Fantasy Football Trade Outlook: Buy Low, Sell High Candidates for Week 2

Now that your first waiver wire has officially come and gone, it is time to look into some trades! This weekly article will give you a  breakdown on buy-low and sell-high candidates throughout the season.

Buy-low Candidates:

Trey Burton (TE, Chicago Bears): The negatives: Burton put up a dud of a line with one catch for 15 yards against the Packers. The positives: Burton played 87% of the snaps, ran 33 routes and stayed to block only 3 times, and was second on the team in targets (6). The Bears paid Burton big money due to his versatility and knowledge of this offense. He is a going to be an integral part of this team, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he finished the season as a top-ten fantasy TE. With the Seahawks, Cardinals, Bucs, and Dolphins coming up, look for the Bears to game plan to get him more looks the next few weeks.

Chris Hogan (WR, New England Patriots): Hogan, like Burton, flopped on a week he should’ve gotten buckets, which led to some very angry team owners. You know some GMs are freaking out about his performance, so now is the time to strike. In week 1, Phillip Dorsett was the beneficiary of Tom Brady’s magic, but that won’t last. Last season, before Hogan got injured in week 7, he was a top-10 fantasy PPR WR in this offense while playing with Brandin Cooks. With Cooks gone to the Rams, Hogan is undervalued right now, especially for the amount of targets he is going to get going forward.

Jack Doyle (TE, Indianapolis Colts): While Eric Ebron was the TE who hauled in the touchdown in week 1, there will be plenty of balls to go around in this Colts offense moving forward. Doyle was second in targets (10) to only T.Y. Hilton (11), had the second most red zone targets (2), and played 93.9% of the Colts offensive snaps. Doyle, like Burton above, is just too big a part of this offense to not put up numbers.

Devin Funchess (WR, Carolina Panthers): I know Funchess owners are angry after week 1, myself included, strongut this is the perfect time to trade for him. While he only caught 3 strongalls, he was targeted 5 times out of Cam Newton’s 26 passes, good for a 19.23% pass share. This should go up moving forward, due to Greg Olsen’s foot injury. It always sucks to strongring up injuries, strongut the show must go on for fantasy owners. When Olsen went down with the same injury last season, Funchess’ numstrongers rose dramatically and he averaged over 18+ in PPR leagues. He is a WR1 on a team that is going to get into some shootouts with the Saints and Bucs later this season. Grastrong him while you can.

Corey Davis (WR, Tennessee Titans): Davis didn’t score last week, but led the team in targets (14), which was over 33% of the team’s targets. He was also first in red zone targets (2). Both Rishard Matthews and Taywan Taylor were non-factors, and Delanie Walker is now hurt. Marcus Mariota seems to be just fine, so Davis is the perfect buy-low candidate.

Aaron Jones (RB, Green Bay Packers): Jones, who is still suspended for one more game, is the best all-around running back in Green Bay. Look for a GM who has him stashed, but suffered an injury to his roster and is looking to free up a roster spot. This would be a good time to buy Jones, especially with Aaron Rodgers hobbled.

This rarely happens, but sometimes you will find the “Worrisome Willy” who starts 0-1 and panics about their first pick’s poor performance in week 1. You know your co-managers the best. If one of those types own Ezekiel Elliott, Travis Kelce, or David Johnson and started off 0-1, shoot them a text. After not putting up monster numbers like that GM was expecting, he or she might be more inclined to hear you out now than they were after draft night. You’ll  need to make a godfather offer for one of these three studs, but they are primed to bounce back. Throw out some feelers…

Sell-high:

Randall Cobb (WR, Green Bay Packers): Take away Cobb’s 75-yard touchdown, and he would’ve finished with just 67 yards. Cobb has had durability issues the last few seasons, and don’t forget, Rodgers might miss time, and they have the Vikings defense coming up. There were also rumors of Cobb being cut during preseason, as Geronimo Allison has really come on. Allison played 70% of the snaps during week 1, and is developing a nice chemistry with Rodgers. As Cobb is a sell-high candidate, Allison is worth the add in deeper leagues.

Adrian Peterson (RB, Washington Redskins): I’m a huge Peterson fan, as the guy is a physical freak, strongut his first week numstrongers were a mirage. AD did take advantage of the perfect game script, strongut this reminds me a lot of his season destrongut with the Cardinals last season. He won’t stronge astrongle to keep up this pace, and won’t stronge involved in the pass-catching game with Chris Thompson there. And, while AD got 26 carries, he was only in for 53% of Washington’s snaps. Peterson does have a decent looking matchup and game script setup for week 2, in case you want to roll the dice and hang onto him for one more week, strongut plant the seeds for a trade.

Jay Ajayi (RB, Philadelphia Eagles): In week 1, Ajayi put up two touchdowns, but if you dig a little deeper, you will see he played less than half the snaps, and had less than half the touches. What do those numbers say? They tell a story of a back who is not a stud workhorse back. When you get that many touchdowns while getting that few yards (62), you generally play for a pretty good team who puts you in a position to get those touchdowns. Those touchdowns made for a nice fantasy week, but it’s foolish to project multiple touchdowns on a weekly basis. And, don’t forget the Eagles still have Corey Clement and Darren Sproles eating into his workload on a weekly basis. Sell him now, after a GM saw him score two touchdowns on a nationally televised ballgame.