Fantasy Stock Market: Week 7

The waiver wire is a blast every week but nothing feels the same as pulling off a trade! Finding the right compensation can be tough and coming to an agreement is even harder. While we would all love to trade for Justin Jefferson, these articles are based around players that with the right compensation, are attainable. Each week throughout the season, I'll give you buy and sell candidates.

BUY

Ladd McConkey, WR, Los Angeles Chargers

McConkey is a great buy in dynasty right now and a serviceable flex and filler in redraft leagues. He hasn't set the league on fire unfortunately but this is the reason he's a great buy. The Chargers are desperate for pass catchers as a team in a small rebuild right now. Johnston as of now isn't practicing with an ankle injury and McConkey would get even more targets. Be warned the Chargers aren't exactly wanting to air the ball out this season thus far as the run game is dominant under Greg Roman, but the draft capital and pedigree offer McConkey a safe floor even if the ceiling is capped in a good offense albeit not a dynamic or explosive one.

James Cook, RB, Buffalo Bills

Cook misses one game and suddenly the sky is falling. Ray Davis fills in for an injured Cook and now somehow South Park style Davis has taken Cook's job from him. Cook was limited yesterday so a good sign of progress in the right direction. Keep an eye on injury reports but this is a no brainer to take advantage of. The metrics, usage, etc. etc. speak for themselves so in any format I'm buying if someone is selling.

Jameson Williams, WR, Detroit Lions

If you're scratching your head I don't know why. Williams is consistently the most disrespected asset in fantasy this year along with teammate David Montgomery. For both men week after week nerds and "analysts" keep parroting the same trite and tired tirades of how they just can't keep getting away with it. Week after week Monty and Jamo both continue to respond "hahaha touchdown go brrrr". Even 6 weeks into the season I continue to see Jamo get diarrheic takes lobbed his way as he continues to produce. Campbell and the Lions organization love him and have a role for him. Goff looks his way, His snaps are never lower than 75% other than the week 3 outlier game, he averages 3-4 high value targets a game and at least one rushing attempt, he is a touchdown magnet with those opportunities. It's terrifying with the low volume but the Lions are going to find themselves in close games here on out starting with Minnesota this week and might need to turn to the air to keep the edge. Jamo's big play ability can win you weeks and other than one bum game I don't know why he continues to be criminally undervalued so go out there and get your WR2

SELL

Nick Chubb, RB, Cleveland Browns

Especially in dynasty I'm selling Chubb. Redraft is a little trickier but that team looks absolutely terrible and at this point cursed. We can debate whether the absence of Chubb is a cause of this or just a warning to how bad the situation is that not even a quality player like Chubb can succeed here. Coming off the second most serious injury of his career to the same knee and at 28 years old, this is unfortunately a lost season yet again for the Browns. The Watson contract is the latest mistake in a series of profound missteps by a premiere organization and at this point it's sad guys like Chubb and Jeudy etc. have wasted their careers in Cleveland. Amari Cooper thankfully just escaped but Chubb is dedicated to the city and fans so he will stay. The fever pitch for his return is at an all time high so take advantage of the hopes a league mate may have that won't be met.

Ray Davis, RB, Buffalo Bills

I've seen the pendulum swing a crazy direction this week and all season with backup running backs. Braelon Allen taking the Breece job, Corum taking Williams's job, Davis taking Cook's job, Bigsby taking ETN's job, the list goes on. You just know your league has a taco in it somewhere now convinced Davis is the lead back in Buffalo. For every Bucky Irving carving out a stand alone role as a rookie there are way more Ray Davis like players out there. If someone is that convinced and you can get a quality player you're high on, by all means play on player.

Deebo Samuel, WR, San Francisco 49ers

I love Deebo and own him in a dynasty league but I'm realizing other than Purdy I want no 49ers player again as of now. The decoy and disappearing acts they are all capable of including Deebo and Deebo's injury concerns now outweigh the boom games he can put up for me. I think he's an amazing real life player but he is far more valuable in real life than fantasy to me. I'm looking to move on especially in dynasty before it's too late and see what offers are out there. The inconsistency from that offense is not what I'm looking for and I feel there are better and cheaper options out there.