Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Dameon Pierce, Javonte Williams, Miles Sanders (Week 2)

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Fantasy Football Trade Advice

Dameon Pierce (RB – HOU)

Dameon Pierce struggled as expected with 11 carries for 38 yards and 2 catches for 9 yards. Houston did as they did during the preseason, where Pierce would play a few drives and then get replaced by Devin Singletary. Mike Boone was specifically used during the 2-minute drill.

That resulted in a 45% snap share for Pierce. Not great. Still think he’s over-reliant on being a game script-dependent back that thrives most when the game is close. Again, I was firmly against drafting Pierce because I knew this Week 1 matchup would be tough. Especially with all the offensive line injuries the Texans are dealing with. Got worse with OT George Fant knocked out with a shoulder injury. The Colts’ should be a closer matchup in Week 2, but the Jaguars couldn’t move the ball on them much through the ground game either – outside a big run from Travis Etienne. Without the 26-yard TD, he and Tank Bigsby combined for 3.0 yards per carry.

If you want Pierce, maybe you should wait one more week. Then again, Steelers, Falcons and Saints aren’t ringing endorsements of layup matchups for an RB with a sub-50% snap share and a limited receiving role.

Miles Sanders (RB – CAR)

Miles Sanders displayed bell-cow potential with 18 carries for 72 yards and active involvement in the passing game. He only earned a 57% snap share, but he was FED with 22 touches and 24 total opportunities in the backfield. His four catches for 26 on 6 targets were the most receiving usage he has seen 2020. Considering how badly the perception of the Panthers is coming out of this game, Sanders initially looked like a buy for me. I don’t want to be slow to hop on bell cow usage when Carolina is forced to rely heavily on their RBs due to a lack of overall playmakers. RB2 Chuba Hubbard chipped in 11 touches of his own posting a total of 69 yards. However, Hubbard was very much involved early on, and saw some red zone usage over Sanders. Was stuffed on 4th and 1. But also worked a lot on third downs. Carolina also seemed very “in” on getting Laviska Shenault touches out of the backfield during the opening drive. Sanders has 8 carries for 28 yards in the first half and zero targets. Most of his targets came in total comeback mode. So, if you have Sanders, I’d try to sell high. The TD equity in this offense isn’t great and I am skeptical his target share (19%) stays this high without 3rd down work. He only ran a route on 45% of dropbacks.

Javonte Williams (RB – DEN)

Sean Payton will fix everything. Sure. Okay. A home loss to the Raiders’ dumpster franchise in Week 1. Not a great start. Russell Wilson was okay, tossing 2 TDs with an average 5.2 yards per attempt. A lot of RB targets. Too much if you ask me.

Starting running back Javonte Williams saw heavy usage with 13 carries for 52 yards (45% snap share). His 6 targets led the team (19% target share). 5 catches. No. 2 RB Samaje Perine finished 4 for 4 as receiver for 37 yards (13% target share) and led the backfield in routes. Added 8 carries for 41 yards while also playing 45% of the snaps. A sick…50/50 committee in a bad offense. Woof. Get away from the Broncos backfield.

No sign of Jaleel McLaughlin (8% snap share). PAYTON YOU LIAR. Oh, wait, 1 catch for -7 yards. Cool? Cool.