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Trade For These 7 Players ASAP (Buy Low)
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Sep 8, 2026
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Tue, September 8, 2026
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Chuba HubbardEmeka EgbukaGeorge KittleJordan AddisonJosh JacobsKenneth GainwellKyle PittsMike EvansRhamondre StevensonTreVeyon Henderson
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Chuba Hubbard
PositiveValue0:08
Chuba Hubbard is a buy-low target rising in rankings due to Jonathan Brooks' ongoing injury concerns; Brooks remains sidelined with soreness as of September 7th, following a history of two torn ACLs. Hubbard, a team captain, was the 2024 RB13 in PPG, logging 77% of snaps, 16.7 carries, and 3.6 targets per game; with Rico Dowdle no longer in the mix, he has a clear path to high-volume production and top-24 upside.
Insight pageEmeka Egbuka
PositiveValue5:09
Emeka Egbuka is a buy-low candidate now that he has returned to practice following a toe injury. While his ADP previously dipped to the middle of the fourth round due to health concerns, he is now viewed as a late third-round value with league-winning upside.
Insight pageGeorge Kittle
PositiveValue12:35
George Kittle is a buy-low target who has historically been a top-three tight end; he has shown positive injury recovery by practicing in Australia and remains undervalued in current rankings.
Insight pageJordan Addison
NegativeValue9:43
While Jordan Addison is a player Jonathan Brooks likes, he is suggested as a trade piece to pivot toward acquiring Kyle Pitts in specific league formats.
Insight pageJosh Jacobs
PositiveValue4:40
Josh Jacobs is a buy-low target now that initial fears regarding his status on the injury exempt list have subsided. His court date has been moved up to before the season, suggesting he may only face a six-game suspension rather than missing the entire year. He offers high-end RB2 or low-end RB1 upside at a discount.
Insight pageKenneth Gainwell
NegativeUsage8:19
Kenneth Gainwell was picked up by managers in the Flock League as a panic move to replace Josh Jacobs while his status was uncertain.
Insight pageKyle Pitts
PositiveUsage9:19
Kyle Pitts is a recommended buy-low target, especially if acquired by pivoting from players like Jordan Addison. His usage is expected to shift toward targets near the line of scrimmage and over the middle of the field, a role further bolstered by the quarterback change to Tua Tagovailoa, who provides accuracy and favors short-to-intermediate passing.
Insight pageMike Evans
PositiveValue11:06
Mike Evans is a buy-low target; his ADP dropped from 45 to a sixth-round pick due to precautionary injury management during camp, but he confirmed he could have played if it were the regular season.
Insight pageRhamondre Stevenson
PositiveValue9:56
Rhamondre Stevenson is a high-priority buy-low target, particularly with TreVeyon Henderson's ankle injury likely ruling him out for Week 1. While a tough Week 1 matchup against Seattle limits his immediate ceiling to a mid-to-high RB2, he has significant upside to secure the backfield and finish as a top-24 RB if acquired at an RB3 price.
Insight pageTreVeyon Henderson
NegativeInjury10:01
TreVeyon Henderson is dealing with an ankle injury that appears to rule him out for Week 1, effectively cementing Rhamondre Stevenson's role as the primary back for the time being.
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Episode Transcript
0:00The momentum these guys have is honestly
0:02out of control at this point and you may
0:04want to buy them before the season
0:05actually starts. Now, we're going to go
0:07through seven players that I moved up my
0:08rankings. Starting off with one, Chuba
0:11Hubard. Now, the reason with Chuba is
0:13twofold. Jonathan Brooks, as of Monday,
0:16September 7th, is still working on the
0:19sideline with trainers over soreness.
