Fantasy football buy-low trade targets
Week 1 of the fantasy football season is in the books and now is the exact time to punch on owners who saw their studs flop right out of the gate.
After months and months of research, mock drafts, listening to podcasts and being fully prepared to dominate the fantasy football season, it can be very disheartening to see your dream team get beat in Week 1. Even worse is if your highly drafted stud players neglect to show up that first week.
We have that exact situation for a multitude of players, which means you have owners that might be willing to trade out of emotion. The important thing to remember is to not be ridiculous when trying to buy low.
Yes, you want the best deal for your team but A. trades get done a lot easier when you recognize what the other owner needs and B. you’re not going to trade DJ Chark for JuJu Smith-Schuster. Make sure the deals you send are realistic and you’ll find the trade gets done a lot smoother. Now, let’s dig into some targets.
Fantasy Football Trade Target – Tampa Bay Receiving Options
There was a ton of hype about the Bucs this offseason with the arrival of coach Bruce Arians and the streamlining of the offense. Gone are DeSean Jackson and Adam Humphries(to varying results themselves Week 1) so the theory was Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and O.J. Howard would dominate all the targets and produce big numbers. Then Week 1 rolled along and the offense fell flat on their faces.
There is legitimate concern about the play of quarterback Jameis Winston. He has now appeared in 57 career games and has just under 75 turnovers after Sunday. However, it was his first live game in a new system. It’s easy to see why the first game might not go so smooth and for the receivers, at least you don’t get penalized for Winston. If he’s creating a mess on the scoreboard, the Bucs might have to chase points.
Evans still had an aDOT of near 23 yards, so when we combine that with him being sick for this game, a bounce-back seems imminent. Godwin saw an aDOT of 10 yards and played 33 of 63 snaps in the slot. He’s going to be the intermediate target in this offense and scored the lone touchdown on two red-zone targets.
Howard playing 41 snaps from the inline spot on the formation wasn’t the best possible usage, but Howard still ran a route on 55 percent of the dropbacks on Sunday. The bottom line is Arians might not be able to stop the turnovers, but there are better days ahead.