Fantasy Football: 3 overvalued tight ends

Fantasy Football: 3 overvalued tight ends


  • Travis Kelce is not a high fantasy tight finish: Kelce’s PFF receiving grade dropped to 70.5 final season, and he fell to sixth in fantasy factors per sport. He can be 36 years previous earlier than the top of the season, so it’s unlikely these numbers bounce again in a major method.
  • The Baltimore Ravens have a powerful tight finish room: Isaiah Likely and Charlie Kolar have graded nicely and earned a bigger position final season. That will probably stay true this season.
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Many fantasy managers fall into the entice of assuming a top quality veteran participant will repeat their fantasy manufacturing the next season. However, there could be many causes for a participant to say no, equivalent to modifications to the offense or if they’d some unstable statistics final season however are anticipated to regress to the imply.

The three tight ends talked about on this article will all be no less than 30 years previous subsequent season, and their receiving numbers have been down final yr. This has led to a decrease ADP, however they’re nonetheless being drafted excessive relative to youthful tight ends who’re anticipated to attain extra fantasy factors.

The common draft place listed is from a consensus between ESPN, Sleeper and Yahoo! for the place the participant is picked on common in a 12-team, redraft league.

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Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs (ADP: 6.02)

Travis Kelce is arguably one of the best receiving tight finish within the historical past of the NFL. He barely performed in his rookie season, however he completed eighth in fantasy factors per sport in his second season. From 2016 to 2022, he was constantly gaining no less than 1,000 receiving yards and making the Associated Press’ All-Pro workforce. He completed first or second in PPR factors per sport in each season throughout that seven-year interval.