Fantasy Football - Top 10 TE Rankings + Most Improved Offenses - Podcast for 8/5

Seems like Dobbins is the guy. Oh, yeah, yeah. But then it seems like Harvey might get third downs. And Jonah Coleman is just around. The, uh, and Glofflin is just around. And a last piece of news, real quick, Andy. This is, because this is just, this is great news. It's fun. Tank Dell. Yeah. The Houston Texans. Yeah. Is practicing. With pads first time in year. This is, this is awesome. We haven't seen him in like over a calendar year since the. Oh, yeah.

It's been basically two years. Horific injury two seasons ago. He missed all of last year. Was that the, just correct me, because it's a long time ago. Yeah. That injury, was that on the block? Yes, he was the goal line block, yeah. Or was that a previous other injury? No, no, no. Was that? I don't think it was the same one. I thought it was on a catch. I thought it was on a catch. I thought it was on a catch. Yeah, I thought it was a catch. Because the year before I had traded for him.

and he was left in on a blocking down, went in, and then was knocked out for the rest of the year. And that was... I forget that that wasn't. I mean, he's had injury issues throughout his career, but when he's been on the field, he's been awesome. It's really tough for... And Stroud was much better with him. Yeah, a guy that's 165 pounds. I mean, we gave him guff when he was in line block. Like, what is he going to do as a blocker? He's not really changing things to the team. Yeah, so he broke his fibula on that block in 2023.

missed five games, ended his season, and then the dislocated kneecap was the full season. So there you go. But he's back. The NFL and the Texans are better if Tanktel is playing at a high level. Yeah, absolutely. We'll take a quick break and then get into the countdown.

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negatives of these players. Obviously, the tight-end position is, well, it's a polarizing spot. I mean, you have these high performers, difference makers at a onesie position. If you have one of those top guys and somebody else is out there streaming the position, it can be a huge advantage on a week-in, week-out basis. The problem is identifying the sleeper ones that can perform out of nowhere and making sure that you're, if you're going to spend high draft capital, that guy is in every week's start.

So we'll also look at the beginning schedules for these guys a little bit. So let's start counting it down. Number 10. Travis Kelsey going on 37 years old. I have him ranked the lowest. I've talked about it recently. I'm pretty out on Kelsey. He's just not. One thing I wanted to do, and maybe Kyle, while we're talking about Kelsey briefly, final seasons for some of the greats. I'm just kind of curious where Antonio Gates, Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez.

Jason Witten, you know, Jimmy Graham. Like most of those guys, from my recollection, like I remember Jimmy Graham being pretty irrelevant at the end. Yeah, I mean, he had the... He came back and had a bunch of touchdowns, right? In one of those? Well, he just saying he had the Patella tendon. Tendentary. That was a different word. Yes. But look, it is, you know, whether you believe he can contribute this year or not, he'll... Antonio Gates' final year...

final two years he was 37 and 38 years old he got 30 passes each year they were basically irrelevant years his last good season 36 years old 53 for 548 and 7 we know the trajectory right now on kelsey is it's going down it's just a matter of how low does it go he tends to be out there but if he gives you if he gives you six

seven points a game, you're not going to be happy. No, no, you won't. The thing is, is right now you've got a tight end who last year had over 100 targets. You've got an offense that I think should be better than last year, not necessarily an old school, great Kansas City offense. But adding Kenneth Walker, I think, really does help the offense in general. If you have someone that's going to catch 80 passes, they're not going to be bad for where he's being drafted. But the upside is gone. You're not.

having a player who's making a difference at the position. You're just simply trying to say, I think when you draft Kelsey, you're taking the approach of, I punted the position, but I don't want to stream. And I'm just going to try to be okay with whatever mediocrity he provides. And maybe that's the wrong, maybe that's the lazy way. And streaming, like the question should be asked here, would it be more valuable? Will you score more fantasy points if you're streaming off the waiver wire this season or if you just play Travis Kelsey every game?

I think once we establish matchups about halfway through the year, you can stream it better than Kelsey personally. But I think that's up for debate. I mean, it's fairly up for debate. I think you're going to find yourself thinking, this is where I think you're going to end up. You're going to think you can start him every week. Because of the name? Because you drafted Travis Kelsey, and I think you're going to not know when to pull the trigger on changing that out. Now, your point about the offense being better, I think that's well within the round. I mean, the Giants scored seven more touchdowns.

than the Chiefs did last year. The Pittsburgh Steelers, did you like that offense? No, vomit. Seven more touchdowns than the Kansas City Chiefs last year. Patrick Mahomes is coming off a serious injury. The identity of this team is going to be the running game. Rashi Rice is coming off a serious injury, and I'm not so certain that this offense is going to be significantly better. I think their defense is outstanding. They spent all of their draft capital and trades on making that defense top in the league.