0:21Now, keep in mind, the big concern that
0:23we've had with Jonathan Brooks from the
0:25very jump is that he's had two torn ACL
0:28tears. And the reason we had him as one
0:31of our avoids about a month ago in those
0:33videos was given the fact that while I
0:36love him and Hookham Horns, the last
0:38time that he really played a solid game
0:41of football was 2023. And on top of
0:45this, we've actually seen Chuba Hubard
0:47recently from this coaching staff get
0:49ruled as the team captain. Now, yes, of
0:53course, there are multiple team
0:54captains. Now, yes, of course, that does
0:56not mean everything, but I actually do
0:59think that it matters here for the
1:00running back position if we are breaking
1:02down snaps and we are breaking down
1:04roles in this respective offense. Now,
1:06let me go through and let me look at
1:08what we've actually had with Chuba
1:09Hubard through his NFL career. Because
1:11keep in mind, while my guy in Jonathan
1:14Brooks was an incredible prospect coming
1:16out of the University of Texas where he
1:19was a secondround, yes, second round NFL
1:22draft pick despite having a torn ACL at
1:25the time, Schuba Hubard himself was a
1:28very good prospect as well coming out of
1:31Oklahoma State. After his true sophomore
1:34season, people thought he was going to
1:35be like the next level um Leonard
1:38Fornette, that type of prospect. He had
1:41over 2,000 rushing yards in 2019 at
1:44Oklahoma State. Now, yes, of course,
1:46that doesn't matter too much when we're
1:48talking about fantasy production today.
1:50But if we are comparing them apples to
1:52apples as prospects, Chuba Hubard was
1:54just as impressive as Jonathan Brooks.
1:56And once he gets to the NFL, he actually
1:59did manage to make a significant
2:00difference in fantasy football in 2024.
2:03Yes, in 2025 he got injured. Rico Dattle
2:06mixed in. Rico Dattle took over as a
2:08pretty big piece of this backfield, but
2:11Chuba Hubard in 2024 was the running
2:14back 13 in fantasy points per game. He
2:17played 77% of the snaps for the Carolina
2:20Panthers. He had over 20 carries inside
2:23the 5yd line. And if we just look at his
2:26raw amount of volume, he had 16.7
2:30carries per game, 3.6 6 targets per
2:33game, which of course you add all that
2:35up, that's over 20 total opportunities.
2:38Rico Dattle's now gone. And if Brooks
2:40isn't 100%, there's a chance that Chuba
2:43Hubard can get back to these 2024
2:44levels. If we look at how he had fallen
2:47in the rankings on flockfantasy.com,
2:49he had taken a plummet from being the
2:5375th player overall early July all the
2:56way down to 96 with his hamstring
2:58injuries during camp. But you see him
3:00back on the rise. I am moving them up my
3:02rankings. If you have Hubard as a
3:04running back three, running back four on
3:05your team, there's a damn good chance he
3:07can be a top 24 name. Now, let's move
3:09over to our second guy with EA Ibuka.
3:12And with Igbuka, I have him on my own
3:14fantasy team. So, obviously, I am
3:16extremely biased when I go through and I
3:19talk about this, but he is back at
3:21practice today on Monday. This is a team
3:24that's not going to be playing until
3:25Sunday. So the expectations for Ibuka is
3:28hey this toe injury maybe it's a thing
3:30that we can leave in the past. Maybe he
3:32is going to be 100% good to go for week
3:34one. And that is so damn important to
3:37note because if we go through and look
3:38at where he was ranked before his toe
3:40injury of camp, he got all the way up to
3:4337 on flockfantasy.com. And then with
3:46this injury, it led him dropping down to
3:48being a middle of the fourth round pick,
3:50dropping behind guys like Tedo and
3:52McMillan in my own rankings because
3:54obviously there was an injury discount
3:56big tent. But now at this point, I think
3:58he goes right back to being that late
4:01third round selection that has the
4:03upside to potentially win fantasy
4:05leagues because if we go back and look
4:06at the prospect that he was coming out
4:07of Ohio State, this is a player that was
4:10incredibly exciting. Round one NFL draft
4:13pick. He goes through and he puts up a
4:15Justin Jefferson type beginning to his
4:18rookie season. Now, of course, that
4:19ended up not working out. Of course, he
4:21gets injured in that San Francisco 49ers
4:23game. The offensive line falls apart for
4:25the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but at this
4:27point now, it looks like we don't need
4:28to worry about this injury the way that
4:30we thought we did. And if you can buy
4:32him still with that injury discount in
4:33mind, maybe you had a league mate take
4:35him in the middle of the fourth round
4:37and you can get him for that price tag.
