Skip to main content

Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Calvin Ridley, Alvin Kamara, Chris Olave, James Cook

Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Calvin Ridley, Alvin Kamara, Chris Olave, James Cook

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 of the players to buy and sell this week. And below we dive into a few notable names.

Fantasy Football Trade Advice

Calvin Ridley (WR – JAC)

Calvin Ridley was heavily involved with 8 targets and 4 receptions for 30 yards (29% target share, 100 air yards). But again, he underwhelmed in the final box score.

As we get farther and farther away from Ridley’s Week 1 boom, reality is starting to set in. Since Week 2, his 18% target share ranks third on the team. Ranks 50th among all WRs.

Every week it’s so hard to project the Jaguars WRs because they are all so matchup based. I still think selling high on Kirk is a sharp move, as is selling on Ridley. It’s not like this offense is absolutely lighting up the box scores, and it’s so crowded that makes it tough to trust one guy not-named Kirk. And even his production might be boosted since the Zay Jones injury.

All in all, if you can cash out for a strong return, I think your avoiding potential headaches down the road. But in full transparency, if you can’t get any worthwhile returns, they remain holds.

Alvin Kamara (RB – NO)

Star running back Alvin Kamara led the ground attack with 19 carries for 68 yards while playing 80% of the snaps. While Kamara didn’t find the end zone in this matchup, his versatility was evident as he contributed in both the rushing and passing game. Kendre Miller only earned 2 carries. AK41 was a straight bell cow.

While his usage remains great – league high 25 touches per game – I am concerned about this being sustainable in the long term with Jamaal Williams‘ potential return. Also don’t love the upcoming schedule or this Saints offense in general.

Chris Olave (WR – NO)

Derek Carr‘s primary target was Chris Olave, who was targeted 10 times and secured 7 receptions for 96 yards, averaging 13.7 yards per catch. However just a 22% target share with 157 air yards.

Through 6 games, Olave has a 25% target share. It’s just rinse and repeat about how many times Carr misses Olave deep on his throws. Therefore, Olave remains a sell for me. He has 4 red-zone targets through 6 games. 1 TD.

James Cook (RB – BUF)

James Cook led the rushing attack with 14 carries, gaining 71 yards at an average of 5.1 yards per carry. He did not score a touchdown, and his longest run was 14 yards.

Latavius Murray carried the ball 12 times, accumulating 45 yards with an average of 3.8 yards per carry. Like Cook, he didn’t score a touchdown and had a long run of 12 yards. Cook narrowly edged out Murray in routes run, but the usage overall was essentially a 50/50 split. In fact Murray was highly involved during the beginning of the game – drawing the start and taking the first team carry.

He was also highly involved in the red zone with 4 red-zone carries – as he has done all season.
Each player played 49% of the snaps as Damien Harris left the game with a neck injury on his lone carry.

With Harris sidelined, Murray has a clear path to base work, targets and priority touches in the red zone for Buffalo. Not great for Cook, who was not targeted in this game.

More Articles

Fantasy Football Tight End Streamers & Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 5)

Fantasy Football Tight End Streamers & Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 5)

fp-headshot by Ryan Kirksey | 3 min read
Video: Top 5 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5 (2024)

Video: Top 5 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5 (2024)

fp-headshot by FantasyPros Staff | 2 min read
GameBlazers – A Whole New Way to Play Daily Fantasy

GameBlazers – A Whole New Way to Play Daily Fantasy

fp-headshot by Raju Byfield | 2 min read
Fantasy Football Forecast: Waiver Wire & Trade Advice (Week 5)

Fantasy Football Forecast: Waiver Wire & Trade Advice (Week 5)

fp-headshot by Andrew Erickson | 15+ min read

About Author

Hide

Current Article

2 min read

Fantasy Football Tight End Streamers & Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 5)

Next Up - Fantasy Football Tight End Streamers & Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 5)

Next Article