Whether due to their own play, the play of others, or injuries, players' stock increases and decreases on a weekly basis. Perhaps more than any other, the NFL is a league that experiences ups and downs at a rapid pace. With only 16 games, there's little room for error and seemingly endless opportunities for improvement. The same goes for fantasy football, and managing rosters effectively is key to winning that championship. Throughout the season, players get hot and see an increased role whil[...]

Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph was only targeted twice in a 24-16 win over the San Francisco 49ers. Rudolph just had a single reception in the contest, but it was for an 11-yard touchdown. The lack of targets is fairly alarming considering how much Kirk Cousins seems to love his tight ends. Perhaps it can just be chalked up to some Week 1 weirdness, but it is definitely a situation worth monitoring heading into [...]

Welcome, one and all, to the weekly piece that puts my rankings under the microscope and gives me a chance to explain myself against the Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) found on FantasyPros. If this is your first time reading me, then hi! Why should you care about me? Well, my finish as the ninth-most accurate in-season expert on FantasyPros out of ~125 smart cookies last season should suffice. I'm out here trying to hang with the Sean Koerners and Jake Cielys of the world, and you'll have a [...]

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 5% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Denver Broncos tight end Jake Butt may quickly be on the minds of fantasy owners. While the Broncos may let Jeff Heuerman "start" at the beginning of the season, it should only be a matter of time before Butt asserts himself as Denver's feature TE. Butt's draft stock and subsequent fantasy buzz fell due to a torn ACL in his final collegiate game, but he is over a year removed from that and could be Case Keenum's [...]

So your fantasy draft left you with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback, a terrific tandem at running back, and two tight ends that will not be able to catch a cold even if they were in a frozen pond in the dead of winter with nothing on but tube socks. Well, it is time to fix your drafting error and fill your void at tight end via the waiver wire! Here is a look at some tight ends that probably went undrafted in your fantasy league that you can pick up before your first game of the season. When [...]

Welcome to this first installment of the Waiver Wire weekly series for the 2018 fantasy football season. I know you're still giddy about your draft and perhaps you're still riding that high, but the waiver wire is now your draft room. We provide information on players that are owned in roughly 30% of leagues or less, so that you can make an educated decision about who to add to your squad. Let's look around the league at many names who are worth mentioning as Week 1 approaches. Be sure to[...]

Drafting tight ends in fantasy is like eating your vegetables at dinner. You know you should, but you really don't want to. Only three tight ends in PPR leagues, Rob Gronkowski, Travis Kelce, and Zach Ertz averaged over 12 points per game in 2017. On a points-per-game basis, the TE4 (Evan Engram) and TE20 (Vernon Davis) were separated by just four points. Basically, if you don't get one of the top-three tight ends, you're probably better off just waiting. If you do wait on the TE position[...]

Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph could not have asked for a better situation. He has an offensive coordinator in John DeFilippo that loves utilizing tight ends, a quarterback in Kirk Cousins that has formed fantastic rapports with tight ends throughout his career, and a [...]

Soon after your drafts have begun, you are presented with a decision concerning how quickly you will invest in the tight end position. There are advantages to making the sizable investment that is necessary in order to secure one of the elite options, although that also entails bypassing gifted running backs and wide receivers with a valuable early round pick. If you exercise patience until the middle rounds, then you can target one of the dependable options that will still remain. But it wil[...]

Why? Why is it so hard for analysts and fantasy players to give Kirk Cousins any respect? By this point in time he must be feeling like Rodney Dangerfield. Yes, he is going to a new team with a new offense. But this is where the hardship stops. Despite obvious upgrades across the field and a better overall situation, Cousins' ADP this season (QB8 at 7.12) has remained almost identical to last season (QB9 at 8.02). Is he still being undervalued and underappreciated as a franchise QB in fant[...]