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Trade for these 7 Players ASAP (Buy Low)

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Oct 20, 2026
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Tue, October 20, 2026
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A.J. BrownBraelon AllenBreece HallChristian WatsonDeebo SamuelDrake MayeHunter HenryJameson WilliamsKayshon BoutteMarvin Harrison Jr.Mike EvansNico CollinsRicky PearsallRomeo Doubs
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A.J. Brown

PositiveValue0:09

AJ Brown is a prime buy-low candidate despite a frustrating start marked by injury and drops. He saw 10 targets in his return and would have posted a massive 22-23 point performance if he had secured his drops. With limited target competition in New England, he could command a 30% target share and finish as a low-end WR1. The source ranks him as WR17 (36 overall) but views that as his floor.

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Braelon Allen

PositiveUsage13:21

Braelon Allen has been hyper-productive for the Jets over the past three weeks, averaging approximately 13 fantasy points per game while filling in for the injured Breece Hall.

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Breece Hall

PositiveProjection12:07

Breece Hall is expected to return to the Jets' offense this week following his week-to-week injury. Given that Braelon Allen averaged 13 fantasy points per game in his absence, the source projects Hall could reach 15-16 fantasy points per game, ranking him as an RB16 rest-of-season. The source suggests trading for him by packaging lesser assets like Rachaad White and Jameson Williams.

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Christian Watson

NegativeValue11:48

Christian Watson was mentioned as a player involved in a trade offer example where the sender attempted to include Travis Etienne as a throw-in.

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Deebo Samuel

PositiveValue12:06

Deebo Samuel is a recommended buy-low target to acquire as a 'throw-in' in trades. His value has dropped significantly, falling from a peak rank of 67 to 106. He is expected to miss week seven and return after the week eight bye in week nine. The source notes his potential upside if he returns while other players like Mike Evans remain sidelined.

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Drake Maye

PositiveProjection2:11

Drake Maye has turned the corner after a poor start, recording 10 passing touchdowns over the past three weeks. His efficiency has improved significantly, making him a quarterback to target for fantasy production.

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Hunter Henry

NegativeUsage3:57

Hunter Henry remains a receiving option for the Patriots, though he is not expected to challenge the primary wide receiver target share.

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Jameson Williams

NegativeValue5:52

The source suggests using Jameson Williams as a trade piece to acquire higher-value assets like AJ Brown or Breece Hall.

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Kayshon Boutte

NegativeDepth Chart3:48

Kayshon Boutte has been traded away by the Patriots, further thinning the team's wide receiver depth chart.

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Marvin Harrison Jr.

NegativeUsage8:16

Marvin Harrison Jr. was targeted during his limited snap and route participation in the recent matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Mike Evans

NegativeInjury12:50

The source notes that Mike Evans' return status is currently unknown, which serves as a potential upside factor for targeting Deebo Samuel in trades.

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Nico Collins

PositiveProjection6:54

Despite recent frustration and target competition from Tank Dell, Nico Collins remains a strong fantasy asset. C.J. Stroud has returned to high-level efficiency (8.1 adjusted yards per pass attempt), and the source ranks Collins as a low-end WR1 (WR12) rest-of-season, suggesting he is a buy-low target.

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Ricky Pearsall

NegativeInjury12:26

The source confirms that Ricky Pearsall is out for the season, providing context on the San Francisco 49ers' wide receiver depth chart.

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Romeo Doubs

NegativeInjury3:43

Romeo Doubs is currently on the IR due to a shoulder injury.

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Tank Dell

NegativeUsage8:14

Tank Dell is emerging as a source of target competition within the Houston Texans' offense, contributing to recent frustration for fantasy managers invested in the team's receiving corps.

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Travis Etienne

PositiveValue9:30

Travis Etienne is a prime buy-low candidate who can be acquired for next to nothing while on IR. He is expected to return after missing weeks four through seven, with the week eight bye providing additional recovery time. The source recommends acquiring him as a 'throw-in' during larger trades rather than approaching owners directly. Upon his return, he is expected to reclaim the legitimate RB1 role for the New Orleans Saints, building on his early-season efficiency where he averaged 5.5 targets and 8.5 carries per game.