4:38I think it's probably a third round pick
4:40at this point. Now, moving over to Josh
4:42Jacobs. Josh Jacobs was somebody that I
4:44priced in to potentially miss the entire
4:47season. Like, obviously, it is very
4:50concerning when he goes through. He gets
4:52put on the injury exempt list. The
4:54editor team in the Flock League, they go
4:56through and they make a panic trade to
4:59pick up Kenneth Gainwell. But the report
5:02that we just got where Josh Jacobs is
5:05moving his court date up to before the
5:08season makes me think that there's a
5:10chance that he plays. Makes me think
5:12that there's a chance he's going to ride
5:14out a six-game suspension at the
5:16beginning of the year that he's going to
5:17be able to settle this court case and
5:19you get a low-end running back one,
5:21high-end running back two for bottom
5:24basement prices. Now, of course, there's
5:26still very much a realistic possibility
5:28that Josh Jacobs misses the entire year,
5:31but because this court date is moved up,
5:33I mean, I do think that if you were to
5:35trade for Josh Jacobs, you probably need
5:37to do so ASAP. We are going to get
5:40additional information, of course, with
5:42how Marshon Lloyd looks in that game
5:44against the Minnesota Vikings for the
5:46Green Bay Packers. But Lloyd hasn't
5:48really proven to be anything at the NFL
5:50level. He hasn't done anything at all
5:52other than get injured. And it's not
5:54like he was the same level prospect that
5:56we had with Jonathan Brooks coming out.
5:58So even if Marshon Lloyd um is the
6:00full-blown starter week one, the second
6:02that Josh Jacobs would get back to this
6:04backfield, he probably takes back over.
6:06Now with Mike Evans, this is a very
6:09interesting case for him specifically
6:11because he is going to be going up
6:12against the Los Angeles Rams week one
6:15and this game is in Australia. So
6:17everybody is going to be watching this
6:19and I want to be on the record. I don't
6:20know if you need to buy Mike Evans
6:22today. There is a good chance that the
6:27Rams just go ahead and put a beatd down
6:29on San Francisco. Currently, the Rams
6:32are favored quite heavily. They have a
6:3364% chance of winning this game
6:36according to Poly Market US. And if they
6:39come through with their elite level
6:40defense, and they just absolutely stomp
6:43on the NerS, you may have people
6:45panicking about two players and two
6:47players specifically, Mike Evans and
6:50George KD. And the injury stuff is the
6:52reason why you would be getting a
6:53discount on these names, right? Cuz we
6:55can go through and we can look at Mike
6:56Evans on flockfantasy.com and we can see
6:59that he was ranked at 45 very early this
7:03off season starting in July. And since
7:05then with a multitude of injuries that
7:07he has had throughout camp, he has
7:09fallen down to being a sixthround pick
7:11with the flockfantasy.com ranks. But the
7:13report that we got coming out of
7:15Australia today is actually Oh no. Um,
7:20Evans could have played if he wanted.
