Fantasy Football Trade Advice: David Montgomery, DeVonta Smith, Puka Nacua (Week 11)

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Here are all the players we’re buying and selling this week. And below let’s take a closer look at a few players to trade this week.

Fantasy Football Trade Advice

David Montgomery (RB – DET)

David Montgomery led the ground attack with 12 carries for 116 yards, averaging an outstanding 9.7 yards per carry and scoring a touchdown, with his longest run being an impressive 75 yards. Jahmyr Gibbs also had a significant impact, rushing for 77 yards and 2 touchdowns on 14 carries, including a long run of 35 yards. He saw red zone work. 4 red-zone carries to Montgomery’s 4 red-zone carries.

YLTSI. He was involved in the passing game with 3 catches for 35 yards on 5 targets. Also, out-carried Monty 10 to 8 in the first half. Monty had zero targets.

#Lions

Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR) – 92%
Sam LaPorta (TE) – 80%
Josh Reynolds (WR) – 70%
Jahmyr Gibbs (RB) – 58%
Brock Wright (TE) – 52%
Jameson Williams (WR) – 52%
David Montgomery (RB) – 38%
Kalif Raymond (WR) – 26%
James Mitchell (TE) – 11%
Antoine Green (WR) – 11%

— Andrew Erickson™ (@AndrewErickson_) November 13, 2023

All in all, the Lions shocked me by sticking with the rookie as the lead back. Gibbs played 58% of the snaps to Montgomery’s 38%. It’s truly turning to a Mark Ingram/Alvin Kamara circa 2017 where both guys can be used. Considering Montgomery is the cheaper of the two (despite the fact he started) and had two goal-line rushes stuffed at the 1-yard line, he’s the Lions RB to target. It was also Monty’s first game back…so it’s possible this may not be the case moving forward.

DeVonta Smith (WR – PHI)

DeVonta Smith received 3 targets and caught all 3 passes for 51 yards, including a touchdown.
Goedert had 4 targets, catching 3 passes for 50 yards (hurt toward the end of the game). Goedert is set to miss time and is an injured reserve candidate after suffering a fracture in his forearm.

We saw last year that the Goedert injury fueled Smith to a fantasy WR1 overall finish. Rinse and repeat folks. Buy Smith while he is coming off the bye week and get a fantasy WR1 for the remainder of the season.

Philly has KC, Buffalo, SF and Dallas in their next five weeks. Shootouts as far as the eyes can see.

Puka Nacua (WR – LAR)

Cooper Kupp had 1 target. Puka with 4 targets. 8 pass attempts. 3 completions. In the first half of Week 9. Woof.

Kupp and Nacaua would finish with 7 targets each (26% Target share), as did Tutu Artwell. Brett Rypien also had a tough outing, completing just 13 of 28 passes for 130 yards. Kupp was the primary target, but he could only secure 2 receptions for 48 yards.

Kupp’s targets have been solid in back-to-back weeks before the bye week, but the efficiency has been waning dramatically.

Let’s get Matthew Stafford healthy, please. And adding Carson Wentz as insurance is a MASSIVE upgrade over Rypien, despite the overall negative perception around Wentz.

Therefore, all Rams are buy lows, specifically with Nacua who can be acquired at a cheaper cost than Kupp. Just a strong bet on an uber-talented rookie WR. He also technically saw a team-high 8 targets in Week 9 due to penalties. Also owns a 32% Target share on the year.

The Rams post-bye host Seattle. Then it’s Arizona, Seattle (again), Baltimore and Washington