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Episode Transcript

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0:00Every player that we talk about in this
0:01video, I think will be more valuable in
0:03fantasy football 3 weeks from now than
0:05they are today. Now, the first player
0:07I'm going to discuss, I actually owe you
0:09a massive apology on, and that is AJ
0:13Brown. Now, the reason I owe you an
0:14apology is I thought he was a slam start
0:18this past week. I thought, oh, it
0:20doesn't matter that he's coming off an
0:21injury. Yeah, maybe he starts a little
0:23bit slow, but AJ Brown is such a good
0:25player. You took him in the second round
0:27of your draft. if he's healthy enough to
0:29play, he's in your lineup. And AJ Brown
0:31was horrible, right? He probably lost
0:33you your matchup if you did go through
0:35and play him. And most likely the owner
0:38that has AJ Brown is extremely
0:41frustrated with him because week one, he
0:45scores five and a half fantasy points.
0:46He goes down with the high ankle sprain.
0:48Then finally, they get him back in week
0:51six and what does he do? He draws 10
0:54targets. He drops three pretty big balls
0:57that if you would have held on to, hell,
0:59I mean, he would have had a phenomenal
1:01day for fantasy and he scores five and a
1:03half points. So AJ Brown for the fantasy
1:07owner that has drafted him has scored
1:09five and a half points in the only two
1:10games that he has played and then he
1:12missed a month. So that owner is
1:15probably sitting at two and four right
1:17now. Hell, maybe they're even one and
1:18five. kind of at best they are three and
1:21three and there's a good chance that
1:23they are frustrated but I want to lay
1:25the groundwork on why I think you should
1:27be excited about AJ Brown going into the
1:29future starting off with what we have
1:31seen from Drake May so far this season
1:34obviously at the very beginning of the
1:36season May was horrible that doesn't
1:39surprise anybody here Drake May in the
1:42first three weeks of the year did not
1:44score 10 fantasy points in a single game
1:47the first three weeks Drake May had six
1:50interceptions to one passing touchdown.
1:53Now, week one, that was against a very
1:55good Seattle Seahawks defense. Week two,
1:58they just ran the ball over and over
1:59again. And week three against
2:01Jacksonville, they imploded. I have no
2:03excuses for him. But since then, Drake
2:06May has completely turned the corner.
2:08Drake May has actually gone right back
2:10to where he was last year with 10
2:13passing touchdowns over the past three
2:14weeks. And the efficiency is through the
2:17roof as well. If we look at the overall
2:19receiving options that Drake May is now
2:21going to be throwing to, we can see that
2:23Romeo Dobs hits the IR with the
2:26shoulder. Matt Collins is also out for
2:28the season. This team traded away Kahan
2:31Booty. So AJ Brown is really the only
2:34weapon that they have in terms of wide
2:37receivers. Yes, they have Hunter Henry.
2:39Yes, they have Eli Raridan. Yes, they
2:41have a couple of random running backs.
2:42But I'm not going to be surprised if AJ
2:45Brown going into the future sees 30% of
2:48the New England Patriots targets and
2:50ends up being one of the most prolific
2:53receivers in the entire NFL with his
2:55market share. And based on Drake May
2:58looking like a good quarterback all of
3:00last season and over the past three
3:02weeks, I think the large sample of data
3:04proves that Drake May is a quarterback
3:06you want if you're targeting a top wide
3:10receiver. And with AJ Brown, if we just
3:13go through the hypothetical scenario
3:15that he holds on to the deep ball that
3:17he dropped down the sidelines, he holds
3:19on to the ball in the end zone. How many
3:22points would he have scored this past
3:24week? 22, 23. I would almost say he's a
3:28lowend wide receiver one rest of season.
3:30If I am looking at the rankings on
3:32flockfantasy.com, I am the second
3:34highest expert on the site. I have him
3:37at 36 overall and I have him at wide
3:40receiver 17 and I almost feel like
3:42that's too low. I almost feel like
3:44that's the floor for Brown and again he
3:47can be a wide receiver one. So what I
3:49would be looking to do here is say I am
3:52sitting with Jameson Williams which I
3:54have. I would really like to take
3:56Jameson Williams and maybe I don't know
3:59a starting running back like Rashad
4:01White now and go through and send that
4:03over to AJ Brown. Now, I know the people
4:05that have AJ Brown in my league, there's
4:07no way in hell they're going to accept
4:08that they are Patriots fans, but maybe
4:10the AJ Brown owner in your league will.
4:13Now, going over to Nico Collins, uh, let
4:16me discuss him briefly. Funny enough,
4:19earlier today, I was actually swimming
4:21at my local YMCA, getting in some laps,
4:24and then the lifeguard comes up to me
4:26after and goes, "Hey, you Mason?" I go,
4:29"Yep, I'm Mason." And he goes, "What's
4:31going on with Nico Collins?" I swear to
