Week 6 Trade-Aways

Here are 5 players that you should be selling ahead of Week 6 … in two minutes or less.

RB: Rachaad White (TB)

White’s Week 5 box score was strong: 14 carries, 41 yards, and two touchdowns plus 30 yards through the air.  But that production came only because Bucky Irving was sidelined. He’s been wildly inefficient on the ground all year, averaging under 3.0 yards per carry in Week 5 and clearly sitting behind Irving when both are healthy. The Buccaneers’ offense has been competitive, but White’s usage spike is temporary. So while the touchdowns make him look like a breakout, this is the perfect sell window before he slides right back into a complementary role once Irving returns.

RB: Tony Pollard (TEN)

Tony Pollard has been steady in volume but stuck in a bad situation. He’s averaged around 15–20 touches a game, but Tennessee’s offense has been brutal, shut out by Houston in Week 4 and scraping by with their first win in Week 5 despite two Pollard fumbles this year. His Week 5 touchdown masked another mediocre yardage day, and more touches will funnel to Tyjae Spears, meaning that grip on carries could slip fast. So even though Pollard’s workload looks solid on paper, this is the time to sell high before the Titans’ offense, and his role, start collapsing back toward a committee.

WR: Rashid Shaheed (NO)

Shaheed is coming off his best game of the year with four catches for 114 yards and a touchdown against the Giants. But nearly all of that came on one 87-yard bomb. He’s still averaging around five targets a week and hasn’t topped 52 yards in any other game this season, so his fantasy value is built almost entirely on big-play variance rather than stable usage. So if you can flip him now to a manager chasing that highlight reel performance, it’s a great time to trade for steadier volume before New Orleans hits tougher secondaries down the stretch.

WR: Calvin Ridley (TEN)

Ridley finally broke out in Week 5 with 131 yards on 10 targets, but only after four straight weeks under 60 yards and a Titans offense that’s been mostly unwatchable. He still profiles as the “No. 1” for Cam Ward, but that’s meant inconsistent targets in a unit that’s been shut out once and ranks near the bottom in passing rhythm. So if anyone in your league thinks this was a turning point, sell on the name value now, before the rookie-QB volatility and tough upcoming matchups drag him back down.

TE: T.J. Hockenson (MIN)

Hockenson has settled into a short-area role. He’s caught at least four passes in every game but hasn’t topped 49 yards once this season. His routes are staying shallow, and with both Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison healthy again, the targets that used to bail him out are evaporating. He’s giving you volume but not upside, so while the box scores look steady, they mask a capped ceiling in a Vikings offense that’s struggling to create explosive plays. That kind of “safe floor” tight end is perfect to move now, before that stability turns into stagnation after their Week 6 bye.

So that’s the list. 5 players to pitch a deal for in the Week 6 trade market… as promised, in two minutes or less.

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