We just passed the quarter-pole of the fantasy season. It’s time to take look in the mirror and have an honest conversation with yourself. Is my team a contender or a pretender?
Are you 2-1, but needed some Fitz-magic to pull out wins? Have you started 1-2, but just got back Reuben Foster? Sometimes it’s difficult to tell if you are about to start kicking butt, or if you should start over. A shrewd owner needs to make that call quickly and decisively.
No matter which way you’re trending, we’re here to help you out with some buy low/sell high candidates for you to set yourself up for a push or for next season.
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Buy Low
Sam Hubbard, DE CIN
I love everything I see from this kid. He plays with a relentless motor and plays on a unit which produces fantasy options on every level of the defense. He has legitimate top-12 defensive end potential very soon. The price tag will only go up. — Eric Olinger
Stephen Weatherly, DE MIN
Whatever is going on with Everson Griffen, it’s unlikely to resolve very soon. Weatherly put up five solos, two assists, and a sack in Griffen’s absence. — Steve Schulz
Jason Pierre-Paul, DE TB
He’s already got ten tackles and three sacks to go with a forced fumble this season. He’s been looked over thanks to what’s happening on the offense and the two linebackers. He’s someone who you can pick up for a late pick. — Doug Green
Aaron Donald, DT LAR
He has 15 pressures through three games. He gets Minnesota, Seattle, and Denver in his next three games. Kirk Cousins is second among quarterbacks in drop back pressures, and Russell Wilson is fifth. His sacks will come. He started off 2017 with one sack in his first four games, then had a sack in each of his next four. If an owner is impatient, now is the time to make your move. — Bee Salamat
Joey Bosa, DE LAC
His injury sucks, but it’s not major. We’ve all seen what he can do when he’s right, and it’s pretty dang scary. Much like Donald above, if you’ve got an owner in your league who is jumpy or injury-adverse, go get the DE1 and have him reinforce your run to the title. — Doug Green
Sell High
Sean Lee, LB DAL
The plan was to pass the torch to Leighton Vander Esch, and that plan was expedited when Lee injured both hamstrings in back-to-back weeks. — Eric Olinger
Bobby Wagner, LB SEA
Let’s be serious, the Seahawks are kind of a mess. The Legion of Boom is more like The Legion of Boo. The defensive line has been meh. Wagner is 28 years old and due $10.5m next year before hitting free agency. His talent isn’t dropping but the supporting cast is, and that means more focus is going to go to him. — Doug Green
Deone Bucannon, LB ARI
Take what you can get for him because name recognition is your only asset with him right now. Josh Bynes and Gerald Hodges have taken away all of the snaps, and Bucannon is one the league’s most injured players. — Steve Schulz
Karl Joseph, S OAK
To be honest, I don’t even know if you can sell Joseph high. You might have a hard time selling him low. But the Raiders defense is a steaming pile of, well, not good. I thought a couple of years ago that Joseph was going to rank side-by-side with Keanu Neal for their careers. Get out while you can. — Doug Green
Leonard Williams, DE NYJ
He’s only 24 years old and was the sixth overall pick in the first round in 2015. But Williams is missing something, posting zeros on the stat sheet in both week one and week three. Sell him before anyone notices he’s not contributing on the Jets D. — Steve Schulz
Eli Harold, LB DET
He’s got three sacks on the season, but only five tackles. Even with Matt Patricia at the helm, I just don’t see Harold keeping up this sack pace. Try to move him before your league-mates figure it out. — Doug Green
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Thanks for the article. I do find it strange however that Lee, Bucannon, Joseph and Leonard Williams are the examples. I mean, two are hurt, one has barely played (11 snaps) and has no stats, and the other has been a major disappointment. These hardly seem like the times to sell high…because their values are at low points. Feels more like a ‘get out while/if you can’ list. I understand ‘high’ is relative to where you see their stock going, but I usually view ‘sell high’ as in selling after good production before it goes away. Examples would be Margus Hunt, maybe Alonso if you think he can’t maintain these tackle numbers, an older guy still producing right before a decline (Woodyard?), or guy about to see a role reduction (Vigil when Burfict returns) that people aren’t thinking of. Selling guys even casual fans will want to stay away from because they aren’t playing or producing and strictly name value just feels like a ‘send and hope’ approach without much behind it.
Appreciate the IDP read though. Just was my take on the lists.
How much would you trade for Darius Leonard? And should I even be trying to trade for him now or is this more flash than future..
I wouldnt trade for him now, most IDPs value fluxuate so much on a week to week basis, season to season. All it takes is the right matchup or scheme change to kill value of most IDP players. Trade for him now and that value could change on a moment’s notice.
