TE Rankings Movers (04/17 Fantasy Football Podcast)
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🗓️ 17 April 2023
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Which tight ends have moved the most in the rankings? Is Darren Waller a rankings riser? Jamey tells you how his TE rankings have changed in recent weeks.
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| 1:12.1 | But I think he still has top five upside Adam, you know, just looking at the situation where |
| 1:16.0 | he could be the best receiving option for the Giants and for Daniel Jones, especially with |
| 1:21.3 | the expectation of Juan Del Robinson and Sterling Shepard to open on the populace. |
| 1:24.8 | Now they have what seems like about 10 of the same guy. But I think in terms of what Waller should be able to do, you know, I know the last couple of years have been frustrating with injuries, but he still has the ability to be one of the best tight ends in fantasy and certainly one of the best tight ends in the position in reality. So I like the signing or the move by the Giants to acquire him. and I think fantasy managers at the right price, you know, somewhere in reality. So I like the signing or the move by the Giants to acquire him. |
| 1:44.5 | And I think fantasy managers at the right price, you know, somewhere in that post-round-five |
| 1:49.5 | range, I think, you know, round six, round seven is a good spot to target Darren Waller, |
| 1:53.3 | depending on how tight ends are viewed in your league. |
| 1:55.6 | Okay. |
| 1:55.8 | So give me maybe a couple other rankings, risers at the position. |
| 2:00.3 | So Joanne Johnson's a guy that I think is going to be somewhat popular among fantasy analysts for me he is as well you know just the addition of derrick car and what he showed last year you know he was he was great at finding the end zone you know and this was a team that obviously was looking for weapons you know alave had the hamstring injury no michael thomas now they should those guys back, and obviously they're going to command a lot of attention. |
| 2:19.4 | But I think, you know, just based on Derek Carr's history with tight ends and the ability to see what this kid can do in terms of Johnson, staying in New Orleans, excuse me, for, you know, a guy that you can target as a late tight end, you know, depending on how they go in your league or if you want to draft the second tight end, I think there's some sleeper appeal for him. I moved Chico up a couple of spots. It was more sort of like a corresponding move with David Nujoku going down a spot, you know, the addition of Elijah Moore, you know, someone who could take away some targets and some production, you know, clearly a great secondary option, if not the best second the second best you know target for uh for Dishan Watson behind him |
| 2:54.0 | marie Cooper so Elijah You know, clearly a great secondary option, if not the best second, the second best, you know, target for, for Dishon Watson behind him, Marry Cooper. So Elijah Moore could, you know, supplant David Najoku as that guy. I sort of did a little bit of a yo-yo with the Patriots tight ends. So John Smith goes to Atlanta. I was like, okay, Hunter Henry, here we go. And then they go sign Mike Aseki, so, so he's back down. Coal Comed has moved down a couple spots, you know, just with the addition of DJ Moore there. You know, I think if everybody's healthy, darn on Mooney back, you know, see what Chase Claypool does. But Colquemette, not clearly going to be among the target leaders in the top two, you know, in my opinion, if everybody's healthy there for Chicago. So some guys that have moved up and down. And then I kind of just left them the same as Dalton Schultz with the move to the Texans. You know, again, great situation where he could be the, you know, target leader for a team that is certainly in need of some receiving threats. You know, Nico Collins, John Meti, I think those guys have some upside. But obviously, you know, losing a Brandon Cooks, they need some help there if they don't come out of the draft with the superstar. So I think Dalton Schultz is a good spot, but not necessarily elevating his status, leaving the situation that he had in Dallas. Okay, well, you cover the players you moved up, the ones you moved down, and some that you didn't move at all. So I'm just going to ask about one guy that you, I don't |
| 4:00.3 | think you mentioned there. How about Evan Ingram? Anything with him back with Jacksonville, |
| 4:04.9 | but they'll get Calvin Ridley. Anything with Evan Ingram? You have him eighth as I see it here. |
| 4:10.4 | Yeah, ahead of Dalton Schultz. You know, I think this is a situation where you got to hope that two things are at play here. One, the rapport that he established with Trevor Lawrence at the end of the season carries over to this year, which I think is something that you can bank on. But the other thing that you've got to hope for is just, you know, Doug Peterson and his use of tight ends. You know, he was great with that in Philadelphia. I think we saw it last year once Evan Ingram sort of took off at the end of the season. But as you mentioned, you know, Calvin Ridley, Christian Kirk, Zay Jones, it's a very crowded receiving court now if Ridley is back to being what we hope he can be. So I think, you know, you got to take a little bit of the luster off of Evan Ingham. I think if there was no Ridley, and he stays on |
| 4:47.6 | the franchise tag, you got maybe a top five tight end. So downgrade him a little bit. You know, like you said, for me, he's eighth. So just ahead of Dalton Schultz, just behind George Kittle will I have at seven. But that top seven to me is kind of solidified. I think he's that next guy that I think you want to look for. So lose a little bit, but still somebody you can start |
| 5:04.5 | for the most part, hopefully for the majority of the season. |
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