Fantasy Football Trade Value Risers & Fallers: Week 11 (2023)

Another week has gone by which means we have another set of players who saw their values change. Let’s stop wasting time and get right into it with my Week 11 trade value risers and fallers!

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Fantasy Football Trade Value Risers & Fallers: Week 11

Trade Value Risers

Joshua Dobbs (QB – MIN)

After the injury to QB Kirk Cousins, Dobbs was traded from the Cardinals to the Vikings before Week 9. He was slated to back up Jaren Hall but ended up being very fantasy-relevant, finishing as QB4 on the week with 158 yards passing and two touchdowns along with one on the ground. He finished above stud QBs like Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, and Patrick Mahomes, and he wasn’t even the starter that week.

Well obviously the Vikings gave him the start in Week 10 and he rose to the occasion once again. He finished as QB3 this time, ahead of everyone but Justin Herbert and Dak Prescott. He threw for a career-high 268 yards and a touchdown while also running another one in on the ground. Needless to say, Dobbs is the real deal. If you have him, and you’re out of it this year, maybe send some offers to teams that need QB help. If you’re contending, you might as well ride the lightning to the playoffs and see how it goes.

Jaylen Warren (RB – PIT)

The Pittsburgh RBs are officially back to back in PPR scoring at RB28 and RB29, with Warren the one spot ahead. I don’t think I’m alone when I say that I had high hopes for Harris heading into this year, but Warren has just looked like the better back in every facet of the game. The team officially named him as the starter ahead of last week’s contest, and he did not disappoint. Warren finished as RB8 on the week with a career-high 15 carries for another career-high 101 yards and a touchdown.

I don’t see this trend for Warren changing either, so it just makes sense that he gets the nod for my RB riser this week. Unfortunately, this might also mean that Harris’ leash is even shorter than we thought going forward. It’s tough to be a running back in today’s NFL. That being said, if you roster Warren, you might want to shop him around and see if you can get a solid WR in return, or just hold on and let him take you to Titletown. Either way, he’s looking good right now.

Brandin Cooks (WR – DAL)

Dallas blew up in Week 10. QB Dak Prescott finished as QB1 and both stud WR CeeDee Lamb and teammate Cooks finished as WR2 and 3 respectively. Cooks’ finish was much more of a surprise for fantasy than Lamb’s. The sheer fact that Cooks got 10 targets was impressive to me, but the fact that he caught nine of them for a massive 173 yards and a touchdown was even crazier. Where has this been all season?

Before Week 10, Cooks had only caught 17 passes for 165 yards in seven games. He was probably on waivers in a vast majority of redraft leagues. Well, that’s all changed now. If you had him or were lucky enough to add him, you might consider trading him away for someone more consistent. If it were me, I’d try to trade for a pair of starters that could help me through the last few bye weeks here. I don’t think he has that kind of week again, and if he does at least you’ll know you got what you could for him before he went off.

Jake Ferguson (TE – DAL)

Along with the amazing duo of Lamb and Cooks, Prescott also found time to make Ferguson fantasy relevant as well. His 12.6 PPR points were good enough for TE6 on the week. It was also Ferguson’s third week scoring in the double digits for fantasy and his third in a row scoring a touchdown on the field. Can this trend continue? I doubt it, but the fact that the tight-end position is so ugly this year means you could do worse.

On the bright side, the Cowboys offense sure seems to be clicking. The three weeks that Ferguson has done well are the same three weeks the team has played since their bye. Maybe he put something in the water to get them back on track, or maybe he slipped the OC a twenty to get more plays called in his direction. Either way, Ferguson is a rising star in a position in desperate need of more stars

Trade Value Fallers

Derek Carr (QB – NO)

It should come as no surprise to anyone who’s rostered Carr that he hasn’t scored over 18.3 fantasy points all season. He’s thrown for over 300 yards four times but also thrown for fewer than 200 yards four times. He’s only thrown 10 touchdowns in 10 games to go with four interceptions. All that to say, he’s been crap for fantasy. In Week 10 he finished as QB30 when only 28 teams were playing. That’s just bad.

For the year he’s QB19 but that’s only because he hasn’t missed a game and is just now having his bye week in Week 11. I’m over him, and if I can get a can of worms for him in a trade, I’m highly considering it. I just want his stink off my roster at this point. Maybe someone out there will pay for the name or is overly optimistic, or both. But that’s just not me at this point. I’d probably have better luck starting a backup RB in my SuperFlex spot going forward.

Derrick Henry (RB – TEN)

Since the Titans’ bye week, Henry has gotten 22, 17, and then 11 carries in each of the last three weeks. Teammate Tyjae Spears hasn’t exactly been taking on more of the workload, but the clear decline in Henry’s usage is enough to make me nervous. The team has fully backed rookie QB Will Levis, and it just feels like Henry might not be a part of their plans any longer. They didn’t trade him at the deadline as many people expected, but for fantasy purposes, I wish they would have.

Henry’s not toast yet, he still has that amazing ability to take any carry for a touchdown. That being said, Henry’s only scored a touchdown in every other game this year. Since he only scored three PPR points last week, obviously lacking in the touchdown department, maybe he’ll keep the pattern going and notch one again this week against the division-rival Jaguars. I’m not selling until he does, but now might be a good time to buy low if his current manager has had enough of the rocky roller coaster ride this year.

Calvin Ridley (WR – JAX)

Ridley has been one of the tougher players to evaluate this season. He should be good and has shown his talent multiple times. In PPR scoring, he finished as WR6 in Week 1, WR9 in Week 5, and WR28 in Week 8. Other than that he hasn’t even been worth starting. His Week 10 performance, if you can call it that, was bad enough to land him at WR67 overall. Woof.

I get that Ridley has an upside, but if he can’t show that consistently then what’s the point? The Jaguars haven’t exactly looked dominant this year, but QB Trevor Lawrence has a history of turning it on late in the season. Maybe that’s what will happen again this year, but I’m not betting on it. I’m fine shopping Ridley if I can get something with a higher floor in return. We all love those high-ceiling weeks, but they could crater you in the playoffs. Choose wisely based on who else is on your roster.

Juwan Johnson (TE – NO)

I think I can definitively say that the ride for Johnson managers has officially ended and you should exit the ride to your left. What started as a rocky season only got worse when he missed time. His Week 9 performance of five catches for 29 yards and a touchdown breathed life into any who rostered him. However, that life was taken away after his single catch for two-yard output in Week 10.

I mentioned Carr as a trade faller so this isn’t all on Johnson, but it’s still time to read the writing on the wall here. Not only that but TE Taysom Hill has dominated again in ways that most fantasy managers thought was a thing of the past. This just leaves Johnson as waiver fodder, likely where he belonged all season. If you can get anything for him, and I mean anything, then I recommend you do it. I just want no part of this Saints offense outside of Shaheed, Olave, Kamara, and Hill. Johnson doesn’t make that list for me anymore.