7:22Mike Evans said that if those practices
7:25were during the week during the season
7:27that he would have been able to suit up,
7:29no problem. He has had over 1,000
7:31football practices in his life. Seemed
7:34like he was really just being
7:35precautionary. Seems like he was really
7:37just saving his body for the season. And
7:39if we look at Christian Kirk on the IR
7:41and Ricky Pawol out for the season, the
7:43depth chart for these pass catchers have
7:46thinned out dramatically in San
7:48Francisco. So that is not only why I am
7:50targeting Mike Evans at this discount,
7:52but also George KD because George KD has
7:55had some really positive injury news as
7:57well with him where the first day they
7:59were in Australia, George KD did suit up
8:02and George KD went through and was able
8:04to practice completely fine. Now, yes,
8:07McCaffrey missed practice. I'm not
8:08panicking about McCaffrey. I do think
8:10that it's just regularly scheduled rest
8:12as we go through and as we look at a
8:14team that just had to travel across the
8:16entire planet. But if KD is suiting up
8:19for that practice afterwards, it does
8:21seem like he is going to be fine for
8:23this season. If we go through and look
8:25at what George KD has historically been,
8:27this has been a top three tight end in
8:30fantasy pretty much every single season
8:33of his NFL career. And now if we are
8:36looking at the rankings on fogg
8:37fantasy.com, he has risen a bit from a
8:40low point of 110 up to 97 in the ranks.
8:44But realistically, I think this rise
8:46should be even higher. I especially want
8:48to be targeting him if you play in a
8:50league where you start two receivers and
8:51one flex. And then if you could get a
8:54significant discount on Kyle Pittz, I
8:57think it may be interesting to go after
8:59Pitts as well. The reason I'd be looking
9:01at Pitts specifically is given the fact
9:03that Tua just got named as the starter
9:05for the Atlanta Falcons. What Tua being
9:08named the starter does in my eyes is it
9:10gives the Falcons an accurate
9:12quarterback with way less arm strength.
9:15And what that's going to be good for is
9:17not down the field shots or shots toward
9:19the sidelines for Drake London. That's
9:21going to be those targets close to the
9:23line of scrimmage over the middle of the
9:25field which is going to favor Kyle
9:27Pittz. Keep in mind Kyle Pittz is the
9:29same age as some of the year 2 running
9:31backs like Woody Mars, like Jacory
9:33Kroski Merritt, like RJ Harvey. Um,
9:36while I wouldn't go out there and trade
9:38the farm for pits, like if you're
9:40starting Jawan Johnson right now and you
9:43could take a wide receiver like Jordan
9:45Addison and pivot from Addison to pits,
9:47even if I love Jordan Addison, I think
9:49that would make sense in a two wide
9:50receiver, one flex league. But of
9:52course, that would be in the instance in
9:54which you are paying very, very little.
9:56Somebody I would be excited to pay a
9:58little more for though would be Raandre
10:00Stevenson. The thing that came out today
10:02with Trevian Henderson makes it seem
10:04like Trevon has no chance to play week
10:07one. Now, I wouldn't go out there and
10:09assume that Remadre is immediately going
10:11to be a top 10 RB because the problem
10:13with Remadre Stevenson is this is going
10:15to be a very tough matchup against the
10:18Seattle Seahawks. Like I'm actually
10:20looking at the implied team totals and
10:22the total that we have for New England
10:24is near the bottom of the league. If we
10:26go through and look at what the current
10:28um predictions are on poly market,
10:30Seattle does have a 63% chance of
10:32winning this. So week one, maybe Roandre
10:34Stevenson doesn't look the best and
10:35instead of him being a true top 10
10:37running back given the matchup, he is
10:39still an automatic jam with no Trevian
10:41Henderson, but he's more so a high-end
10:43running back too, a mid- running back
10:45too. But if he plays well, it may be
10:47something where he just runs away with
10:49this job by the time Trevian Henderson
10:50gets back. It absolutely sucks to say,
10:52but if you can buy him as a running back
10:54three, he has a damn good chance to be a
10:56top 24 running back this season given
10:58this Trevian ankle. I really wanted to
11:01think that Trevian was going to be the
11:02guy this season, but of course, we went
11:04through all of training camp and what
11:06ended up happening was Raadre seems like
11:08he had already won the job and then the
11:10Trevian Hitter ankle injury just put the
11:12nail in the coffin. But I really
11:14appreciate you. I really hope that you
11:16are as excited for this season as I am.
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