Fantasy Football Trade Advice: D’Andre Swift, Kareem Hunt, Trey Benson, Christian Watson

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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: Week 11

Trey Benson (RB – ARI)

In the backfield, Trey Benson led the Cardinals’ rushing efforts with 10 carries for 62 yards, averaging an impressive 6.2 yards per carry, with a long of 14 yards.

James Conner had a balanced game, rushing 12 times for 33 yards and a touchdown, though his 2.8 YPC was more modest. Benson had four carries in the first half for 28 yards, with one reception. Conner finished with a 54% snap share to Benson’s 27%. The rookie tied a season-high 12 touches in Week 10 after seeing nine in Week 9. Again, a friendly reminder to make sure that Benson is not available in any league formats for the upside he could deliver if there’s a Conner injury. Conner is sixth in touches this season and has been banged up here and there. We know about his long injury history.

Christian Watson (WR – GB)

Christian Watson hauled in three of seven targets for 37 yards back in Week9, with a 12.3-yard average and a long catch of 19 yards. He had one red-zone target (didn’t score) but converted a two-point conversion.

Watson’s underlying usage was strong: 145 air yards, 38.98% air yards share, 18.92% target share. In the last two games, Watson leads the Packers in targets (13) and air yards (211) but he has just seven catches for 76 yards.

D’Andre Swift (RB – CHI)

In the rushing game, D’Andre Swift led with 16 carries for 59 yards, averaging 3.7 yards per carry with a long run of 9 yards. Two red-zone rushing attempts but zero TDs. I wanted to give the Bears one more week before selling them, but even they couldn’t produce against the Patriots. No team has a more difficult schedule this season than the Bears. They will play the Packers at home in Week 11. From Weeks 12-17 it’s MIN, @ DET, @ SF, @ MIN, DET and SEA. The Patriots defense was the last great matchup they have aside from Seattle in Week 17. Per the FantasyPros SOS tool, the Bears are tied for the No.32-ranked schedule for quarterbacks. Per the FantasyPros Strength of Schedule tool, the Bears also have a bottom-five schedule for fantasy RBs for the rest of the season. Sell Swift who probably has the most value left. The Bears OL has been decimated by injuries.

Kareem Hunt (RB – KC)

In the rushing department, Kareem Hunt led the Chiefs with 14 carries for 35 yards, averaging 2.5 yards per carry with a long run of 10 yards. Four red-zone rushing attempts, zero rushing touchdowns, three receptions and four red-zone targets. The receiving corps was led by Kareem Hunt, who caught seven of his 10 targets (25% target share) for 65 yards, averaging 9.3 yards per reception with a long gain of 26 yards. Ten targets for Kareem Hunt. Wild.

The usage for Hunt is virtually off-the-chart. And if he wasn’t past his prime, he’d be pushing for top 5 weekly RB status. Makes you wonder the type of season Isiah Pacheco was set up to have before his injury. Regardless expect more fantasy RB1 production from Hunt against Buffalo, especially in the passing game.

Still Hunt managers need to realize this might not end well come fantasy playoff time.
Pacheco’s eventual return creates some ambiguity about how useful Hunt will be in crunch time during the fantasy football playoffs. Don’t hold onto Hunt too tight before he loses value. The latest from head coach Andy Reid is that Pacheco is close to returning. Now I am very skeptical about how effective Pacheco will be coming off the broken leg injury, but I think his presence will definitely hurt Hunt.