Fantasy Football Trade Tips: 4 buys and 4 sells for managers to consider

Creating realistic trade offers that lead to a deal being accepted is always challenging. Throughout the season, Justin Boone will be publishing his rest-of-season trade value charts, which you can use as a guide to help make moves and manage your roster.

Below he highlights some of the players you should be buying or selling, before their value shifts in the coming weeks.

Boone’sTrade Value Charts

Buys

Justin Jefferson, WR, Vikings

It’s been an up and down start to the season for Jefferson. The 27-year-old was the third highest scoring fantasy receiver in Week 1, posted 55 yards in Week 2, suffered an ankle injury in Week 3 that forced him to sit out the next game, then returned with a solid 6-79-1 stat line before going on bye in Week 6.

His matchup with the Colts in Week 7 was supposed to be a springboard to the rest of the season and instead only resulted in a four-catch, 44-yard outing on seven targets.

The Lions will be the easiest matchup Jefferson has had all season, with Detroit allowing the fourth-most fantasy points to wideouts. He’ll follow that up with a home game against the Bills defense that’s been the most generous to receivers. From Week 8 through the end of the fantasy season, the Vikings have one of the five softest schedules for his position.

We should also expect that Jefferson builds chemistry with Kyler Murray. After all, the duo has only suited up together in two full contests this year due to injuries. That makes me hopeful that we’ll see bigger games from Jefferson, starting this Sunday, as he begins to restore his low-end fantasy WR1 value.

Parker Washington, WR, Jaguars

Washington disappointed in the box score in two of his last three outings before the Jaguars’ Week 7 bye, which might crack the door open just enough for his manager to consider a trade offer.

The 24-year-old was held to just one catch for seven yards against the Bengals in Week 4 and four grabs for 64 yards versus the Texans in Week 6 while failing to find the end zone in either appearance.

Fortunately, the Jaguars have a top-10 schedule for fantasy receivers the rest of the way. Remember, a similar scenario played out last season when Jacksonville’s offense exploded down the stretch thanks to a string of favorable opponents. Washington put up 90 yards and/or a touchdown in five of his last seven games during that span.

The discount won’t be much, but this might be the last chance to get him on your roster.

Emeka Egbuka, WR, Buccaneers

Egbuka missed the blowout victory over the Panthers with a concussion and a foot injury. Thankfully, he’s back at practice this week and trending in the right direction to suit up versus the Falcons.

Though his numbers haven’t been overly impressive (under 65 yards in every game), Egbuka saw at least nine targets in three of his last four appearances. That includes a whopping 16 targets in his last outing.

It’s clear the Bucs’ coaching staff wants to get the ball in his hands. They even dialed up a 14-yard rushing touchdown for him in Week 5.

While Baker Mayfield didn’t need to throw much during Tampa’s dominant win over Carolina, the offense will need to take to the air more in their upcoming matchups with the Falcons, Bears and Lions over the next four weeks.

I’m valuing Egbuka as a borderline low-end WR2 with top-20 upside moving forward.

Chase Brown, RB, Bengals

Brown was another player the public was begging for us to put through the Panic Meter and into the Coping Corner on Monday’s show. However, I asked for a one-week reprieve, which Matt Harmon reluctantly granted.

It’s hard to defend Brown’s production so far this season. He’s only topped 10 fantasy points twice out of six tries. However, his snaps continue to be around the 75% range, with Samaje Perine only getting less than a quarter of the action.

In their most recent outing, Perine found the end zone but had just four carries for 16 yards and no targets. Meanwhile, Brown handled 15 touches, including four receptions on five targets. He just didn’t generate enough against the Ravens, with just 58 scoreless scrimmage yards.

The real reason why I pushed to keep him out of the Coping Corner is his matchup with the Titans this week.

