Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Najee Harris, Tank Bigsby, Christian Watson (Week 8)

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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

Najee Harris (RB – PIT)

Najee Harris carried the ball 21 times, rushing for 102 yards at a 4.9 yards per carry average, including a long run of 34 yards, while also scoring 1 touchdown. Received 8 red zone rushing attempts, scoring 1 touchdown.

Jaylen Warren had 12 rushes for 44 yards, averaging 3.7 yards per carry. Harris out-carried Warren eight to four in the first half. Warren received 3 rushing attempts and 1 target in the red zone but did not score. He led the Steelers in backfield snaps (51%) over Harris (49%).
I talked about last week how slow Najee has been traditionally, so I’d like to think this is a sign of things to come. However, the last two games stand out as a glaring outlier compared to his body of work this season. The matchups against the Raiders and Jets have been extremely soft spots.

I think I’d use this opportunity to sell high on Harris. The schedule gets much tougher in the second half of the season with all six AFC North matchups. Warren is getting healthier which could create problems for Harrs in the second half of the season.

The Steelers will face NYG before a bye week. After that, they will play @ WAS, vs BAL, @ CLE, @ CIN, vs CLE, @ PHI, @ BAL and vs KC.

Tank Bigsby (RB – JAC)

Tank Bigsby dominated the ground game with 26 carries for 118 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 4.5 yards per carry with a long run of 13 yards on a 66% snap share.

Bigsby had 14 red zone rushing attempts and converted two into touchdowns. No targets in the red zone. Per Next Gen Stats, Bigsby took over lead RB duties against the Patriots, accumulating most of his rushing production on runs inside the tackles (career-high 91 of his 118 rushing yards).

Bigsby forced 7 missed tackles across 26 carries, his 2nd-most missed tackles forced on runs in a game this season.
D’Ernest Johnson added nine rushes for 38 yards, averaging 4.2 yards per carry with a 10-yard long run. Two rushing attempts and 1 target in the red zone.

D’Ernest Johnson was involved in the passing game as well, catching three of his four targets for 32 yards, averaging 10.7 yards per catch with a 26-yard-long reception. Johnson ran a route on 52% of dropbacks. Bigsby was at 33%.

The matchup was there for the taking against the Patriots bad run defense, and Bigsby took full advantage. But the game script was so perfect for him, that I have hesitation about what happens if the Jaguars are forced to play from behind in future weeks. GB, @ PHI, vs. MIN, and @ DET before a Week 12 bye week.

And fellow RB Travis Etienne Jr. will likely return, creating more chaos and ambiguity in the Jaguars backfield. Head coach Doug Pederson has already spoken on Etienne’s status as the team’s RB1 despite how well Tank has played. Just seems like a situation I’d like to wipe my hands clean of.

Christian Watson (WR – GB)

30 air yards, 10.10% air yards share, 6.06% target share for Christian Watson. Watson is going to be difficult to trust as anything more than a boom-or-bust WR3. He split snaps and routes with Dontayvion Wicks healthy and back in the lineup. Given that we have all 32 teams playing next week and GB has a Week 10 bye, I don’t feel the need to hold onto either Wicks/Watson in such a volatile role. One might hit against the Jaguars, but it’s hard to have confidence in which one it will be.