Doc’s Draft Notes – Tight Ends

Virtually all Fantasy Football leagues require you to have at least one tight end on your roster. In some leagues the option exists to fill an additional roster spot with either a TE or a WR. In these situations, the question often arises as to whether to draft a starting TE or a #2 or #3 WR. Well, consider the following:

Lets assume you are in a 10 team league and that each team has already drafted one of the top ten TEs. Based on last years stats:

Receptions - The #11 ranked TEs, Boo Williams and Erron Kinney, each had 41 catches, 5 less than #50 WR Curtis Conway.

Receiving Yards – Boo Williams was also #11 in this category. His 436 yards is 152 yards less than #50 WR Josh Reed (588).

TDs – In this all-important category there was an 8 way tie (Heap, F. Jones, Crumpler, Pollard, Kinney, Miller, T. Jones, Dunn) for the #9 position. With 3 TDs each none of these fellows rate a top fifty ranking relative to the WRs.

You don’t have to be Rocket Man to see that if your Fantasy Football league offers the option to pick between a WR and a TE, go for the WR. You may want to add an 2nd TE to your Fantasy Football roster during the bye weeks but generally this isn’t a great point producing position.