Tennessee’s defense has helped almost every running back they’ve encountered to quality fantasy days:

Week

Player

Yards

TDs

7

Quinshon Judkins

104

2

6

Jonathan Taylor

151

1

5

Woody Marks

85

0

4

Derrick Henry

79

1

3

Cam Skattebo

100

0

2

Eagles RBs

87

1

1

Breece Hall

118

1

This is the last stand for Brown and I believe he’ll deliver in this spot. Then, if you want to trade him at a slightly higher value you can. Or you can hope he gets hot for the remainder of the year, like he did in the second half of the 2025 campaign.

Let’s hope that occurs, since the Bengals have an excellent fantasy playoff schedule with the Panthers in Week 15 and Colts in Week 16.

Sell

Ashton Jeanty, RB, Raiders

Jeanty hasn’t looked good this season and we can likely trace that back to his high ankle sprain this summer. Unfortunately, Jeanty and the Raiders don’t seem interested in giving him time off to rest and recover, like the Cardinals have done with Jeremiyah Love recently.

That’s caused the second-year back to be very inefficient with his carries. Jeanty only managed 27 rushing yards on 10 attempts in Week 5, 22 yards on 10 chances in Week 6 and then 15 yards on eight rushes in Week 7.

You might not know it though, if you’re just looking at his fantasy point totals because touchdowns and receiving yards have kept him afloat. Jeanty is currently the RB14 in fantasy points per game on the season, despite his aforementioned struggles. He also has rookie Mike Washington Jr. performing at a higher rate in the same offense. It’s not out of the question that Klint Kubiak decides to give Washington increased touches at some point.

The Raiders’ bye isn’t until Week 13, so the chances of Jeanty’s health significantly improving any time soon are slim. If you can find a fantasy manager willing to trade equal value for Jeanty, I would make that move before everyone realizes his production is far more volatile than the final numbers suggest.

Tony Pollard, RB, Titans

Pollard is a classic situation where you want to capitalize on his biggest performance of the year. Needless to say, there aren’t many 155-yard, three-touchdown days on his resume. This was the first time Pollard had reached 100 scrimmage yards this season.

There’s also some buzz about Pollard being a potential trade candidate, which could entice other managers into seeing more potential in the veteran back’s rest-of-season outlook.

Regardless, if you’re not trying to move Pollard coming off this game — you’re doing it wrong. If he stays in Tennessee, his next stretch will include the Bengals in Week 8 (fourth fewest fantasy points to RBs), a Week 9 bye, and the Jaguars in Week 10 and Week 12 (second fewest points to RBs).

Feel free to stop reading this column and go send out Pollard trade offers immediately.

Jared Goff, QB, Lions

Josh Allen is the top scoring fantasy QB through seven weeks, but do you know who’s tied with Joe Burrow for second? Jared Goff.

While that’s an impressive feat for the veteran passer, I expect we’re about to see his stock take a hit in Week 8 after dealing with Brian Flores’ Vikings defense.

Minnesota is allowing just 8.8 fantasy points per game to quarterbacks, which is almost three points less than the next closest defense. Over their last five games, the Vikings haven’t let a quarterback score more than 13 points against them and held four of those five under 10 points.

Goff also had stiffer tests coming up against the Patriots in Week 10 and Bucs in Week 11. Not to mention, his second date with the Vikings falls in Week 15 — the first round of the fantasy playoffs.

Look around for a QB-needy team in your league and try to package Goff with another player to upgrade your starting lineup at a different position.

DeVonta Smith, WR, Eagles

It’s rarely a good idea to sell low on a player, but Smith is in that position now. After suffering another hamstring injury and sitting out Week 7, we’re still waiting for the team to provide a timeline for his recovery.

Normally an aggravation causes a player to miss even more action than the initial injury. Considering Smith was sidelined for two games the first time, it’s logical to expect him to miss multiple weeks with this one.

Given the state of the Eagles offense, which will be led by backup quarterbacks for the remainder of the season, it’s difficult to envision Smith producing like he was early in the season.

Instead of waiting on him to return and hoping for the best, it’s worth seeking out a trade partner. Package Smith with another piece, accept your lost value based on where you drafted him and take a clean slate into the second half of the season.

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