Baltimore Tight Ends - How will it go from here? (1 Viewer)

[Joe Bryant]

How worried are we?

It's one game.

I'm pretty dang worried.

He just seems so less athletic than Likely. (To be fair, lots of TEs do)

But the thing I can't unsee is the fall down after the reception late in the game where the turf monster grabbed him and they couldn't convert.

Compared to Likely's TD run and hesi at the end to score looking more like Lamar Jackson than a TE.

One game. But man.

Better question: For a redraft today (not getting to use yesterday's stats), where would you rank Likely and Andrews?

 

[FarFromHome]

One tidbit to note is Andrews has always struggled against Chiefs. Not to take anything away from Likely. He simply looks like the more dynamic player. If I'm an Andrews owner, my bigger concern is the line and the offense has a whole. Doesn't scream give me Ravens pass catchers. For this year I'd still rather roster Andrews over Likely. I got Likely as a boom or bust te2 for this year. Imo

 

[Joe Bryant]

Talking to our Staffer Sam Wagman this morning on this he said:

I would still rank Andrews as a TE1 even after yesterday. He's seeing a high-level route participation (over 70%, a TE1 number), but he's clearly not quite 100% yet. Whether it is the aftereffects from the summer car crash or his offseason ankle surgery, he's not all the way back, but I still believe he will be.

Likely, on the other hand, is a bonafide TE1 whether Andrews is on the field or not. The Ravens tipped their hand by including him on the pre-kickoff poster (I know, I know) and said this offseason they have him running wide receiver routes. I think he slots in as their WR2 most weeks behind Zay Flowers and could be the legit version of WR/TE hybrid we thought Kyle Pitts might be.

 

[JohnnyU]

Andrews may just be getting his feet under him after the accident and Jackson does love Andrews, or he used to. Maybe he's divorcing Andrews and marrying Likely. As long as Andrews is healthy I don't see how you can trust Likely every week. I can see the Ravens giving all the targets to Flowers, Andrews, and Likely when Jackson isn't running the ball, with Bateman sprinkled in, but not relevant.

 

[Max Power]

Very worried about Andrews as well. I also was not impressed with Baltimore's OLine, but it sounded like they were missing a couple guys. Baltimore might be dependent on the short passing game this season which should benefit Andrews.

This is a tough call and I'd put them in the same redraft tier at this point. I think I'd give a slight bump to Andrews because teams will now focus a little harder on stopping Likely going forward.

 

[karl.Racki]

Andrews may just be getting his feet under him after the accident and Jackson does love Andrews, or he used to. Maybe he's divorcing Andrews and marrying Likely. As long as Andrews is healthy I don't see how you can trust Likely every week. I can see the Ravens giving all the targets to Flowers, Andrews, and Likely when Jackson isn't running the ball, with Bateman sprinkled in, but not relevant.

How can you trust Andrews? He looks like aa shell of his former self. Especially since guys picked him as TE1.

Likely was a CM from getting TD #2 and finished last season with 5 TD in 5 games.. I don't think anyone can not trust him, especially with such a bad WR unit.

I question Andrews here, not Likely.

 

[karl.Racki]

I also don't buy the he is still hurt from the accident stuff.. If he was where it affected his play that much, he wouldn't be playing and would have started the season on IR. The bottom line is Andrews is older and LJ now has built a relationship with Likely, who was good last season in Andrews absence.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Let's move this to the Poll here. https://forums.footballguys.com/thr...ds-would-you-trade-andrews-for-likely.813880/