Fantasy Football Buy Low, Sell High Week 2: Dump Omarion Hampton

Sep 16, 2026

Buy Low, Sell High Week 2: Trade Targets

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You crushed your draft in the offseason, but there’s more fun to come. Engaging in trade talks is not only a weekly highlight of the fantasy football experience but an easy way to improve your team. When I say easy, I don’t really mean easy. Trade talks can be frustrating and worthless, but when they pay off and you get a deal done that improves your lineup, it’s a great feeling.

Each week this season, I’ll be here to highlight the most notable players to Buy Low or Sell High, using and referencing all of the powerful tools and data found on 4for4.com. Fantasy football managers are a fickle bunch. Sometimes, it only takes one week’s results to make us change how we value a player.

As I already mentioned, as thrilling as trading can be in fantasy leagues, it can also be really challenging. It’s the one aspect of the game that varies wildly from league to league. Drafting, setting lineups, submitting waiver picks. These are all pretty standard and typical from league to league, but not trading. It is dependent on league settings, roster requirements, available players, and even the attitudes of your competitors. That means everything you’re about to read will need to be translated by you to fit your league settings. Do your best to adjust the advice to your own league and then join me for a weekly Discord chat for 4for4 subscribers, talking trade every Wednesday at 11:00 am EST.

As a baseline, this column will assume PPR, four-point passing touchdowns, and starting rosters with 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, and 1 FLEX, but you can adjust the configurations on the Trade Evaluator tool to fit your league exactly.

Sell High

Omarion Hampton, LAC RB

For the second straight year, Chargers running back Omarion Hampton got off to a slow start out of the gate. A season ago, as a rookie, he finished outside of the top-30 fantasy running backs, and this was déjà vu all over again. Facing the Cardinals, presumed to be one of the worst defenses in the league, Hampton managed just an RB33 finish, rushing a dozen times for 43 yards. If it weren’t for a rushing touchdown, his box score would’ve been a complete disaster.

It was a rough day all around for the Chargers (and the thousands who trusted them in Survivor pools), and panic seems to be setting in already. All of the reasons that made this an exciting offense entering the season have seemingly been tossed out the door. Justin Herbert and Mike McDaniels seemed to be trying too hard to make something happen, especially once they fell behind by multiple scores. The offensive line, once considered a strength, failed to protect Herbert or open running lanes for Hampton. The lone bright spot of the team, Ladd McConkey, suffered an injury and is uncertain to play in Week 2.

The Chargers do get the chance to right the ship against the Raiders in Week 2 before traveling cross-country to visit the Bills. After that, it’s Seahawks, Broncos, and Chiefs before what will be a much-needed bye week. Find the manager in your league that doesn’t put much stock in the Week 1 results, or maybe even wait until after the Raiders matchup this week and then move on from Hampton. My ideal pivot from Hampton would be for Bills’ running back James Cook (spoiler alert).