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.
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.
“Saquon Barkley turned in a nice Week 6 fantasy outing thanks to 28 total touches and a couple of long runs late in the loss to Buffalo. That game was close throughout, which is unlikely to be the case in most Giants games going forward. The offensive line is a mess, and QB Daniel Jones has no timetable for return. Barkley’s passing-game role will keep him relevant, but sell him now if you can get RB1 value.”
– Jared Smola (Draft Sharks)
“Kareem Hunt was the RB10 in Week 6, scoring 14.6 half-point PPR fantasy points. Yet, the veteran got saved by getting the team’s only touchdown in the game off a trick play where a tight end took the snap. Meanwhile, Jerome Ford was the better player against the San Francisco 49ers. According to Fantasy Points Data, he had a higher yards per rushing attempt average (4.94 vs. 3.92), a lower stuff rate (29.4% vs. 41.7%), and a higher yards after contact per rushing attempt average (3.47 vs. 2.08) than Hunt. Ford also had seven forced missed tackles, while Hunt had none. Find the league mate in a bye-week crunch at the running back position and get the best deal possible.”
– Mike Fanelli (FantasyPros)
“Adam Thielen has been a revelation in 2023 and might be carrying your PPR team in recent weeks. But now is the time to sell high if you can, in fact, turn him into a better long-term prospect at wide receiver or help at another position. The concerns we had entering the year on Thielen are still valid, as he’s a 33-year-old receiver who’s missed 10 games in the previous four seasons. The Panthers are also changing play-callers over their Week 7 bye, and while that could mean more of the same for Thielen, it also adds a level of uncertainty to his outlook. If Thielen can return CeeDee Lamb, Aman-Ra St. Brown, or another elite receiver that he has outperformed to date, I would pull the trigger on that deal.”
– Jason Willan (Gridiron Experts)
