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The tight end position used to be incredibly thin in fantasy football. If managers didn’t get Travis Kelce or George Kittle early in drafts, they were usually stuck with players at the position that wouldn’t score very many points. That is no longer the case. A tight end revival has restocked the talent at the position. Now, fantasy managers have Sam LaPorta, T.J. Hockenson, Dalton Kincaid, Brock Bowers, and Trey McBride at their disposal. After that, though, fantasy managers will need to find sleeper picks at the position to round out their starting lineups.
David Njoku has become one of the most reliable and consistent fantasy football performers at the tight end position. He isn’t a full-blown sleeper, as he has been a solid player since the Cleveland Browns took him in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
Njoku is still somewhat underrated, though. The tight end has finished top 13 at his position group in each of the last three seasons. The Browns’ quarterback situation is always a mess. Even this year, it is unclear who will play and when between Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel, Shedeur Sanders, and Kenny Pickett. That quarterback uncertainty limits Njoku’s fantasy ceiling. He always has a reliable floor, though, and fantasy managers who miss out on the most elite tight ends can rely on him to put up good but not great numbers. Njoku is TE9, according to fantasypros.com.
After a fantastic rookie season in which he become just the third player ever to lead the league in passing yards per game and touchdown-to-interception ratio, C.J. Stroud had somewhat of a sophomore slump. A bounce back season is expected from the quarterback, and Dalton Schultz could be a big reason why.
The Houston Texans have revamped their receiving corps. Tank Dell is hurt, and Stefon Diggs plays for the New England Patriots now, so Christian Kirk, Jayden Higgins, and Jaylin Noel were brought in to replace these players and team up with Nico Collins.
It is unclear which of these pass catchers Stroud will mesh with, and it could take time to build chemistry. Until then, the quarterback may fall back on the comfort he already has with Schultz, the No. 27 tight end in fantasy rankings this year.
The New England Patriots’ offense should see a boost in production during Drake Maye’s second year, and Hunter Henry could be the beneficiary. Hunter is just the 17th-ranked tight end in fantasy football this year, but he is in a position to thrive. Maye has a cannon for an arm, and there are still plenty of targets to be had in New England.
Henry has multiple seasons of top-12 fantasy production at his position, dating all the way back to his Los Angeles Chargers days. He likely won’t win anybody any leagues, but if a fantasy manager is left as one of the only...
