Fantasy Football Trade Advice: Rico Dowdle, Tank Dell, DeAndre Hopkins (Week 9)

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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

Rico Dowdle (RB – DAL)

Ezekiel Elliott led the Cowboys’ backfield, carrying the ball 10 times for 34 yards and finding the end zone once. Dalvin Cook added 12 rushing yards on six attempts, while KaVontae Turpin contributed a single 11-yard carry.

The first half carries were split six to four in favor of Elliott.

Hunter Luepke also had one rushing attempt that resulted in no gain.

Elliott had two red-zone carries, scoring once without targets.

Snap counts: Ezekiel Elliott: 45%, Dalvin Cook: 27%

Rico Dowdle (illness) was inactive Sunday night against the 49ers. He was expected to see a larger role after the bye week, but that didn’t happen based on his “illness”. He’s got a plus-matchup versus Atlanta in Week 9. Buy dirt cheap.

Tank Dell (WR – HOU)

Tank Dell made an impact with 4 catches for 35 yards, including a touchdown on four targets. Dell had another pass for 19 yards wiped away due to an illegal formation penalty. Dell ran a route on 75% of dropbacks. Dell had one red zone target and scored. Dell saw an 11.11% target share, recording 33 air yards (11.79%).

Dell hasn’t been anywhere near his rookie self, failing to command targets at an elite level. Without Diggs/Collins on Thursday night, he has to be started based on the pure upside/volume proposition. And I think eventually he will return to form especially with him needed more in the Texans passing game. Recall that Tony Pollard didn’t feel like himself until Week 11 last year off a similar injury.

DeAndre Hopkins (WR – KC)

In his Chiefs debut, DeAndre Hopkins caught two passes for 29 yards on three targets. Ran a route on 33% of the dropbacks. Hopkins received 8.57% of the targets and accumulated 48 air yards (19.28%). You can never expect too much for a guy the team just traded for, but I’d expect his role to grow. Again, the schedule is great for Chiefs WRs. Per the FantasyPros SOS tool, the Chiefs have the second-ranked schedule for WRs rest of season.