We're three weeks into the fantasy football season, and by now, you should have a sense of whether your team is a championship contender. It's time to get aggressive in your start-sit decisions and become active in the trade market.
Below, we'll highlight 10 moves to make ahead of Week 4 by recommending who to start, sit, add, and drop, along with players to buy low and sell high on in the trade market.
🤝 Buy: Chase Brown
It's been a slow start for Brown, a player you likely used a first- or second-rounder on. However, he's had difficult road matchups in back-to-back starts against the Texans' and Steelers' defenses, and he's still receiving a favorable workload. Brown ranks third in rush share and seventh in route share among all running backs, according to Late-Round's JJ Zachariason.
Big games are coming for Brown, so now's the time to buy low. The Bengals face the Jaguars in Week 4, a game with shootout potential. Then their schedule really starts to soften, beginning with a juicy Week 5 matchup against the Dolphins.
👋 Sell: Jaylen Warren
Credit to Warren - he looked fantastic as Pittsburgh's workhorse back in Week 3 with Rico Dowdle sidelined. Warren rushed for 127 yards on 17 carries and caught three passes for 49 yards. Dowdle will likely be out another week, so you could wait until after Week 4 to sell Warren in hopes that he has another big game Thursday against the Browns, but that's a riskier approach.
Let's not forget how bad the Steelers' offense performed in Weeks 1 and 2. The unit produced only one offensive touchdown over that span as Warren, who received 21 total carries for 89 yards, split time with Dowdle. At 42 years old, Aaron Rodgers is one of the worst quarterbacks in the league. He has the second-worst EPA/play, according to SumerSports, ahead of only Jameis Winston.
Dowdle should return soon from his toe injury, and the Steelers won't continue to score 30 points a game, like they did against the Bengals. If you can off-load Warren, who's never proven to be a clear bell cow, in a package that returns the aforementioned Brown, you should do it in a heartbeat.
🟢 Start: Kenyon Sadiq
The Jets rookie tight end enjoyed a breakout performance in Week 3, hauling in seven of eight targets for 105 yards and a diving touchdown against the Lions. Yes, Detroit's defense isn't one to fear, but Sadiq proved to be a viable weapon in New York's offense nonetheless - one too good to ignore moving forward.
Sadiq's usage increased in Week 3 with Adonai Mitchell and Mason Taylor out of the lineup. He ran routes on 57% of Geno Smith's dropbacks and was targeted on 32% of his routes. The Jets didn't line up Sadiq in a traditional tight-end location beside an offensive tackle, allowing him to play more of a receiver role while being covered by linebackers and safeties.
New York faces Chicago in Week 4. Even if both Mitchell and Taylor return from their injuries, Sadiq is still a startable tight end who can also be a flex option in two-tight-end lineups ahead of boom-or-bust wide receivers such as Xavier Worthy.
🛑 Sit: Ladd McConkey
Times are tough for the Chargers, whose offense had generated plenty of excitement before the season. It's hard to trust any of their players at the moment, especially going up against the Seahawks in Week 4.
I'm still holding out hope and avoiding selling low on McConkey, who appears to be the only Charger with upside in fantasy. He looked fantastic in Week 1, catching five of seven targets for 82 yards and a score before exiting the game with a rib injury. Perhaps it will take a few more weeks for Mike McDaniel's offense to click and McConkey will be the player everyone expected when taking him early in drafts. But for now, he's better off on your bench while L.A. tries to figure things out.
🤝 Buy: Colston Loveland
You may not even have to buy Loveland at this point; he could've been outright dropped in your league. Regardless, his value can't go any lower, and it shouldn't be tough to pry him away from another manager.
Case Keenum looked competent Monday night versus a (supposedly) good Eagles defense. He led Chicago to 27 points while restoring hope to those who roster Bears players and await the return of Caleb Williams. Loveland's four-catch game would have appeared better had he not been hauled down on the goal line just short of a touchdown.
Ben Johnson's ability to win with Keenum showed exactly why people were buzzing about the Bears' offense prior to the season. That excitement should still be there, and the buy-low opportunities should be taken advantage of.
👋 Sell: Omarion Hampton
Unlike McConkey, I'm not expecting Hampton to turn things around in the Chargers' offense. The 2025 first-rounder's offensive involvement has decreased through the first three weeks. He earned 75% of the team's running back touches in Week 1 and 81% in Week 2 but only 54% in Week 3, according to Establish The Run's John Daigle. Additionally, Hampton has the fewest routes run among Chargers running backs, trailing Keaton Mitchell and Kimani Vidal.
It's pretty clear that Los Angeles doesn't consider Hampton to be the workhorse back many expected when spending a first-round pick in fantasy drafts. While this could be viewed as a sell-low situation, you may be able to fetch a return that suggests you actually sold high. If you can flip Hampton for Chuba Hubbard, Bucky Irving, or Bhayshul Tuten, the other manager may assume they're buying low when you're the one winning the deal.
❌ Drop: Justin Herbert
Dropping Herbert rounds out our three moves to make involving the Chargers. The seventh-year signal-caller has been terrible and shown no signs of grasping McDaniel's offense. He ranks as the QB32 in average fantasy points scored, which is completely unusable in a one-quarterback format.
Herbert doesn't use his legs enough to warrant stashing him, either. With the majority of his fantasy output being reliant on him throwing, it's not worth waiting to see if he can flip the script when you could be adding and stashing players with far more upside.
🟢 Start: Braelon Allen
If you were lucky enough to have Allen on your bench or wound up grabbing him off the waiver wire, it's time to fire up your new running back. There's no point in waiting to see what Allen could be in the Jets' backfield. He's already shown to be a suitable replacement for Breece Hall in the past, and he's now set to face a Bears defense that can be exploited on the ground. Through three weeks, Chicago has allowed Saquon Barkley to average 5.5 yards per carry, given up 105 rushing yards to Aaron Jones, and conceded 87 total yards and two touchdowns to Hubbard.
🤞 Stash: Mike Washington Jr.
Ashton Jeanty doesn't look 100%. The Raiders' lead back has averaged fewer than three yards per carry each of his past two games, and both of his ankles were taped up in Las Vegas' Week 3 win over the Saints. Jeanty injured his ankle in preseason and could still be feeling the effects.
Washington, meanwhile, handled five carries for 54 yards and a touchdown versus New Orleans. He displayed explosiveness throughout the preseason, and head coach Klint Kubiak said after last week's game that the fourth-round rookie has definitely earned more opportunities.
❌ Drop: Brian Thomas Jr.
It's hard to believe that Thomas could be Jacksonville's fifth receiving option, but that's basically where he sits at the moment. In Week 3, he played only 23 snaps, the same number as rookie sixth-rounder Josh Cameron and fewer than half of what Parker Washington and Jakobi Meyers received. Tight end Brenton Strange is also on the field often and runs plenty of routes.
Thomas is in a terrible fantasy situation - one you're more than OK to move on from. He could eventually be traded if Jacksonville decides it no longer needs him. However, as long as Thomas is with the Jaguars, he shouldn't be anywhere near your roster.
