try and get someone like AJ Brown or Courtland Sutton.
– Jason Kamlowsky (@JasonKamlowsky)

Antonio Gibson (RB – WAS)
Everyone was excited for Antonio Gibson after he scored 16.5 half-point PPR fantasy points in Week 1. However, the third-year running back had 21 touches, including seven receptions in that game. Since then, he has averaged 15 touches per game and has six receptions. More importantly, Brian Robinson is eligible to play starting in Week 5. If you can flip Gibson for AJ Dillon, who has 18 or more touches twice this year, that’s a deal I would make in a heartbeat.
– Mike Fanelli (@Mike_NFL2)

Austin Ekeler (RB – LAC)
I labeled Austin Ekeler a sell a few weeks ago and he finally produced a big game in Week 4. So, we’re back in, right? Actually, I’m doubling down here. Ekeler saw seven red zone touches, which is a boost, but he scored from 10, 14 and 20 yards out. I’m still skeptical that he will get goal-line work when the time comes, and the long touchdowns aren’t going to happen frequently. In addition, he handled just 13 of the 23 running back rush attempts and was facing one of the worst run defenses in the NFL. He will maintain a strong target share, so don’t sell for pennies, but see if somebody will pay up after an inflated box score.
– Chad Workman (@tweetsbychad)

Najee Harris (RB – PIT)
Inexplicably, Najee Harris still ranks as the RB12 in the rest of season rankings even though he is regrettably currently ranked as the RB26 through four weeks of the season. The good news is that he has two touchdowns — one rushing and one receiving. The bad news is that Harris is averaging a dismal 3.5 yards per carry and is taking a back seat in the eye test department to rookie Jaylen Warren. The Steelers continue to struggle offensively, ranking 30th in total offense. HC Mike Tomlin finally bit the bullet and made the switch at quarterback to rookie Kenny Pickett. However, the effects of the switch would lead to some grueling growing pains. Pittsburgh also has a brutal offensive line that will lead to the continuing slide of Harris down the RB rankings. See if you get a valuable fantasy asset like Marquise Brown or Miles Sanders.
– Dennis Sosic (@CALL_ME_SOS)

Clyde Edwards-Helaire (RB -KC)
Edwards-Helaire was RB6 in Week 4 and is currently RB4 on the season on about half the carries that RB1 Nick Chubb and RB2 Saquon Barkley have had. He’s been helped by a lot of touchdowns early this year, but I don’t think that continues. Touchdowns are the flukiest thing in the NFL, especially for running backs. If you can send CEH for someone like D’Andre Swift or Joe Mixon straight up, I’m doing that all day. If you have to add something to CEH to get up to Dalvin Cook or Barkley, I’m fine doing that, too, as long as you’re not giving up the farm. His numbers are great, I just don’t trust that to continue down the stretch. Moving to another more stable RB is what I tend to do when possible.
– Andrew Hall (@AndrewHallFF)

Rashaad Penny (RB – SEA)
Penny has been great, and his usage has been surprising through Week 4. He’s coming off a massive game, so now is the time to sell. Penny can be effective, he was great down the stretch of the 2021 season, but three factors are working against him. First, he often gets hurt. He’s never played a full season and has only played more than ten games once in his rookie year. Second, the schedule gets tough. The next few weeks aren’t too bad, but from Week 10 on, there’s only one favorable matchup. Third, at some point, the Seahawks will use Kenneth Walker III. They have to see what they have in the rookie. If you can pry another RB like James Conner or AJ Dillon away from a frustrated manager, do it, and don’t think twice.
– Scott Youngson (@jscottyoungson)

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