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Andy Richardson

Tight end quagmire

Position ravaged by injuries, underperformance

It's not your imagination; the tight end position has been a train wreck this season. A couple of stars have played like stars, and a couple of youngsters either have or are emerging (Kittle, Njoku). But the vast majority have either gotten hurt or been just plain bad.

This doesn't even include Hunter Henry, who had the courtesy to get injured before we even published the magazine.

To illustrate the gloom, I flipped to the magazine to see our preseason top 20 (PPR rankings). Here's how those 20 tight ends have fared thus far.

FANTASY INDEX TOP 20 TIGHT ENDS
PlayerComment
Gronkowski1 TD so far
KelceGreat!
ErtzGreat!
Graham1 TD so far
OlsenInjured Week 2-5
RudolphGood, but just 2 TDs
EngramInjured Week 4-6
WalkerIR
DoyleInjured Week 2-present
BurtonComing on, but just 15 catches
Reed1 TD so far
EifertIR
BrateJust 7 catches
Clay20 yards per game, no TDs
Hooper30 catches, back to back big games
Seferian-JenkinsIR
HowardComing on, but just 15 catches
EbronLeads position with 6 TDs
Watson17 catches, no TDs
DicksonNFI

In one league (where I drafted Engram and Hayden Hurst) it's been a weekly battle for production. I've added and started Rhett Ellison and Niles Paul in recent weeks. This week, hopefully Engram will be back. If not, I might be looking at sticking Dallas Goedert in the lineup and hoping he catches a touchdown on a deflection or something.

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