We’ve finally made it to the Shuffle Up series for the new fantasy football draft season. The dollar values you’ll see below are unscientific in nature but reflect how I see the clusters of talent at the tight end position. Use these tiers however you like.
The other main positions (quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers) will be shuffled in the next couple of weeks.
Have some disagreements? Good, that’s why we have a game. I welcome your reasoned disagreement over at X/Twitter: @scott_pianowski.
The Big Tickets
$23 Sam LaPorta
$21 Travis Kelce
$19 Trey McBride
$19 Mark Andrews
$18 George Kittle
$18 Kyle Pitts
$17 Dalton Kincaid
Over the final two months of the 2023 season, we wondered what was up with Kelce. He had just one touchdown in his final nine games, and was merely the TE10 over that period. Perhaps it was a matter of load management or a Chiefs rope-a-dope strategy, because Kelce was unleashed in the playoffs, rocking a monster 32-355-3 line en route to another championship. I suspect the Chiefs might consider a similar strategy for 2024, using Kelce often but judiciously during the regular season, then throwing caution to the wind in the playoffs. Kelce turns 35 in October, and while he’s in the discussion for the best tight end ever, I am unlikely to pony up his Yahoo ADP of 25.4.
If long-distance touchdowns are your thing, Kittle is your tight end. Over the last three years he’s scored 11 times from outside the red zone, six more than any other tight end. But those big plays aren’t always sticky year over year, and Kittle has to make his points on modest volume — he’s been at 94 targets or fewer in four straight seasons. Real life, Kittle is one of my favorite players. He won’t be a destination pick for me as he enters his age-31 season.
We’ve had some Pitts discussions this offseason, so this will come as a review. He’s still just a pup entering his age-24 season, and his fantasy frustration of recent years was mostly driven by spotty coaching and…
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Publish date : 2024-06-27 16:26:32
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