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I’m nonetheless reeling from the entire accidents that hit NFL groups this previous week. It’s going to take a while for this new-look NFL panorama to normalize. Groups might make trades, signal free brokers, or mine depth charts for brand new expertise to fill in.

As famous final week, the purpose of this column is to offer some concepts for trades to make, each by means of my suggestions and a take a look at the commerce marketplace for that participant primarily based on precise trades from Yahoo leagues. A advice to commerce away or commerce for just isn’t a assure that the participant will bust or breakout transferring ahead. I’m targeted on their present state of affairs, their future outlook, and the narrative round them. Making profitable trades isn’t easy arithmetic. There are sometimes difficult calculations happening for each side.

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Now that we’ve lined that, let’s check out three working backs — one to commerce for, commerce away, and maintain — following the damage rapture, aka Week 2 of the 2020 NFL season.

I advocated for buying and selling away Chubb in final week’s column, and I’m doubling down on that stance as soon as once more, even after Chubb went berserk on Thursday Evening Soccer with 124 yards and two touchdowns. The Browns recreation went just about completely to script on Thursday, which is why Chubb had such a terrific outing. And whereas these video games will definitely occur over the course of the season, Chubb’s upcoming schedule is plagued by video games that might look much more like Week 1, when the Ravens steam-rolled the Browns offense. 5 of the Browns subsequent seven video games are in opposition to a assassin’s row that includes the Cowboys, Colts, Steelers, Raiders, and Texans.

Chubb is coming off a monster efficiency in a nationally televised island recreation, so his inventory might by no means be increased than it’s proper now. Given the entire working again accidents this previous week, you would possibly be capable to provide Chubb to a woebegone Christian McCaffrey or Saquon Barkley drafter and see what you will get again in return.

The market: The commerce marketplace for Chubb has shifted fairly a bit already from final week. Chubb was traded straight up for Tyreek Hill in a number of leagues. He was paired with T.Y. Hilton and despatched away for Stefon Diggs and DJ Moore in a single league, and paired with Emmanuel Sanders in one other as a part of a deal for Joe Mixon, Phillip Lindsay, and DK Metcalf. In a single league Chubb was traded for the mix of DJ Chark and Cam Newton. As I discussed above, public opinion has swung again in Chubb’s favor large time after his efficiency in opposition to the Bengals, making him a great candidate to be used as bait to enhance different components of your roster.

It has been a whirlwind September for Fournette. Within the span of three weeks the Jaguars launched him, the Buccaneers signed him, and he ran for 103 yards and two touchdowns in opposition to the Panthers. I’m certain loads of Fournette drafters had a thought to make use of this recreation to maneuver Fournette, hoping to recoup a number of the probably excessive draft capital they sunk into him again in August. However that will be a silly pursuit, and right here’s why. Fournette’s snap share jumped from 13% in Week 1 (third amongst TB backs) to 43% in Week 2 (first amongst TB backs). Not solely did Fournette produce large performs, however he noticed 50% of the entire backfield alternatives (targets and carries), outpacing each Ronald Jones (26%) and LeSean McCoy (24%).

Leonard Fournette lastly confirmed out in Week 2. (AP Picture/Jason Behnken)

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Maybe this was only a one-week hiccup and Jones will as soon as once more be “the man” in Tampa Bay. However this might have been a case the place the genie bought out of the bottle and the Buccaneers can’t put him again in. Fournette appeared good on Sunday, and he may have taken a powerful lead on this backfield’s workload from right here on out. Maintain tight with Fournette and see if this pattern continues in Week 3.

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The market: Trades involving Fournette run the gamut of being lopsided in his favor and lopsided in opposition to him. He was traded straight up for Evan Engram. He and Cam Newton had been packaged for Jerick McKinnon and Patrick Mahomes. Fournette and Benny Snell had been despatched away for Todd Gurley. Fournette and Julio Jones had been swapped for Mark Ingram and Travis Kelce. And Fournette was traded straight up for Amari Cooper in one other league.

Commerce for … Kenyan Drake, RB, Cardinals

Drake completed 2019 with a bang after being traded to the Cardinals, averaging over 100 scrimmage yards and one landing throughout his eight video games in Arizona. Expectations had been sky-high in 2020, so his slightly ho-hum begin to the season has left some to query whether or not or not he was value his second- or third-round ADP on the finish of summer season. I nonetheless imagine he’s, which is why he’s a commerce goal this week. By means of two video games, Drake has practically doubled Chase Edmonds in taking part in time (68% vs. 35%), and he’s greater than doubled Edmonds in touches (40 to 15). What can be encouraging is that Drake noticed 76% of the backfield alternatives in Week 2, a recreation the Cardinals had in management from just about the opening whistle. A part of what has depressed Drake’s early season fantasy worth is Kyler Murray working for 3 touchdowns. That’s a ridiculously unsustainable tempo for Murray. Have been he to proceed to attain speeding touchdowns at this tempo, he’d end with 24(!) touchdowns on the bottom, shattering Cam Newton’s document by 10!

Issues ought to even out within the Cardinals offense, which may lead to extra goal-line or red-zone alternatives for Drake. Add in that the Cardinals are heading into three straight video games that might characteristic optimistic recreation scripts (vs. Lions, at Panthers, at Jets), and Drake’s outlook immediately has an ever rosier hue round it. Commerce for this elite again earlier than he begins to ship on his peripheral numbers by racking up fantasy scoring totals.

The market: Drake nonetheless seems to have some worth on the commerce market. He was traded straight up for Dalvin Cook dinner, Julio Jones, Melvin Gordon, Calvin Ridley, Keenan Allen, and Russell Wilson in numerous leagues. He was additionally a part of a variety of bundle offers, together with offers the place he was packaged with Julian Edelman for Josh Jacobs, paired with Stefon Diggs in alternate for Miles Sanders and Jerry Jeudy, and mixed with Odell Beckham Jr. for Mike Evans and Kenny Golladay.

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