Fantasy Football Trade Tips: Why the timing is right to deal Jonathan Taylor and 3 other veteran RBs

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Creating realistic trade offers that lead to a deal being accepted is always challenging. Throughout the season, Justin Boone will be publishing his rest-of-season trade value charts, which you can use as a guide to help make moves and manage your roster.

Below he highlights some of the players you should be buying or selling, before their value shifts in the coming weeks.

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Williams is coming off his lowest fantasy output of the season and his fewest touches in a game with just 13. That led to another round of Blake Corum hype, after the Rams’ backup had the better fantasy performance thanks to a touchdown.

However, let’s not overreact to one week. The upset loss to the Cardinals was a bizarre contest that also featured Davante Adams being lost to a ruptured hamstring that will keep him out for six to 10 weeks.

Prior to that outing, Williams had at least 14 fantasy points in every game for the first five weeks. Despite the many Corum supporters out there, this remains Williams’ backfield.

You can expect a quick bounce back over the next two weeks, with matchups against the Raiders and Chargers defenses that both rank inside the top 10 for most fantasy points allowed to running backs. So, don’t worry about Williams, he will continue to be a solid fantasy RB1 rest of season with Corum being an RB3 who offers occasional spike-week potential.

The public perception of Brown took a hit after a disappointing outing in Week 5 where he failed to capitalize on a good matchup against the Dolphins. A fumble also led to a sharp decline in usage during the second half. Now, he’s returning from the Bengals’ bye week hoping to put that in the past.

While some folks might be selling for fear that Samaje Perine’s increased role will continue, I’m taking the complete opposite approach.

In the first four games of the season, Brown was playing 76% of the snaps to just 17% for Perine. Before he fumbled in Week 5, those numbers were 71% for Brown and 29% for Perine. However, following the fumble it completely flipped to 73% for Perine and just 48% for Brown.

We’ve seen this exact script play out before, where a starter gets punished during the game for poor performance and/or ball security issues, then is restored to the lead back role in their next appearance.

It’s important to note, Brown had a tough opening month against four challenging run defenses in the Bucs, Texans, Steelers and Jaguars. It’s also worth mentioning that Brown had a difficult start to his 2025 campaign, averaging 8.1 fppg and ranking as the RB38 through five weeks. From Week 6 on, he was the RB9 averaging 17.3 fppg.

This year, Brown sits as the RB21 after five weeks averaging 10.6 fppg. We’ll see if Brown and the Bengals coaching staff can course correct coming out of the bye. I’m still valuing him as a high-end fantasy RB2 who has a chance to get back to top-12 production.

Warren’s value was at an all-time high a couple weeks ago with Rico Dowdle sidelined. At that point, the coaching staff suggested they would continue to use Warren as a bell-cow back even when Dowdle returned.

With Dowdle in the lineup in Week 6, Warren was held under 14 fantasy points for the first time in a month. The general sentiment coming out of that game was that Dowdle, who had 10 touches, will prevent Warren from maintaining the impressive fantasy pace he displayed in the previous three weeks.

While I agree Dowdle could be annoying for Warren’s fantasy ceiling, his return wasn’t the doom-and -loom scenario people made it out to be. Warren still played 75% of the snaps and had 18 opportunities. His dip in production had more to do with the matchup against the Bucs defense.

Fortunately, the Steelers will take on an uptempo Saints team in Week 7 that allows the most fantasy points to running backs. Warren should still be viewed as a high-end RB2 with RB1 upside.

The window to acquire Tyson won’t be open much longer. Though the first-round rookie isn’t expected to be activated off IR for the Saints Week 7 game in Paris, his return will almost certainly happen in the next few weeks.

In addition to his high draft capital, we had several beat writers showering him with praise in the summer. If his hamstring issues weren’t holding him back, we would already be talking about Tyson as a rookie of the year candidate.

With the latest news pointing to him not practicing this week, you might have a chance to pry him away from his current manager before he gets back on the field and excitement reaches a fever pitch.

Devaughn Vele has averaged seven targets a game as New Orleans No. 2 wideout behind Chris Olave. Tyson is far more talented and capable of thriving in Kellen Moore’s face-paced offense. When he’s breaking out in the second half of the season, you’ll wish he was on your roster.

Though it pains me to write this, the floor for Taylor has lowered in recent weeks with the Colts struggling. The next two matchups with the Vikings and Jaguars are also concerning spots for the offense as a whole, but particularly for Taylor since both defenses rank inside the top-five for fewest fantasy points permitted to RBs.

As bad as things are in Indy at the moment, it’s about to get worse. Taylor has normally been more productive in games where the Colts are competitive, so playing out the rest of the season on a roster that’s turning its attention to 2027 isn’t a recipe for fantasy success.

The front office is likely to explore trade possibilities for a variety of veterans, including Taylor. A move to a contender could be interesting for his fantasy stock, but isn’t guaranteed. There’s also a chance we see Taylor stay in town, while other stars like guard Quenton Nelson are moved — which would hurt the running game.

That’s why I’m exploring trade in the leagues where I have Taylor. Don’t sell low coming off a 20-point fantasy effort in Week 6, but you should be trying to flip him for quality value before the bottom falls out on the Colts offense.

Jones was outstanding as a workhorse back during the four weeks Jordan Mason spent on injured reserve, averaging 111 scrimmage yards while handling 24 touches per contest

The return of Mason will be welcomed by everyone in Minnesota, including Jones. There’s simply no way the 31-year-old (turns 32 in December) can keep up that kind of volume much longer.

Remember, in the opener it was closer to an even split with Mason 59 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries, while Jones turned 12 touches into 40 yards and a score.

Mason’s presence doesn’t make Jones irrelevant for fantasy, but he will lower the ceiling for the veteran runner. Moving forward, I’m projecting both backs in the low-end RB2 to high-end RB3 range. If anyone is still buying Jones as a fantasy RB2, you should strongly consider making a deal.

Dobbins has finished as the RB16 each of the past two weeks, after failing to top 55 yards or find the end zone in any of his first four outings.

Let me preach caution on believing in the recent resurgence, since touchdowns are doing a lot of the heavy lifting for his fantasy results. Dobbins has required 40 touches to amass 120 scrimmage yards over the past two games, so he remains in TD-or-bust RB3 territory for fantasy.

We have to keep a couple things in mind regarding Dobbins’ value. Rookie Jonah Coleman, who flashed before getting hurt in Week 2, could be activated from IR as early as this week. That might turn this into a three-way committee sooner rather than later.

There’s also the history of durability issues, with Dobbins missing significant time in every NFL campaign during his career. These larger workloads the last two weeks only increase the risk of injury.

Take advantage of his touchdown scoring and move Dobbins before it’s too late.

My heart wants to believe in Charbonnet’s comeback story, returning from a torn ACL suffered in January, but my brain is telling me not to buy in.

Even if Charbonnet is close to full health, it’s hard to imagine the Seahawks’ coaching staff will give him a massive workload returning from a serious knee injury.

We also have last year’s blueprint to learn from, when Seattle used Charbonnet and Kenneth Walker III in a difficult to predict rotation all season, before Charbonnet got hurt.

Emanuel Wilson and George Holani will likely remain involved this week and first-round rookie Jadarian Price is eligible to come off IR in Week 8.

Send out some offers to see if there’s a manager in your league that believes Charbonnet is going to be the unquestioned lead back who earns significant touches the rest of the way. I’ll be surprised if he produces top-24 fantasy RB numbers in what’s likely to be a committee backfield.

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