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 | |
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Player | Comment |
Gronkowski | 1 TD so far |
Kelce | Great! |
Ertz | Great! |
Graham | 1 TD so far |
Olsen | Injured Week 2-5 |
Rudolph | Good, but just 2 TDs |
Engram | Injured Week 4-6 |
Walker | IR |
Doyle | Injured Week 2-present |
Burton | Coming on, but just 15 catches |
Reed | 1 TD so far |
Eifert | IR |
Brate | Just 7 catches |
Clay | 20 yards per game, no TDs |
Hooper | 30 catches, back to back big games |
Seferian-Jenkins | IR |
Howard | Coming on, but just 15 catches |
Ebron | Leads position with 6 TDs |
Watson | 17 catches, no TDs |
Dickson | NFI |
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.