We’ll help you navigate the trade waters of your fantasy football leagues all season. Not only is there the ‘Who Should I Trade?’ tool where you can get instant feedback, but you can also sync your league for free using My Playbook in order to get trade advice specific to your team through our Trade Analyzer and Trade Finder tools.
Here are all the players we’re trading this week. And below let’s take a closer look at trade advice specific to the running back position.
- Fantasy Football Trade Tools
- Waiver Wire Advice
- Weekly Fantasy Football Expert Rankings
- Fantasy Football Start/Sit Advice
Fantasy Football Trade Advice
Players to Buy
Travis Etienne showcased his versatility with 23 touches, 18 carries for 77 yards, one 26-yard rushing TD, and five receptions for 27 yards. Bell-cow status with an 80% snap share. Beyond elite route participation – 85%. Ran a route on 30 of 35 Trevor Lawrence dropbacks with no JaMycal Hasty in Week 1. Week 2 was not as great. The ground game was poor as Etienne went for just 40 yards on 12 carries. Also was dealing with cramps during the game. But Tank Bigsby had zero carries and played just 19% of the snaps. ETN also had three targets. 62% route participation. 72% snap share. Still, a workhorse out touching all other RBs 14 to 2. And the Texans are the ideal bounce-back matchup in Week 3.
Rhamondre Stevenson played 73% of the snaps finishing with 18 touches for the second straight week. Even with Ezekiel Elliott making occasional cameos here and there, Stevenson remains the Patriots RB1. He scored a red-zone TD on Sunday Night Football, while catching three balls for 10 yards. But the biggest win was Zeke’s lack of targets. After seeing 7 in Week 1, Elliott was held to just five carries and zero targets in Week 2.
If Joe Burrow is healthy – aggravated his calf strain – the next stretch of games is SALIVATING. Rams, Titans, Cardinals and Seahawks. Buy the Bengals.
Joe Mixon continued to see bell-cow work in Week 2 with a 78% snap rate, 17 overall touches and 5 targets. Other Bengals RBs combined for three touches. Another buy for those looking for running back health. His snaps increased from Week 1. He also saw 5 red zone carries but didn’t find the end zone. He greatly benefits from the easy schedule upcoming – aside from the Titans matchup – starting with a LA in Week 3.
If I were to buy-low on any Jets player, it would be Breece Hall. The hope is the Jets just pound the ground game to protect Zach Wilson, with Hall leading the charge. The Patriots defense didn’t look great versus the run in Week 2, and I don’t think the Jets have any choice but to go full blown operation ground-and-pound to compliment their elite defense.
Kenneth Walker had great receiving usage in Week 1…not so much in Week 2. 1 catch for 11 yards on 2 targets. Zach Charbonnet also saw two targets and added four carries for 16 yards. One of which came inside the 5-yard line in the 4th quarter. Wouldn’t overly read into this considering Walker scored twice and totaled 7 carries in the red zone. Also maintained his Week 1 snap rate and touch load versus the other backs (18 to 7). Charbonnet didn’t play more but got more work running a route on 22% of dropbacks (24% in Week 1). Walker’s routes dropped from 55% to 40%. There’s going to be a give-and-take with Walker when it comes to his receiving, but if the trade off is the red-zone usage; it’s a net positive. Solid schedule coming up for the Hawks with Carolina, New York, Cincy and Arizona on deck. I would be a buyer of Walker.
As for Charbonnet, he’s just a handcuff at this point with little to no standalone value. If you need to make a cut for instant production, he’d be droppable in my eyes in shallower formats. 4.5 touches per game through two weeks. He first entered the game during the team’s second drive. Noteworthy that he was the preferred back in the two-minute drill. So, I’d do my best to hold him because he is built with a three down workload that could be MASSIVE if Walker were to get hurt. All in all, keep em stashed.
Isiah Pacheco carried the ball 12 times for 70 yards, but just 2 targets. Not Ideal receiving usage, but all other KC RBs combined for two carries. And his snap rate (51%) and route participation were encouraging compared to Week 1. I’d be a buyer of Pacheco ahead of a matchup versus the lowly Chicago Bears. It’s the perfect spot for Pacheco.
It was another underwhelming performance. 8 carries for 28 yards and one lost fumble. Just 11 yards on 3 catches (6 targets) most of which came in pure garbage time. However, he still played 76% of the snaps to Ty Chandler‘s 12%. Chandler had one carry for zero yards but looked explosive on his catch and run. He caught two passes for nine yards. Mattison out-touched Chandler 11 to 3.
Still zero indication that Chandler is a threat to Mattison’s workload through two games. And the first two matchups – that I tried to hit home as a reason to not draft Mattison – have been brutal as advertised. Injuries across the OL have not helped. But if you have Mattison, you can’t sell. The window is gone. But luckily, the matchups improve dramatically for the Vikings with the Chargers, Panthers, Chiefs and Bears in their next four games. If you are really hurting at RB, I actually think Mattison is super sharp buy low target to get you through the next few weeks.
Joshua Kelley started but was inefficient versus a top-tier elite run defense. 13 for 39 rushing. Zero pass game usage (1 target) despite a massive workload (79% snap share). He’s a bell cow if Austin Ekeler misses another game, ahead of a juicy matchup versus the Minnesota Vikings who were destroyed versus the running game on Thursday night football.
QB Gardner Minshew entered the game and basically did a lot of handing the ball off to Zack Moss. Moss finished with 18 carries for 88 yards and 1 TD while adding four grabs for 19 yards on 4 targets. Moss was a full-blown bell cow, playing all but one snap on offense (98%). Deon Jackson zero touches. The way it should be.
Moss is a fantasy RB2 over the next two weeks with Jonathan Taylor out of the way till at least Week 5.
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | SoundCloud | iHeartRadio
If you want to dive deeper into fantasy football, be sure to check out our award-winning slate of Fantasy Football Tools as you navigate your season. From our Start/Sit Assistant – which provides your optimal lineup, based on accurate consensus projections – to our Waiver Wire Assistant – that allows you to quickly see which available players will improve your team and by how much – we’ve got you covered this fantasy football season.
