TE Takeover?! Why heavier formations are on the rise in NFL and could impact your fantasy teams + Rashee Rice fantasy REAX

Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

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4.3 • 790 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Did you notice how TEs flew off the board in day two of the NFL Draft? We sure did. Nate Tice joins Matt Harmon to discuss the rise of heavier personnel packages (multiple TEs on the field) and why more teams are leaning into them after the Rams found so much success with them in 2025. Tice and Harmon look at the trend and which teams are committing to it in 2026 and how it could impact each of their offensive player's fantasy value this season.

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0:00.0	What's going on, everybody.
0:14.2	Welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast.
0:17.1	And it is a hell of a day to talk ball and joining me to do just that for a big show.
0:24.3	I always say this on the audio side.
0:25.8	If you're watching us live on YouTube, I always say in the little intro, it's a big show.
0:29.5	Every show is a big show, but this really is going to be a big show because it's quite literally
0:32.9	about big people.
0:34.7	And I've got the biggest fan of these big people to talk about this.
0:39.2	It is our guy, Nate Tice.
0:41.7	Nate, what's going on, buddy?
0:43.3	It is a big show.
0:44.9	I was literally quote tweeting you right now about to say literally big show.
0:48.5	And then you said it.
0:49.8	So it actually kind of worked out perfectly.
0:51.7	No, very excited about today's subject.
0:53.6	I think the entire NFL media world landscape is loving this subject right now.
1:00.4	But I'm excited to talk about it with you, Matt Harmon, because I know we can have a fun
1:03.6	little spin on it.
1:05.6	No question.
1:06.6	And the subject of today's show as we're dancing around is we're talking about the tight end heavy personnel revolution that the NFL is sort of maybe kind of going through right now.
1:18.7	And yes, Nate, not to, I'm not to really pat.
1:21.1	I'm not patting ourselves on the back.
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