Trade Deadline Fantasy Winners and Losers

Kirk Cousins, Justin Jefferson, and all the Vikings are big fantasy winners after the trade deadline. Cousins is a huge upgrade over Kyler Murray and Carson Wentz, and that's great news for the Vikings offense. Fernando Mendoza, he's also a winner because he's the new starting quarterback in Las Vegas, though. I'm not playing him this week against Seattle. Josh Downs is also a fantasy winner after being dealt to the Chiefs, where he's going to catch passes from Patrick Mahomes and not Daniel Jones. And speaking of the Colts, Tyler Warren's also a winner. With Downs and Keenan Allen now traded, Warren's going to see a ton of targets the rest of the season. Now, the biggest loser might be Jonathan Taylor. I mean, the Colts' offense has been completely gutted, so he could struggle to put up elite fantasy numbers moving forward. And listen, I'm not going to call Brock Bowers a loser just yet, but I do have to wonder, will he find the same level of success with Mendoza as he did with Cousins? I'm sure hoping that's the case, but it remains to be seen. Another fantasy loser is Xavier Worthy. He's going to lose some of his value with Josh Downs now in Kansas City. And Keenan Allen's going to lose some value in San Francisco, at least when Mike Evans and Debo Samuel return from their injuries.