Biggest Fantasy Football Losers from the Trade Deadline

Whose fantasy football value went down most at the trade deadline?

Sigmund Bloom's Biggest Fantasy Football Losers from the Trade Deadline Sigmund Bloom Published 11/11/2026

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Jonathan Taylor (RB-IND)

Taylor's value has taken a nosedive as just about everything that could have gone wrong for him over the last two weeks has. The Colts basically traded just about everyone of value except Taylor. First, they dealt their best offensive and defensive lineman after a Week 7 loss to the Vikings. Indy's run game efficiency and run defense both nosedived in Weeks 8 and 9 as rumors swirled about Taylor getting traded to one of five teams - any of which would be a massive upgrade in offensive environment. Instead, the Colts traded away their only two established wide receivers - Josh Downs to the Chiefs and Keenan Allen to the 49ers - and held onto Taylor. To top it all off, seventh-round pick Seth McGowan has been outplaying Taylor over the last two games, and the team seemed to favor McGowan over Taylor after a costly Taylor fumble last week. Taylor isn't going to be a fantasy RB1 going forward, and using him as an RB2 or flex could be frustrating.

Trevor Lawrence (QB-JAX), Parker Washington (WR-JAX)

The Jaguars were already "too good" for Lawrence and Washington to have a chance for ceiling games in half of their games this season. Lawrence is only averaging 23 pass attempts and Washington five targets in the four games the Jaguars have won by 23 or more points. Adding one of the best run-stuffing defensive tackles - Jordan Davis from the Eagles - and the best playmaking center fielder at safety - Jessie Bates III from the Falcons - plugged the hole left by the loss of DT DaVon Hamilton and provided a massive upgrade to the weak spot in their defense at safety. The likelihood of more blowouts against a schedule that only has three teams with winning records left went up when the Jags made these deals. Lawrence is still an every-week boom/bust QB1 and Washington is an every-week boom/bust WR3/Flex. Lawrence did throw 10 scores, and Washington caught three of them in those blowouts, but true ceiling outcomes for their season are out of play now, and the risk of duds in any given week looms over their fantasy value.

Breece Hall (RB-NYJ), Braelon Allen (RB-NYJ)

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