Fantasy Football Trade Targets: The Best WR & TE Buys and Sells for Week 3 (Ep. 2211)
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Hello, everybody. Welcome into the Fantasy Pros Football Podcast. I'm Ryan Warmly, joined by Andrew Erickson on this Tuesday morning. We are talking players to buy and sell for week three. If you missed it, we already did the running backs and quarterbacks episode. That should already be available. YouTube, Spotify, anywhere else to get your podcast. This is our wide receivers and tight ends version of the episode. We are splitting the episode into two moving forward. We're going to be talking about the running backs and quarterbacks. So be on the lookout for both smaller episodes week to week here on The Trade Show. Eric, so we can go ahead and dive right in. Wide receivers to buy is where we're going to start.
You've got a couple. I've got one. Let's start with one of yours.
Josh Downs, the time is now for Josh Downs to be the prince that was promised, step up in a full-time role finally for the Indianapolis Colts and to be a big part of this team's passing game moving forward. Last week in week two against Kansas City Chiefs, Downs led the Colts with a 27.3 target share, which more than doubled his volume from week one. He had seven catches for 72 yards on an 83% snap rate. and was the team leader in routes run for the second straight week.
What players are the hosts recommending to buy at the start of Week 3?
So 2026 has been pretty good for Josh Downs in terms of his run out. His role has changed in the offense where he's not just being pigeonholed into, okay, you're in the slot. You're only playing at 11 personnel. Like he is a full-time wide receiver on this team. And that has not changed with the addition of Keenan Allen.
Why is Josh Downs considered a breakout wide receiver for the Colts?
We know that Alec Pierce is going to miss significant time after injuring his heel. We know he had ankle surgery this off season. So there's a re-aggravation there. We don't know if we're going to see him again. So Downs, I think, has a golden opportunity to step up and become the focal point of this passing game alongside Tyler Warren. Because Keenan Allen, man, I don't know if you were watching it super closely on Sunday night, but that guy could not get open. He looked all of 33 years old, 34 years old, because those Kansas City Chiefs defensive backs were all over Allen. And maybe he has just kind of hit father time. where he just doesn't have the juice anymore to create separation. We know that those guys, especially these older receivers, man, doesn't all come crashing down at once.
We're like, yep, no, he's cooked at this point. So I'm not afraid of Keenan Allen as a threat to Josh Downs, who this team has been super excited about. He's been historically one of the most efficient receivers the last couple of years in terms of creating separation, in terms of commanding targets at a high rate whenever he runs routes and that was clearly apparent um in week two so josh downs for me he's still a player that i think is still kind of in that wide receiver three range would not surprise me whatsoever he's a top 24 wide receiver rest of season especially if we don't get alec pierce back at any point so he's a buy for me
I have always liked Josh Downs, the player. I've been a believer in him from watching him. I've been a believer in him from the guys in the industry that I really trust to evaluate wide receivers quite liking him. I've always really liked the player. I have never quite liked the usage. And I was... I will admit it, terrified of the Keenan Allen addition because we have seen what he has done to young receivers that we like at other stops, both in LA and Chicago, where he has really nuked the value of guys that we thought were ready to take a step forward.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:41
2
What players are the hosts recommending to buy at the start of Week 3?
1:41–1:55
3
Why is Josh Downs considered a breakout wide receiver for the Colts?
1:55–32:14
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How does Garrett Wilson’s schedule and upside make him a ceiling play?
32:14–55:28
Speakers
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