When it comes to our 2019 tight end rankings, there's a huge mess in the middle tiers. One owner's sleeper is another's bust, and you can get by with a number of different draft strategies. On this positional preview podcast, we try to bring the TE position into more focus, breaking down all the key players -- including several who won't be on the field in Week 1. (Lookin' at you, Gronk.)
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Listening to a podcast about tight ends isn't anyone's idea of a non-stop party, but when your opponent has Travis Kelce and you have Delanie Walker, you may wish you had paid a bit more attention ahead of your draft.
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Fantasy Football Podcast: TE preview
Timestamps:
General draft strategy at TE (1:58): It makes sense to jump on Travis Kelce, who produces like a WR1, but after him, who's worth targeting early?
Our top trio of tight ends (10:16): Zach Ertz and George Kittle join Kelce at the top...but one of them is a bigger concern than the other.
The messy second tier (14:00): Who knows how these names will shake out at the end of the season (although we feel really good about Evan Engram)? If Trey Burton or Eric Ebron was the best or worst in this second group, we wouldn't be surprised, especially since one of us has a personal vendetta against Ebron.
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Sleepers (26:35): We like taking advantage of early-season suspension to get Chris Herndon at a value, and there's clearly a gaping need for pass-catchers in Miami that Mike Gesicki can capitalize on. They couple with a pair of No. 2 TEs who would have huge value if they moved to the top of their respective depth charts.
Do-not-draft TEs (36:06): Is Greg Olsen too old? Will David Njoku get enough targets? Can George Kittle possible return value at this current ADP?
Bold predictions: (42:22): We predict top-10 seasons for one tight end who can't stay healthy and another who's currently retired.
The other guys (50:00): If we didn't talk about them yet, we do here. That includes Hunter Henry finally being his "the man" with the Chargers and returning plodders Delanie Walker and Jason Witten.