What a wild start to the 2023 season! We had some upsets, some comebacks, and some season-ending injuries. All of this is leaving fantasy managers scrambling on how to fix their already broken teams.
Other than the waiver wire, the best and fastest way to improve your team is to make a trade with another manager in your league. It can seem intimidating, but trust me, it’s a ton of fun. With that in mind, below are some players who saw their value rise or fall this past week.
Fantasy Football Week 2 Trade Values
Trade Value Risers
Surprisingly enough, Jones finished the week as the QB2, only behind Tua Tagovailoa. He threw three touchdowns on a league-leading 54 attempts in Week 1. Two of those touchdowns went to WR Kendrick Bourne who had six catches for 64 yards on the day.
Jones was being ignored in almost every format leading into the season, even going undrafted in some redraft leagues. In dynasty, his value just went way up though. Any contending team that was looking to ride Aaron Rodgers to the title game will be scrambling for a replacement after his suspected season-ending Achilles injury.
If I’m the Jones manager, I’m sending the Rodgers manager a trade offer right now, and I’m asking for the world. Jones looked better than anyone expected, and even if he doesn’t throw 54 times every week, I still think he’s a solid low-end QB1 or QB option going forward.
While Bijan Robinson had a great start to his career, Allgeier scored the most fantasy points on the entire Falcons roster this week. Obviously, the receiving game was very lackluster as a whole, but Allgeier did a lot with what he was given. He ran the ball 15 times for 75 yards and two touchdowns and added three catches for 19 yards through the air.
While we were all looking at the other high-powered options on this offense, Falcons coach Arthur Smith must have had Allgeier in his fantasy lineup this week. Given all of this, I’d be trying to sell Allgeier wherever I could on this news though since I don’t see it being all that consistent. Get what you can while you can because it could all come crumbling down next week.
Much like Jones and Allgeier, Meyers wasn’t given much attention leading into this season. He was the second or third pass-catching option on the mediocre Raiders offense. Or so we thought. His week 1 output of nine catches on ten targets for 81 yards and two touchdowns says otherwise.
Perhaps Meyers and QB Jimmy Garoppolo made a pact that they would each boost the other to fantasy relevancy this year. It’s possible that this continues too, so I’m holding Meyers unless I get an offer I can’t refuse. The Raiders might not be all that fun to watch, but Meyers could be a fun bright spot for your fantasy teams as long as he is healthy.
My last riser has to be the TE2 on the week. The Panthers were always considered a wildcard for fantasy due to their rookie QB Bryce Young. They also added Miles Sanders and Adam Thielen to the team. They were basically a fantasy team of their own, and we weren’t sure who would be worth starting. Turns out it was Hurst.
Hurst was one of only four tight ends to finish with double-digit points in PPR leagues. I’m not saying he will always be a top-5 tight-end option, but he is for now, so I’m selling him wherever possible. If I can get a guy like Mark Andrews or Kyle Pitts in return, I’m fine doing that, although I doubt the other manager is that hyped to do a trade straight up.
Trade Value Fallers
This one feels obvious, right? I was definitely in on the Jones hype heading into the year. The Giants looked like they might be a contender again in a challenging NFC East, and Saquon Barkley was signed and ready to go. Turns out that might not be the case after all.
Jones finished as QB29 on the week, completing 15 of 28 passes and throwing two interceptions in the Sunday night blowout against the Cowboys. He’s basically droppable in 1-QB redraft leagues and may only be worth a single 2nd in SuperFlex dynasty leagues now.
It’s hard to imagine a bounce back right now, but at the right price, everyone is worth rostering. Jones’ price might be getting there, even as bad as his Week 1 performance was. I’m adding him in dynasty if I can get him for a steal or as a throw-in to a larger trade.
I didn’t have high hopes for Pierce for this year, but he still somehow managed to disappoint me in Week 1. His RB41 finish just screams “SELL” to me.
If you held on through the off-season or even traded for him yourself in dynasty, you might be the one manager in your league that wants to roster him. This might make finding a trade partner tough, so you’ll probably have to hold and ride it out. If you can find someone willing to talk, do it. Even if you have to settle for someone you don’t really like.
I don’t like what I saw from Pierce. 11 carries for a meager 38 yards and two catches for nine yards? That’s it? No, thank you. I’m out.
I honestly considered putting the entire Falcons passing offense on this list but felt like that was a little too easy and very unfair. Instead, I’ll focus on the one player I had the highest hopes for that let me down the most.
Other receivers put up zero in Week 1 (see Tee Higgins) and one even put up negative points (oof, Jamal Agnew), but London’s zero worries me. That entire offense was going to run the ball, we knew that, but London only got a single target. At least Higgins got eight targets, showing that the offense wanted to go his way.
I’m holding London everywhere, but I’m worried. If someone is more excited about him than you are, consider letting him go, but otherwise, let’s hope that this was just a fluke.
With the news of TE Mark Andrews missing Sunday’s game, everyone ran to the waiver wire to add his handcuff. However, we were all fooled, as the Ravens decided that using Likely just wasn’t all that likely after all. He finished with a single catch for 4 yards. That’s it.
Luckily, the entire tight-end position was a wasteland this week, so it probably didn’t hurt your lineup too much. That being said, no one’s going to give you anything for Likely now. Might as well hold on and see if Andrews misses again before dropping him back to waiver where he belongs outside of deeper dynasty leagues.
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