4:33God, true story. Um, so people are
4:36worried. If I'm looking at Nico here, I
4:38understand the frustration, right? This
4:40past week it was very, very bad. Nico
4:43Collins comes through. He drops only 10
4:46fantasy points. We saw the same thing in
4:48week five against the Tennessee Titans.
4:50Jaylen Null had all the points for
4:52Houston here. And on top of this, Tank
4:55Dell is coming into Houston. Marvin
4:57Harrison in his very limited amount of
4:59snaps and routes actually was targeted
5:02against the Jacksonville Jaguars as
5:04well. So Nico Collins I would not expect
5:06to be in a similar boat to AJ Brown. I
5:09don't know if Nico is going to be able
5:10to get to a 30 35% team target share in
5:13Houston. There's probably too much
5:15competition at this point. But very
5:17similar to why I think AJ Brown's a buy
5:20given the Drake May quarterback play, CJ
5:22Shroud looks like he's completely turned
5:24the corner. Now, I don't want to
5:25overreact here because if we go ahead
5:28and look at the large sample of
5:30quarterback play that we have had from
5:31Strad in his second NFL season, he was
5:35very bad. In his third NFL season, he
5:37was even worse. 6.9 adjusted yards per
5:40attempt as a secondyear player. That is
5:43horrible quarterback play. But the
5:45efficiency is through the roof this
5:47season. 8.1 adjusted yards per pass
5:50attempt. Almost right back to where it
5:52was his rookie season. And if we're
5:54going to get efficient quarterback play
5:56from CJ Strad going into the future, I
5:59actually think it doesn't matter that
6:01there is additional target competition
6:03for Nico Collins. I think he is still
6:05going to be a okay here. And maybe you
6:08say, "Okay, well Mason, is it a small
6:09sample that we have with Shroud? Are we
6:11just backwards looking here or can we
6:12project this into the future?" I mean,
6:14right now, if I go and look at what the
6:17markets have for this upcoming week, the
6:19Houston Texans are actually the biggest
6:22favorites in the NFL, they have an 80%
6:25chance of beating the New York Giants.
6:27The spread on this game is 9 and a half
6:30points. So, markets are pricing in that
6:33Houston is here to stay. Now, obviously,
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6:44get $25 added to your account after you
6:46deposit your first 10. Now where I am
6:49ranking Nico Collins here rest of season
6:52is I am Nico Collins as a low-end wide
6:54receiver one. I have him as wide
6:56receiver 12. What I would be trying to
6:59trade for Nico Collins in my league if I
7:01could. I already know that this is going
7:03to be a spot where I'm most likely not
7:04able to is if I could move say Christian
7:08Watson who is on my roster and get Nico
7:11Collins and a minor upgrade elsewhere. I
7:14would look to do so. Now there's a good
7:15chance the Nico owner in your league
7:17would rather have him over Christian
7:18Watson, which right now is the case in
7:21my league. I know the Nico Collins owner
7:23really likes him, but I would reach out
7:25just in case he is worried. Now going
7:27over to Bree Hall. Obviously, Bree has
7:30missed a considerable amount of time at
7:32this point. I would start pulling
7:34putting out offers right now because if
7:36you remember, Bree Hall goes down in the
7:39third week of this season and this
7:42injury is labeled as a week toeek
7:44injury. They opt to not put him on the
7:46IR. Sounds like it wasn't even in
7:48consideration. And Breece Hall has
7:50already missed weeks four, five, and
7:53six. So, I think the baseline
7:55expectation should be that Bree Hall is
7:57coming back to this New York Jets
7:58offense this week. And if we go over and
8:00we look at where we stand with Brillin
8:02Allen currently, like Brilan Allen is a
8:05running back that stepped in and he
8:08actually was hyperproductive for this
8:10Jets team. Brilan Allen over the past
8:12three weeks has actually seen about 13
8:15fantasy points per game, which if we
8:18transition this same workload back over
8:20to Bree Hall, I wouldn't be surprised at
8:22all if Bree Hall's able to push this up
8:24to 15 16 fantasy points per game and be
8:28an incredibly solid running back, too.
8:30Now, in terms of where I'm ranking Bree
8:32Hall rest of season, I currently have
8:34Bree ranked at RB 16. The range of guys
8:38that I would be looking to move off of
8:40for Breeze, like my team specifically,
8:42again, I have Jameson Williams and Ibuka
8:45as my two flex spots right now. Justin
8:48Jefferson and Christian Watson are my
8:50wide receiver one and two. I wouldn't
8:52want to like down tier from Christian
8:54Watson down to Bree Hall. That's
8:55something I'm not super interested in.
8:57But if I could take maybe one of my
8:59lesser running backs like Rashad White
9:02and parlay him with Jameson Williams to
9:04get up to Breeze, that would be
9:06something that I would love to do.
9:07Again, easier said than done, but we're
9:10sending out the offer in your league.
9:11Now, going over to a running back that
