Rest-Of-Season Fantasy Football Rankings: Josh Downs & Keenan Allen Move Ahead Of Week 10

With the NFL trade deadline officially in the rearview mirror, I wanted to focus this week's rest-of-season fantasy football rankings update on players impacted by the moves we saw go down.

Whether they're a player putting on a different uniform going forward, a player impacted by a teammate getting shipped out, or someone who was expected to be traded but was not, these trades have caused some significant changes to the ROS rankings.

Rest-Of-Season Fantasy Football Rankings Update - Week 10

Tony Pollard | Titans | RB17

Perhaps one of the biggest surprises during the deadline was Titans RB Tony Pollard staying put in Nashville. His trade value was at a season high, as he's coming out of his bye fresh off back-to-back top-three positional finishes (35.0, 27.2) and four straight games commanding at least 82% of the rush attempts.

Much of the monopolization of the backfield work can be attributed to the injury that Tyjae Spears is dealing with, but Pollard has been more than effective enough to maintain pole position in the backfield when Spears returns. Having not been moved at the deadline, either, it's clear the Titans plan to use him as a centerpiece of their offense.

While his next four games (Jaguars [-2.3 fantasy boost], Cowboys [+5.9], Jaguars [-2.9], Commanders [-1.7]) present a bit of a difficult stretch outside of a Week 11 revenge spot against the Cowboys, he has a juicy opening schedule during the fantasy playoffs, with a Week 15 matchup against the Colts (+4.0 boost) and a Week 16 matchup against the Raiders (+3.1).

He's a steady, albeit unsexy, low-end to mid-range RB2 and is ranked accordingly in our rest-of-season fantasy football rankings.

Josh Downs | Chiefs | WR37

As a Josh Downs truther who's been burned in each of the last three seasons, I'm thrilled to see him paired with the best quarterback imaginable in a wide receiver group with room for growth. It remains to be seen if he'll get a true full-time role with the Chiefs, given how his route tendencies overlap a bit with Rashee Rice, but as Zain Dhanani pointed out, it would make sense to see Downs operate as the Z receiver while Xavier Worthy moves into a sacrificial X role.

2026 has been a disappointing season for Downs, despite running 90% of the routes, as he's only earned 0.17 targets per route with a 19% target share. That said, we've seen the target-earning ability in the past, as he's posted 8 games with a targets-per-route-run rate of at least 28% since the start of last season.

If there's ever a spot to bounce back, it's with Patrick Mahomes. While there may be more talent to compete with in this offense, it's a better offense overall, rendering Downs a low-end WR3 with WR2 upside should he carve out a full-time role.

Keenan Allen | 49ers | WR58

Another Colts WR who got shipped out of Indianapolis is Keenan Allen, who takes his talents to the Bay Area, which is now home to the two greatest WR killers of all time—Allen ... and the electrical substation.

Despite getting Deebo Samuel back for Week 10, this Niners group of pass catchers is in shambles. Mike Evans is still on the mend with Achilles tendonitis, Demarcus Robinson is out, and Christian Kirk and Ricky Pearsall are on IR.

And while it's been easy to write off Allen as a viable fantasy asset this season, a lot of it feels more like a product of denial than a data-backed belief. He's been the Colts' best target earner at WR this season, posting a 23% target share and 0.28 targets per route run on a 68% route rate. While he only has one top-20 positional finish this season, moving from a Colts offense to a Niners offense could quickly change that simply based on environmental production.

TL;DR ... Unc still got it, and Keenan Allen will have short-term value until this receiver room rounds into health. While I don't feel great about starting him right away, he's someone I'm happily looking to stash where he's available.

Tyler Warren | Colts | TE8

The lone pass catcher with any semblance of legitimate talent left in Indianapolis is second-year tight end Tyler Warren, who got a bit of an upgrade week-over-week in the ROS rankings, up to TE8 overall.

Warren was already leading the Colts in target share (24%) on an elite 84% route rate, but has finished inside the top 12 tight ends only twice (TE4 in Week 5, TE10 in Week 2). While the ceiling is undoubtedly higher when you remove roughly 45% of the targets with Downs and Allen gone, the fact remains that he'll go as Daniel Jones (or Anthony Richardson or Riley Leonard) goes.

He's going to get absolutely peppered, so the floor and ceiling are higher than they were on Monday. He's an auto-start if you have him on your roster, too. But he's also someone that I would consider selling while there's heightened optimism, as I want to get out from under any Colt in this offensive environment if I can.