I'm not sure you're going to have it opened up enough for you to be happy because all of his targets now are close to the line of scrimmage. That's why I'm still okay with Kelsey as the tight-in punt. I feel pretty confident that Kelsey will, he will finish in the top 10. That's not always great for your fantasy team or making a difference. But they, he's going to be the number two target. He will have 100 targets again if he plays in all 17 games. And he'll give you roughly.

Nine points a week. You think there's the number two target? Because I think that they're going to have to make a transition at some point in time. But to who? Yeah, I mean, whether Cyrus Allen or Xavier Worthy can step up, I don't know. I just think tight-in snaps may come down. I think you're going to manage him a little bit more. It's possible. Yeah, I will say that older players, you know, we've seen this with Keenan Allen recently. Like, sometimes they get off to a...

decent start to the year. Sure. The first month of the schedule is, you know, they're favored in all four games. First week's a little hard at home against Denver, but then Indianapolis, Miami, Las Vegas. Those are great matchups. And then they go on their by week. So maybe you're right, the second half of the year you stream. You grab Kelsey, play them for a month, and then start knowing what the matchups are. Shout out to Tony Gonzalez. You had 37 years old, had 121 targets, 83 for 859. I think.

I think Kelsey. That seems right in the range. Yeah, it's possible. That's the upper range. Number nine. It's Kyle Pitts coming in at our consensus number nine. Jason and I have them at eight. This is the man of what do you possibly do with this? What do you do with Kyle Pitts? I mean, Kyle Pitts is going to be on the field for 90% of snaps. Kyle Pitts is the second best pass catcher on the team. And Kyle Pitts is 25 years old.

I don't know where the confidence is in Tua, but I think it's higher than Pinnix. I don't know if it's higher than where you thought Cousins was last year. It's probably pretty neutral, maybe a little lower. I just, I find myself in a tough spot like all of us forever, and we will forever be, I think, with Kyle Pitts here. I mean, he was a monster over the final six weeks. It's been brought up ad nauseum that Drake London wasn't there.

Yeah, I mean, obviously you do have that built-in upside. They said he looks like he's running better than he's ever run before. I've seen that a lot. This offseason, he looks athletically like kind of the player they drafted. It has been a problem. We've said, like for years, when you're watching Kyle Pitts, where the rookie year, the touchdowns were disappointed, but to have over 1,000 yards as a rookie at the tight end position, that's very impressive. And then...

Kind of since then, we've been watching him saying this doesn't look like, that doesn't look like the same player. So maybe he just had, maybe he had long injuries that just were, they wouldn't clear up. Maybe they're cleared up, but he is. They paid him a lot. I'm not drafting him. I'm not either. But I think it's worth noting that he does have built an upside of should Drake London get injured. We saw him truly dominate when he.

became the de facto one. So we know he can do it. And so there is that kind of built in, that's not built in with everyone else. Like right after him is going Sam Leporta. If James and Williams goes down, we've seen the splits, Leporta is the same with and without James and Williams. However, the guys around him, like Leporta, better offense, more expected touchdowns, Tucker Kraft, you know, when we've seen him, much higher upside,

I'm going to say it out long. I'm in on Kyle Pitts. They just paid him a ton of money. You need the camera? No, I don't need the camera. In fact, hold on. No, no, no, no, no. Put the camera. Put the camera. Put the camera. I'm in on Kyle Pitts. Oh, what? Put the camera. I'm in on Kyle Pitts. No, that's me. I'm saying it. I just, I don't want the camera. I mean, I'm in on Kyle Pitts. Had's given us success at the tight end position. No, I'm in.

I'm going to wipe the slate clean each and every year, and I'm looking at the contract, the roster, the offense. Kyle Pitts is going to be a focal point. Year 6 breakout? It's happened before the Titan position. I don't think that's the quote I'd use. Wait, is this year 6? Yeah. Wow. Crazy. Okay, so let me ask you this, because the next tight end we're talking about here is Sam Leporta. Wait for the number eight. I was putting it on the T. It's pretty good.

You can't give the name. No, wait. You don't normally reveal before the number, but it's fine. They're going right next to each other in drafts. So right now, what I'm seeing, 704-706, they're basically, you're picking one of these two players. So you are picking Kyle Pitts. Yes, I'm picking Kyle Pitts. So you will take him over Leporta. Okay, I just wanted that established. Yeah, I will. I think that Kyle Pitts is going to be a focal point of the offense on a regular basis. So.

I'm not proud of it. I'm not, I wouldn't tell anybody else. We have them ranked identical. We both have them as our tight end eight, obviously last year. He was the tight end two that's a little bit. Here's a real question for you. Okay. If you think, I mean, are you just drafting Kraft and Kittle automatically assuming they'll be fine ahead of Kyle Pitts? I am not. I believe Mike. I would, yes. So.