Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Josh Jacobs, Brandon Aiyuk, Brock Bowers (Week 5)

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Here is our fantasy football trade advice article, including 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

Brock Bowers (TE – LV)

Brock Bowers caught two of three targets for 19 yards. Woof. No Davante Adams. No targets for Bowers. Make it make sense. Give the ball to the talent. The route participation was at a season-high of 73%. Buy low.

Josh Jacobs (RB – GB)

Josh Jacobs had nine carries for 51 yards. Jacobs caught four of six targets for 27 yards (11% target share) while leading the backfield with a 61% snap rate.

Emanuel Wilson had eight carries for 27 yards. Jacobs saw two more carries (also two targets) inside the red zone but didn’t score again. Green Bay had the ball at the three-yard line, but they got flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct. Jacobs’ inability to score is beyond frustrating. But the fact that he was able to muster production in the face of massive negative game script is a positive. With Love back under center, Jacobs is a BUY. Eighth in touches this season.

When Love has been under center this season, Jacobs has rushed into stacked boxes on just one of 26 carries. The touchdowns will come.

Brandon Aiyuk (WR – SF)

Brandon Aiyuk caught two of five targets for 48 yards (18.5% target share, 90 air yards). Aiyuk’s production has been lackluster thus far, and I think a lot can be attributed to his missed time this offseason. In Aiyuk’s defense – pun intended – he drew the toughest matchup New England had to offer.

Per Next Gen Stats, Christian Gonzalez aligned to the boundary on 70% of his snaps in Week 4 after having done so on 37%-38% of his snaps in every other game this season.

Gonzalez lined up against Brandon Aiyuk on 13 of his 25 routes (52%) and pressed him on 7 of 13 (54%). Aiyuk managed just 1 reception for 10 yards on 2 targets with Gonzalez as the nearest defender. Gonzalez allowed just 2 receptions for 12 yards on 5 total targets faced as the nearest defender.

But there’s no denying that he hasn’t looked like the WR the 49ers backed up the bank truck for. Meanwhile, Jennings looks like an emerging superstar.

In a game where he played with all the other 49ers playmakers healthy – aside from Christian McCaffrey – he was the target leader. That’s not nothing. When he’s running a route, Purdy is looking for No. 15. I think Jennings is a buy/hold. We see guys from the 49ers offense miss time constantly. Now it seems like he is fourth in the pecking order, but that could change quickly. He’s got immense upside in this offense attached to Purdy.

But that’s not to say Aiyuk isn’t also a buy. He’s not been himself, but we know the talent is there from last season. He will have his spike weeks at some point, but I don’t think his role in the offense is truly reflective of his role from a statistical standpoint. If you can buy low, great. Just don’t get carried away with selling the farm for Aiyuk. But have confidence that however you acquire Aiyuk, you’ll be getting him during his upcoming best stretch of future production.