It’s never too early to scour the trade market in your fantasy football leagues, and it’s essential to gauge the market each week based on what you’ve seen from the current week’s slate of games.
Week 1 is always slightly chaotic, and this season was no exception. We saw some studs underperform, some lesser-known names explode for tremendous performances and a lot of players landing in that middle ground where they weren’t necessarily good or bad.
Each week, I’ll give you three players to buy and sell based on what we saw the week prior. So let’s get right into it with most of Week 1 now in the books.
Early Week 2 Fantasy Football Trade Advice
Players to Buy
The Baltimore Ravens offense featured Zay Flowers as their primary receiving weapon. This was in part due to the absence of Mark Andrews, but Flowers looked ready to assume that role. He easily paced the team in targets (10), receptions (nine) and receiving yards (78). Flowers even saw two rushing attempts in Week 1. Even when Andrews returns from injury, Flowers figures to be heavily involved in the weekly game plan. The Ravens lost JK Dobbins for the season to a torn Achilles, and they can look to use Flowers as an extension of the running game with manufactured touches close to the line of scrimmage to help offset that.
Michael Pittman Jr. (WR – IND)
There was hesitation from some fantasy managers about how quickly Anthony Richardson would be able to support a receiving option like Michael Pittman Jr. in his rookie season. However, those questions were laid to rest in Week 1. Richardson completed 65% of his passes, and Pittman Jr. was the biggest beneficiary. He is Richardson’s most trusted receiving option, and that connection should only continue growing as the season progresses. Pittman Jr. should be locked and loaded as a WR2 this season, but he could flirt with top-12 value if the Colts are forced to rely on the passing game like they were in Week 1.
The stats might not jump off the page for Roschon Johnson as they do for Flowers and Pittman Jr., but I wholeheartedly expect the rookie running back’s workload to increase as the season rolls on. He was more efficient than Khalil Herbert and D’Onta Foreman in Week 1, and perhaps most importantly, he scored a touchdown on his attempt near the goal line. The team’s trust in Johnson should continue to grow, and his ability as a pass protector will help keep him on the field on third downs. While any running back in the Bears’ backfield has to share work with Justin Fields, look for Johnson’s workload to grow over the next few weeks. He’s a flex-worthy player already, and if he establishes himself as the leader of this committee, the ceiling is even higher.
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