Winning the trade market is at least as important as nailing the draft. Aside from the waiver wire’s massive impact in the season’s first few weeks, trading is the best way to improve your squad quickly. Great buy-low moves can set you up for victory in the short term and down the stretch. Solid sell-high deals can get you big hauls for overachieving players who likely won’t sustain their production.
Here are all the players the experts are trading this week. Below we dive into a few notable names. And be sure to check out our weekly trade value chart with updated values for all players.
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Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Week 8
Jordan Addison (WR – MIN)
“Jordan Addison is coming off an excellent performance on Monday Night Football, totaling 123 receiving yards, two touchdowns, and 27.8 half-point PPR fantasy points. He is now the WR12 for the year, averaging 12.9 fantasy points per game. However, nearly a third of his receiving yards and fantasy points for the season came Monday night. More importantly, 45% of his fantasy points in Monday’s game came off the lucky touchdown right before halftime. Fantasy players shouldn’t panic sell but explore the trade market. If you can flip Addison for a struggling star wide receiver like Jaylen Waddle or Chris Olave, that’s a move you should make in a heartbeat.”
– Mike Fanelli (FantasyPros)
Bijan Robinson (RB – ATL)
“Bijan Robinson is my favorite sell-high candidate. I didn’t like him in the pre-season, and I don’t like him now. He’s a player who was drafted in the 1st round of most fantasy football league drafts, yet is performing to date more like a 5th-round pick. After missing this week’s game with a “headache,” I have no confidence in his toughness. I think that there is more to the story. His coach claims that Robinson was feeling weird and completely out of it on Sunday morning. It sounds more like a headache for fantasy league managers going forward. I’d try to get Austin Eckeler (RB-LAC) in a trade. ”
– Jeff Boggis (Fantasy Football Empire)
Josh Downs (WR – IND)
“I would try to sell Josh Downs high. The rookie slot receiver has been a bigger part of the Colts offense than I expected, with a 20% target share that ties him for 42nd at the position, and he should see more targets per game with a pocket passer in Gardner Minshew under center. But Downs also caught a 59-yard free-play touchdown in Week 7, and that fluky catch carries what looks like a trend of increasing production that I’m not sure is there. See if you can trade him for a more sustainable top 75 flex player like Amari Cooper, Josh Palmer, or Kendrick Bourne.”
– Scott Spratt (FTN)
Jahmyr Gibbs (RB – DET)
“Jahmyr Gibbs is my sell-high this week. It was fantastic to see him explode on the NFL field, albeit in a blowout. Despite being one of the only healthy backs on the roster, Dan Campbell made it clear last week that Gibbs wouldn’t be getting all the work if he didn’t have to. Since being a coach, Campbell has been a straight shooter, and I don’t expect that to change. I don’t believe Gibbs will ever have the consistency to be any more than an upside flex this season. If you can get a stable RB2 for him, I would cash out. Some names would be Isiah Pacheco, James Cook, or swing for the fences and get his backfield mate David Montgomery.”
– Ellis Johnson (RotoBaller)
“After the first boom game of his fantasy career, I’m selling high on Jahmyr Gibbs. Gibbs saw heavy usage in Week 7, with David Montgomery missing the game due to injury. He parlayed that usage into an RB3 finish. Fantasy managers have suddenly regained faith in the rookie after his monster game and seem to have forgotten the impending return of Montgomery. When Monty returns, Gibbs will be relegated back to a timeshare and will once again lose out on most of the high-value touches. Sell him now, before Montgomery is back in the lineup and his value plummets again. ”
– Aaron St Denis (The League Winners)
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