Buy/Sell for 2021 Fantasy Football, Week 4: Buyin-Harris 2021

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There’s a lot of pressure on this week’s lede buy as he’ll have to follow up week two’s buy Najee Harris lede and week three’s buy James Robinson lede. Those are some big shoes to fill. And you know what they say about filling big shoes: it takes big feet, with big socks. Are you aware that Damien Harris wears size 27 shoes? Those are unconfirmed measurements based on the eye test—let’s call it size 27 plus or minus 16 sizes. But I’m not here to argue about exactly how large Harris’s feet are, all that matters is he can fill some shoes. After handling 39 carries over the first two weeks, the Patriots’ RB took only 6 handoffs against New Orleans, on his way to a piddly 14 rushing yards. Running the ball just wasn’t in the cards this week as the Patriots played from behind the entire contest against the Saints.  As we saw over the first couple of weeks, fantasy owners often overreact to one or two terrible games, so there’s likely a  buy-window cracking open for Harris in many leagues, and that window might actually open wider after the Pats face a tough Tampa run D in week 4, but it’s still worth sparking up trade talks now with James White is also injured. The volume and fantasy goodness may not return for another week but expect mid to high-end RB2 production for the rest of the season from Harris. Anyway, here’s some more players to buy or sell this week in fantasy football:

BUY

Chuba Hubbard – Captain Obvious here to tell you Christian McCaffrey’s backup is a good buy while CMC is sidelined “a few weeks” with his hamstring injury. 

Zack Moss – The will they won’t they of the Bills backfield is maddening. Moss handled 13 carries for 60 yards plus 3 catches for 31 and a touchdown this week while Singletary had only 11 carries for 36 yards. It’s hard to be confident starting either of these yahoos right now but Moss is available in a ton of leagues and should now be rostered to see if he can build on these past two weeks.

Allen Robinson – Well I hope nobody listened to my advice on streaming Justin Fields this week, yikes. But this has to be rock bottom for the Bears’ offense, right? Riiiiiight? Robinson has produced with some terrible QBs in the past so expect him to be fine regardless.

Odell Beckham Jr – OBJ is back! I think I might be the only Beckham fan left other than the futbol fans who think he’s related to David. But honestly, through the last three seasons, I never lost faith that Odell could return to WR1 territory. There’s currently very little competition for targets in Cleveland and he finally looks healthy. Expect WR2 numbers if he can stay on the field and there’s upside from there.

Kalif Raymond – It’s hard to ignore when a guy gets 10 targets. Raymond caught 6 of those 10 targets for 68 yards while Quintez Cephus only had 1 catch on 1 target for 8 yards. I’m not moving Raymond ahead of Cephus yet, but they’re close.

Nick Westbrook-Ikhine – Who? The week 3 leading receiver for the Titans, obviously. A.J. Brown injured his hamstring so there’s some deep league intrigue with this second-year man out of Indiana.

Julio Jones – As mentioned one inch above, A.J. Brown’s hammy is hurty. Seems like it’s about time for Julio to go play down by the schoolyard with Tannehill. 

Tyreek Hill – Reek has followed up a monster week one with two blah performances. Maybe he can be pried away from an inpatient owner for a Keenan Allen type player plus a little sweetener.

Marquez Callaway – New Marquez in NOLA was dropped in tons of leagues after his slow start. This week’s 4 catches for 41 yards and a touchdown might get him kickstarted, he also led the team with 5 targets.

Kenny Golladay – Even on “limited snaps,” Golladay caught 4 of 5 targets for 64 yards. He’s just now settling in with Jones and the Giants offense. If he can stay healthy there’s huge upside for the rest of the season.

Pat Freiermuth – The Steelers rookie TE appears to already have surpassed Eric Ebron on the depth chart. Granted, Diontae Johnson was absent so the 5 targets Freiermuth saw this week might be an aberration, but still worth a dart throw in deeper leagues.

A.J. Green – I was heckled on Reddit for recommending Green as a buy last week. Fortunately Green is a big Redditor, so he saw all the doubters and used it as bulletin board material. At his age, he doesn’t have the same upside as an OBJ nor Golladay, but the man hasn’t forgotten how to excel in the NFL. Thinking he’ll be a somewhat inconsistent WR3 rest of the season.

Michael Carter – I must be on drugs recommending anyone in the Jets offense. Oooo a look, a unicorn! Seriously, the Jets look even worse than the Bears! But hey, running backs aren’t easy to find and I don’t think the Jets are quite this bad. Ringing endorsement, eh?

Corey Davis – Even if the Jets are THIS bad, Corey Davis should still be able to rack up garbage yardage in these come-from-behind games. Look for him to bounce back after he followed up the monster week one with two duds.

Javonte Williams – I’ve been listing the Broncos rookie back here every single week and in the early going this week it looked like it was game-on for Williams. Unfortunately for his owners, and fortunately for anyone looking to buy, he lost a fumble later in this one opening the door for more Melvin Gordon. But make no mistake, Javonte is coming sooner rather than later.

Myles Gaskin – I listed him as a very lukewarm buy last week and now he’s starting to heat up a little more as Gaskin was very active in the passing game with Brissett at QB. He totalled more than double Malcolm Brown’s touches even though Brown found the end zone.

Will Fuller – Fuller still seems like a bit of a forgotten man after serving the final game of his suspension and then missing week two with a personal issue. He saw 6 targets in his first game back and there should be plenty more where that came from.

Robert Woods – Will every week be Cooper Kupp week in the Los Angeles Stafford Era? It’s starting to feel that way. And now DeSean Jackson actually looks healthy for one game! We all know that isn’t going to last but the Woods owner in your league might be in full out panic mode. I have a hard time believing Woods isn’t going to at least produce WR3 numbers this year and there’s still a chance he makes his way back to WR2 territory.

O.J. Howard – Gronk down! Really, really do hate to see it. I know we all love Gronk but it’s next man up. Howard still has a ton of talent and Brady likes to use the tightest of ends.

SELL

Melvin Gordon – I don’t think Gordon is washed up but I do think Javonte Williams is the superior running back at this stage. As with most of these sells, don’t give Gordon away for half a bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, but if one of your league-mates believes he’s actually an RB2, then cash in.

Brandin Cooks – The Texans’ only good player is off to a scorching start. This might continue considering their lack of other options, but I’m always nervous about Cooks’ extensive concussion history. At this point, you need to get solid WR2 value in return for him to make it worth your while, but there’s a decent chance someone in your league will pay that price considering these early-season numbers.