Week 6 Fantasy Football Trade Targets

Week 6 means that we’re one-third of the way through the Fantasy season. How’s your team holding up? Do you give up, like so many winless or one-win teams do at this point? No, now is the time to make the smart moves that can still salvage your season. So, let’s talk trades and who you should be targeting in Week 6!

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Week 6 Trade Targets

Tee Higgins, Cincinnati Bengals WR

Alright, so let’s go ahead and address the elephant in the room right away. Joe Flacco got traded to the Bengals. Am I shocked? I guess, but only because I thought they could’ve taken a bigger shot, but here we are.

I’m not going to proclaim Flacco to be some savior of the team that’s going to bring Chase and Higgins back to their Burrow-helmed glory. He’s an old, statuesque passer, behind one of the worst offensive lines in the league. But he’s also a professional quarterback, which is more praise than we can give to Jake Browning at this point.

It’s not going to be great with Flacco, but he should raise the floor of the pass-catchers enough to make them startable.

While I would love to recommend going after Chase, I think the ship has passed on getting him for a reasonable offer. His owners were probably all ready to try and sell high on him after his Week 5 blowup. Now, with this news, the price is going to be astronomical. Managers always react with the loftiest dreams during midseason trades – just think about how people treated Amari Cooper last season when he went to the Bills, despite his struggles that season.

I recommend going after Tee, though, because he doesn’t carry the same clout. He’s not the top dog on the team, and fantasy players didn’t blow the first overall pick on him. There will be plenty of teams with him who were ready to try and move him weeks ago. If you offer them an out now, they might still be willing to bite.

If his manager is delusional and wants a stud in return, just drop it. But if you can trade another MD-range player for him, I say go for it. He carries a high ceiling upside every week, just like Chase. If you need a spark for your team, you might as well roll the dice.

Brian Thomas Jr., Jacksonville Jaguars WR

BTJ has been improving, but that still hasn’t amounted to much. Week 5 resulted in 4 catches for 80 yards, his highest yardage in 2025 so far. While that’s still underwhelming for someone drafted in the 2^nd round this year, I’m still convinced brighter days are ahead.

It was clear in the win over the Chiefs that he’s still the #1 for this team. Although the ball is getting spread around pretty evenly, BTJ was who the team turned to when they needed big plays.

Travis Hunter finally had some highlight-quality catches, which immediately resulted in the OC saying they are going to use him downfield more. I hope they do because that should help draw some of the coverage off of Thomas.

Starting TE Brenton Strange is also going to miss the next few weeks, which should consolidate the targets a bit.

One of the biggest red flags is a tough slate of games the next few weeks for the Jaguars. It will get a bit easier in the final third of the season, though, so Thomas could be key in the clutch.

D’Andre Swift, Chicago Bears RB

Swift has been the definition of OK so far. He’s ranged somewhere from RB19 to the RB30 in the four games the Bears have played. Not winning you any weeks, but also not necessarily losing you any.

He’s a great buy candidate because, coming off his bye week, he’ll be a bit forgotten. The Bears have a really nice upcoming schedule in the next few weeks, and he should have the opportunity to put up some big games. He should be a safe bet with a solid floor based on the amount of volume he’s receiving, about 14 carries and nearly 5 targets per game.

The last third of the season will be a different story. They’ll get Green Bay in week 14, followed by Cleveland, Green Bay, and San Francisco in the fantasy playoffs.

Ideally, try to buy low on him now, let him have some bigger games, and sell for a profit right before the going gets rough.

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George Kittle, San Francisco 49ers TE

Last week, I advocated for trying to acquire Mike Evans while he’s out. For similar reasons, I’d be trying to acquire Kittle this week.

He’s already going to miss his Week 6 comeback (the first week he would have been eligible to come off IR), which might have managers panicking.

The fact is, once he comes back, the team will have no choice but to feed him. Virtually all of their starting receivers are injured, to the point that we’re seeing players like Kendrick Bourne and Jake Tonges have huge games. CMC is operating as the de facto #1, getting over 10 targets per game, which is probably not sustainable volume long term for someone so often injured.

So yeah, when he returns, Kittle is going to have a big role, and he’ll be untouchable once he does. Now is the last time you’ll have a shot at acquiring him. If you have a usable TE that you can offer, go for it. Even if you have to go with a bad option for a week or two, it should pay off in the end.

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