Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Tyler Lockett, George Pickens, Chuba Hubbard, Kareem Hunt

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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

Kareem Hunt (RB – CLE)

Jerome Ford started and led with 20 attempts for 44 yards – 9 carries in the fourth quarter – while seeing heavy usage as a receiver. 23% target share on a team-high 7 targets. 5 targets in the first half. 2 red-zone carries.

Kareem Hunt: 14 attempts, 38 yards, 2.7 average and 1 touchdown, as he tends to see the most RZ work. 3 red-zone carries.

Through the first half each guy had 6 carries. Pierre Strong also had 3 carries in the first half.

Hunt ended with only a 29% snap share to Ford’s 64% snap share.
Ford’s success rate continues to be abysmal – dead last in the NFL – but his take over as a highly involved receiver is encouraging for his fantasy value.

Considering touches/targets/snaps are more predictable and sticky week over week, I’d likely be a buyer/holder of Ford, while looking to sell HIGH on Hunt and his recent TD production of 5 scores in the last four games.

Also the Browns lost starting tackle Jedrick Wills to an MCL injury that will sideline him several games.

George Pickens (WR – PIT)

George Pickens ended with just 2 receptions on 5 targets for -1 yards (17% target share). Came close to scoring but was ruled out of bounds (2 red-zone targets). He remains tough to trust with Johnson the alpha target earner in the offense. He’s a hold until he pops off another big game/TD.

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Chuba Hubbard (RB – CAR)

Chuba Hubbard out-touched Miles Sanders 10 versus 1 in the first half. Hubbard led the rushing attack overall with 16 carries, accumulating 58 yards at an average of 3.6 yards per carry. Sanders contributed with 6 carries for 39 yards, averaging 6.5 yards per carry. Almost exclusively worked in the second half with 5 targets to Hubbard’s six targets.

The fact that Sanders looked better in the second half as a rusher has me concerned, we might see more of a split moving forward. It was a near touch split in the second half which is hard to tell from the box score alone.

On the first drive, it was Hubbard with an attempt followed by Sanders with an attempt that was erased due to a penalty.

Tyler Lockett (WR – SEA)

Tyler Lockett saw 7 of his 8 targets (32%) in the first half but was not efficient, 3 for 32. Lockett’s getting a solid target share but his efficiency marks are showing signs of decline.