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Evans huh? I hope he is a world beater of a TE, because I hope to get him when MFL adds this Evans guy to the rosters.
That's only true if there's some new rule where a team can only play one TE and must throw to him a set number of times. Tampa and the G men have a lot more talent at receiver, heck even Cleveland does, than the Rams (better qb too for sure). I don't think any of us are predicting him to be elite out of the gate from south Alabama. goff has to throw to someone and it's not inconceivable that everett becomes his top target by mid season.
True, but it does eliminate chances when of the teams, Rams are the only one with a legitimate other option at TE. Brate could have an impact on Howard, but with how high they took him, I see the take away a little less. When projecting you should be safe, not shooting for the moon. I project Howard to be the best TE in year one.
Fwiw I think brate is better than higbee. Besides, everett was pick 44, the Rams first pick. I don't put much weight on "the teams first pick" but pick at 44 it isn't like he fell far.
If I was important enough I'd be accused of creating the hype on Everett, not buying into it. There is a thread for him which will detail the why and safe to say I don't agree with your notion he has the most comp to deal with, in fact the opposite.
Eli Manning was drafted in 2004 Shockey in 2002 and Eli only started 7 games as a rookie in 2004. So the best season you are talking about was Eli's second season in the league.
My bad. It was Shockey's 4th year, Eli's second.
Howard will be the third or fourth option. I'll take Njoku though truly they'll probably all disappoint as tes start slow and expectations are crazy.
Strongly disagree with this. Evans will be option #1, Howard will become #2 with DeShaun Jackson playing the same 50 catch, 1000 yard deep threat role he played in Washington.
Eli made tye look competent for half a year.
I see Howard helping Martin, sims and quiz (or whomever) by blocking. Agree that he'll get receptions but I wouldn't expect much with brate still there and Howard learning routes.
I'd be very surprised if Jackson isn't second and Brate may out perform Howard this year. Howard is a lot more raw as a receiver than people believe in here.flysack said:
His slot wrs have always thrived, not sure where you're getting it from. Scary proposition to me though because they seem to be trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.Mavis said:
Maybe the fact that none of his TEs really have success or is utilized much. Also, slot WRs are not the exact same thing as a TE, pretty big difference actually.
65-683-8 is a good rookie season for a WR. It wasn't realistic to expect a lot more than that from a rookie WR.
Anyone who has played fantasy football would agree that rookie TEs are historically unpredictable and to concentrate on the long-term dynasty play. In this class it 'appears' that OJ Howard and Njoku have the 'best' long range dynasty attributes in that they are bigger and more suitable to being three-down TEs and staying on the field for more plays than Evan.
I was just making a point about rookie TE production - there really have only been a very small amount, over a many year span, that have put up enough numbers to be fantasy relevant. I thought that was germane to the topic, I apologize if it ruined the thread in anyway.
I agree with this from a dynasty perspective - and of course it's not impossible that one of these rookies will contribute enough this season to break into fantasy lineups, but I think you'd be better off looking at a veteran for redraft. The odds are incredibly stacked against you. Even Hunter Henry who had the no. 11 rookie TE season of all time was a low end TE1 at best last season.
My vote also, but this may be a homer pick. Was huge fan predraft and he'll playing time this year.
In FFPC format, which is almost entirely what I play, Jordan Reed has been the #1 TE in PPG the last two seasons so to me the bigger and more suitable for being an every down TE does theory not seem to be a big factor in determining a TE's long range dynasty attributes.
Funny to see Tim Wright there. I really think he was a good receiver but somehow got to a bad situation. Still think there's a place for him in the NFL, but will he never make better numbers than his rookie season, I doubt it.
Speaking of Kittle, I'm curious why he seems to be getting overlooked. I've scoured all the rookie drafts that have been posted and he's almost never even getting drafted. There seems to be a lot of positives in his favor:
The TE class is ridiculously deep this year. You have the "big 3", then guys like Everett and Shaheen have gotten hype, then you get guys with vocal fans like Butt, Leggett, and J Smith. By the time you get "down" to Kittle, Saubert, and a couple others it's like fatigue has set in and he's getting overlooked. In leagues where you can flex TE with TE enhances scoring, you could exclusively draft TEs in this year's rookie draft.
Great point. I really liked that I was able to grab Jonnu Smith so late in one of my dynasties. He's got a great athletic profile and Delanie Walker is no spring chicken. Mariota obviously likes throwing to the TE and even with Corey Davis as the potential main focus of his passes, there will be enough to go around... even in a run-first offense... for Smith to excel in a few years.
