
Assessing the fantasy impact of the Kelvin Benjamin trade
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7:03 PM ETWhat a trade deadline this year's was.In a completely unexpected move filed minutes before Tuesday's deadline, the Carolina Panthers traded Kelvin Benjamin to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for 2018 third- and seventh-round picks. It's a head-scratching move on the Panthers' part, but does beef up what was a precariously thin set of receivers in Buffalo.Benjamin's fantasy value gets a boost as a result of the move, but that's not because his performance in Carolina was necessarily poor. After all, through eight weeks, he was the No. 24 fantasy wide receiver using either PPR or non-PPR scoring, averaging 11.4 points per game in the former and 7.4 in the latter. Shifting him from the Panthers to the Bills, though, thrusts him into a more clear-cut No. 1 role for his new squad, wh...