Fantasy crystal ball: Players whose value could shift at the NFL trade deadline

Change could good beryllium the sanction of the crippled successful fantasy football implicit these adjacent 20 days.

The NFL commercialized deadline arrives astatine 4 p.m. ET connected Nov. 4, and it represents 1 of those uncommon opportunities successful phantasy shot for the seasonal outlooks of players to instantaneously shift, often dramatically.

The past 3 seasons unsocial person brought america the fantasy-relevant, in-season trades of Christian McCaffrey, Joshua Dobbs and DeAndre Hopkins, moves that affected some teams involved. Besides the interaction connected the players who were traded, their departures created opportunities oregon cleared the decks for D'Onta Foreman, Kyler Murray and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, each of whom had their moments successful phantasy successful those years.

Managers should beryllium preparing for akin possibilities, nevertheless distant the chance. Bear successful caput that galore of the astir salient names rumored connected the trading artifact successful those years were yet not moved. Evaluate the prospective interaction connected commercialized candidates' outlooks, and stash players further down the extent illustration who mightiness payment from an expanded opportunity.

Examining Adam Schefter's database of top candidates to move, present are six of the players whose imaginable trades would person the biggest ripple effects crossed phantasy football. For each, a imagination destination is proposed, arsenic is simply a phantasy stash campaigner successful beforehand of immoderate deal.

Breece Hall, RB, New York Jets

Dream destination for fantasy: Los Angeles Chargers. Jim Harbaugh's (and violative coordinator Greg Roman's) discourtesy prefers focusing connected a beardown moving game, and Hall is 1 of the league's amended and much underappreciated backs. He has gained 10-plus yards connected 16% of his carries, 2nd champion among moving backs (minimum 40 attempts). Hall could reclaim top-10 positional presumption with specified a move.

Back successful New York, a commercialized benefits: Isaiah Davis. He took 7 of his 25 carries (28%) for double-digit yardage implicit the last 5 weeks of 2024, and would spot a overmuch much sizable workload if Hall departs. Davis would go a matchups-oriented RB2/flex connected a atrocious offense.

Alvin Kamara, RB, New Orleans Saints

Dream destination for fantasy: Kansas City Chiefs. It'd beryllium rather the plaything successful squad competitory states for Kamara, going from a bottom-5 discourtesy to 1 successful the apical 10, not to notation the Chiefs' 3 consecutive Super Bowl appearances. He'd stay a wide starter successful Kansas City, and his receiving chops would beryllium enactment to bully usage by Patrick Mahomes (see: Jerick McKinnon's 2022-23 receiving exploits).

Back successful New Orleans, a commercialized would benefit: Kendre Miller. He has a amended explosive-run complaint (10.9%) this play and has forced much missed tackles (21) ...