At what point, in a dynasty league, do you give up on Jimmy Graham? Talented guy, but he’s just not being used in Seattle the way they used him in New Orleans. Would you rather, for example, have Richard Rodgers? Rodgers is 5 years younger and is placed nicely in that Green Bay offense. Or Tyler Eifert? He’s just 25, and it looks like he’s going to be a big part of Cincinnati’s offense for years.
The key on this kind of thing is to make the move while it’s still there. If you wait until six weeks have gone by and Graham hasn’t done much, then it’s hard to recoup value in a trade.
For me, Rodgers and Eifert haven’t quite done enough yet to move past Graham. Rodgers may be the right age and in the right offense, but we’re talking about a guy who’s caught 3 passes in each of the first two games.
With Graham, I think the hope is that he’ll be a decent performing around the goal line, where they’re most likely to try and tap into that height and athleticism. But his days of catching 80 passes in a season are over.
I’ve got two injury risk tight ends in my top 11 – Jordan Reed and Jordan Cameron. Both have been really good when they’re on the field, but durability has been a problem for both of those guys.
DYNASTY RANKINGS, TIGHT ENDS | |||
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Rk | Team | Player | Age |
1. | NE | Rob Gronkowski | 26 |
2. | KC | Travis Kelce | 25 |
3. | SEA | Jimmy Graham | 28 |
4. | CHI | Martellus Bennett | 28 |
5. | CIN | Tyler Eifert | 25 |
6. | CAR | Greg Olsen | 30 |
7. | GB | Richard Rodgers | 23 |
8. | IND | Dwayne Allen | 25 |
9. | WAS | Jordan Reed | 25 |
10. | JAC | Julius Thomas | 27 |
11. | MIA | Jordan Cameron | 27 |
12. | TB | Austin Seferian-Jenkins | 22 |
13. | MIN | Kyle Rudolph | 25 |
14. | DET | Eric Ebron | 22 |
15. | BAL | Crockett Gillmore | 23 |
16. | DAL | Jason Witten | 33 |
17. | BUF | Charles Clay | 26 |
18. | TEN | Delanie Walker | 31 |
19. | PHI | Zach Ertz | 24 |
20. | SD | Antonio Gates | 35 |
21. | STL | Jared Cook | 28 |
22. | DAL | Gavin Escobar | 24 |
23. | IND | Coby Fleener | 27 |
24. | SF | Vernon Davis | 31 |
25. | PIT | Heath Miller | 32 |
26. | OAK | Mychal Rivera | 25 |
27. | BAL | Maxx Williams | 21 |
28. | SD | Ladarius Green | 25 |
29. | NE | Scott Chandler | 30 |
30. | DEN | Owen Daniels | 32 |
31. | NYG | Larry Donnell | 26 |
32. | NO | Benjamin Watson | 34 |
33. | DEN | Virgil Green | 27 |
34. | KC | James O’Shaughnessy | 23 |
35. | JAC | Marcedes Lewis | 31 |
36. | MIA | Dion Sims | 24 |
37. | OAK | Clive Walford | 23 |
38. | STL | Lance Kendricks | 27 |
39. | PHI | Brent Celek | 30 |
40. | NYJ | Jace Amaro | 23 |
41. | HOU | Garrett Graham | 29 |
42. | GB | Andrew Quarless | 26 |
43. | ARI | Darren Fells | 29 |
44. | ATL | Jacob Tamme | 30 |
45. | NO | Josh Hill | 25 |
46. | CLE | Gary Barnidge | 30 |
47. | NYJ | Jeff Cumberland | 28 |
48. | TEN | Anthony Fasano | 31 |
49. | HOU | C.J. Fiedorowicz | 23 |
50. | MIN | MyCole Pruitt | 23 |
—Ian Allan