9:13is already on my roster. Travis ETN is
9:17very close to returning, and I do think
9:20ETN has a chance to come back in and be
9:23the legitimate RB1 here for this New
9:25Orleans Saints team. If we go back and
9:27look at what we had from Travis ETN, the
9:30first two weeks this season, he had 18
9:32opportunities in week one and he had 10
9:35opportunities in week two. He was
9:37averaging about five and a half targets
9:39per game and about 8 and a half carries
9:41per game. He actually was pretty
9:42efficient while doing so as well.
9:44Obviously, he didn't look incredible,
9:46but I will say in week three, it did
9:49seem like he was kind of turning the
9:50corner before he went down with the
9:52hamstring. And he looked like he was
9:53going to be a usable running back, too.
9:55Now, is he going to win your league?
9:57Probably not, but he is going to be
9:58somebody you could put in your starting
10:00lineup. He ends up going down in week
10:03three, reagravating a hamstring injury
10:05that he was dealing with in practice
10:06that week. And the basic expectation he
10:09hits the IR is he's going to be about
10:11out for four weeks. Well, if we look at
10:14the timeline for Travis ETN, he has
10:16missed weeks four, five, six, and seven.
10:21So, week seven will be the last week
10:23that he is missing. And it is perfect
10:25timing because the by-week that he is
10:27gonna have to go through and that pretty
10:29much all players in fantasy football
10:30still have to go through a by-week is
10:32going to be in week eight. So
10:34effectively Travis CTN's going to get
10:36the extra week to recover. This makes me
10:38more confident that he will be back
10:41after his time on the injured reserve
10:43and you can buy him for next to nothing.
10:45Now how I would go about trading for
10:48Travis ETN is you can't send an offer
10:50for Travis ETN straight up. You have to
10:52be a little bit sneaky about it, right?
10:54And I've already seen people in my
10:56league trying to get Travis ETN from me
10:58doing this same exact thing. Nobody's
11:01going to approach you or you should not
11:02approach the Travis ETN owner and go,
11:05"Hey, what do you want for ETN?" What
11:07you should look to do is you should look
11:09to make a swap of players in a similar
11:12tier and ask for Travis ETN as a throwin
11:15as if he doesn't matter to the deal. So
11:17what Sammy Staxs and Danny Lad tried
11:19doing with me is they tried trading me
11:22Ashton Genty for Christian Watson and
11:24they asked me to throw Travis TNN as if
11:27he is a complete zero and it doesn't
11:29matter at all. That is what I would
11:31advise you doing because obviously as we
11:33go down to the players that are very
11:35buried on this list um it's easier to
11:37get them as a throwin than it is to just
11:40straight up trade for him. Now going
11:42over to Debo Samuel. Debo Samuel is the
11:47other guy that you should get in as a
11:49throwin. Do not go straight to the Debo
11:51owner and ask, "What do I have to give
11:53you for Debo Samuel?" Do not do that.
11:55All of a sudden, they're going to be
11:57thinking, "Oh, is Debo actually worth
11:58something? I should maybe ask for
12:00something aggressively." No. Debo's
12:02value is in the gutter. Like, if we go
12:04through and look at the rankings over
12:06time on flockfantasy.com,
12:08he peaked at about 67 overall. If you
12:10remember back then, we actually did have
12:12him as that sell high candidate. Didn't
12:14know he was going to get injured.
12:16Obviously, it is at risk for a
12:1831-year-old player, but regardless, he
12:20is now dropped down to 106. And if we
12:23look at the overall landscape that we
12:24currently have in San Francisco, we
12:26already know Ricky Pierall is out for
12:28the season, right? You're never going to
12:29see Pierce Hall again. Desribling may or
12:31may not come back around the same
12:33timeline that you're going to get from
12:35Debo. Expectations for Debo right now is
12:37he's going to miss week seven. No way in
12:38hell he plays. And then the niners have
12:40a week eight buy. So you would expect to
12:42get Debo Samuel back in week nine. But
12:44the upside case that you're going to
12:45have with Debo if he does come back in
12:47week nine is we currently don't have the
12:50status of Mike Evans. We don't know
12:52exactly when Evans will return. So
12:54that's why I think it would be very
12:56interesting to target Debo Samuel as a
12:58throwin in a deal. Just get him on the
13:01back end of your bench, especially if
13:02you can move him to your IR slot. And
13:04then who knows, maybe he is flexible if
13:07we get to week nine coming out of the
13:08Niners by and Mike Evans hasn't worked
13:10himself back from the Achilles
13:12tendinitis. Now, I think that's all I
13:14got for you. I really appreciate you and
13:15I hope I was able to help you out in
13:18some way with this. And of course, if
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13:33sometime soon. And yeah, thank you so
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