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Warren has racked up quite a stat line through two weeks. No Tight End has had more yards ever in their 1st two games of their career, let alone in the 2025 season. No Tight End has had more Yards After the Catch. No Tight End has caught more contested catches. No Tight End has more Targets per Route. Only 1 Tight End has more Yards per Route. His average separation score is near the top of his position. And he has yet to drop a pass.
He also ranks among his position’s best at blocking, ranking (out of 76 Tight End in the NFL):
All while being asked to block on 49.6% of his snaps, making him not tip Defenses off to whether the Colts will run or pass just by being on the field.
The only thing he is missing is his first NFL Touchdown, and he was already close to getting it Week 1 if not for a potential missed Defensive Pass Interference call. It feels only a matter of time with the volume of targets he gets paired with his large catch radius and strength at the catch point.
Missing TD aside, you’d be hard pressed to find a Tight End in the NFL who can impact the game at a such an elite level at so many crucial areas of this multifaceted position in 2025. If you tried to name the best Tight End in football before the season, Warren has out-blocked and out-received them so far in 2025.
So is Warren truly the best Tight End in the NFL?
The biggest knock on him: it’s just too soon. 2 games is too small of a sample size to crown anyone at any position the best. But make no mistake, with the way Warren is playing this question will be answered sooner than people think.
George Kittle, Brock Bowers, Trey McBride… watch out. There is a new kid on the block, and he is coming for the crown.
