FANTASY FOOTBALL TRADE ADVICE: WEEK 13 BUY & SELL
There is just a couple of weeks left of the regular season. Some leagues’ trade deadlines have already passed aka the lame leagues. Seasonal leagues should allow trades until the very end of the regular season and dynasty leagues should NOT have a trade deadline. Trading is the most fun part of playing fantasy football. Ideas on how to improve a roster should never be limited. Sometimes the final, final playoff pushes can produce the most leverage for rebuilding teams in dynasty formats. My continuous battle for the removal of trade deadlines is not the purpose of this article. If you can make trades here is one buy and one sell regardless of your league settings.
Buy
Malik Nabers
There is no doubt that Malik Nabers is uber talented and his dynasty price will not be cheap. But there could be a buying window slightly open because he hasn’t finished as a top 20 wide receiver since Week 4. Hopefully the manager that rosters Nabers is not looking at any of his underlying metrics. Hopefully they are a fantasy production snob or box score scavenger. The rookie’s analytical profile remains elite. He is seeing top of the league volume and has proven to be dominant on the field. His quarterback play has been terrible, that is his biggest issue. Regardless of that fact, the Giants upcoming schedule is pretty soft for wide receivers and if Drew Lock becomes QB 1 in New York then we will see massive weeks on the horizon for Malik Nabers.
Who to trade away
Paying up for Malik is going to cost any fantasy manager but he is worth it. Wide receivers like Jordan Addison, Jameson Williams, and Tank Dell have good market value right now. Obviously that would just be a piece of a package going out. The second piece would look like a 2025 first round rookie pick in dynasty or an overachieving running back in seasonal. The backs that come to mind are Chuba Hubbard and Brian Robinson. It might be all three in dynasty leagues. Which would be A-OKAY for me. Even adding additional draft picks for a contender is still in a fair price range for the rookie standout. We all get what we pay for whether it is a kitchen knife or a wide receiver in fantasy football.
Sell
Steelers Running Backs
Typically teams looking to sell at this point in the season are focusing on 2025 and beyond. But selling Jaylen Warren and Najee Harris are a rare occasion whether a contender needs to be looking to move on from these backs. Najee Harris has had some super productive weeks and continues to get substantial volume. And Jayle Warren is starting to come on and up his usage. Both players have been able to be started over the last couple of weeks but their upcoming schedule is so difficult. The hardest running back fantasy playoff schedule by far. When you factor in the schedule and the fact that they will cannibalize each other’s ceilings is why contenders can move on now and avoid a future headache in the fantasy playoffs.
Who to trade for
Luckily Harris comes with a bit of notoriety and production and Warren is a fantasy favorite that is seeing a bump in touches. That kind of change in situation usually comes with a growing sense of a player’s value. Market indicators suggest that either back can be moved for a wide receiver that definitely profiles as a player fit for a contender. Three wideouts that are available in a lot of fantasy trade markets are Courtland Sutton, Calvin Ridley, and Jakobi Meyers to name a few. All three players are older and haven’t carried much trade value all season despite their production. All three have decent to good rest of season schedules and all three players have a well defined role that will not be changing much between now and the end of the season. Some trades don’t have a ton of hype or appeal but can be the difference between winning and losing a fantasy championship.
Stay trading my friends…