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The Shuffle Up series rolls along. Today we’ll hit the tight ends. This position was a fantasy wasteland for the early weeks, but production spiked in Week 8 (ah, the Hallmark holidays) and things have since reverted back to normal.
Rest-of-season tiers: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs
I’d never want to eliminate the tight end position from fantasy leagues. It’s just another opportunity for us to hopefully make better choices than our opponents.
The salaries are unscientific and meant to illustrate where I see pockets of value. Everything to this point has been an audition; I’m ranking and tiering them as if I were drafting from fresh right now. Remember the golden rule — no player gains or loses extra value because you choose to roster them.
The Big Tickets
$34 George Kittle
$30 Travis Kelce
$28 Brock Bowers
$26 Trey McBride
The 49ers are just 28th in red-zone percentage (touchdowns per trip), but Kittle is part of the answer there. He’s seen 13 red-zone targets and he’s caught 12 of them, good for six touchdowns. And Kittle is still as dynamic a downfield threat as any tight end, posting a position-best eight catches over 20 yards. He’s very close to clinching a Hall of Fame spot when he eventually retires.
It’s a shame Bowers doesn’t have a plus quarterback to push him to the top of the position. He’s collected the most YAC among tight ends but still his YPC is an ordinary 10.2, a statement more about his support cast than Bowers as a player. The Raiders just fired their play-caller, but with the limited quarterback talent here, Bowers can’t completely spread his wings.
McBride is doing just fine with volume but with only three touchdowns (and none this year) against 41 career games and 33 starts, we have to see him as a capped-upside player. Kyler Murray hasn’t been consistent this year, and the Cardinals rank just 26th in pass rate over expectation.
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Publish date : 2024-11-06 17:49:54
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