Fantasy football: What to do if you don’t draft Travis Kelce

The tight finish place has routinely been one of the tough to navigate for fantasy soccer managers. Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce is a first-rounder and has led the place in scoring over the previous 5 seasons, however what occurs when you don’t draft him? In what course must you head?

Each season, we see related faces among the many top-five within the scoring, however as a fantasy participant, you need to determine if taking a type of also-rans at their ADP (common draft place) is price it. You simply is likely to be higher off ready on the place and filling it out with a late-round sleeper.

Although numbers from previous seasons for a few of the prime tight ends look good and make drafting them in rounds 3-5 tempting, you need to perceive they nonetheless have warts.

First off, the consistency simply isn’t there. George Kittle and Darren Waller have shined brightly at occasions, however accidents and fluctuating targets have been points. Mark Andrews is being touted once more, however with Todd Monken’s new Air Raid offense and the bevy of latest broad receivers, will he see the identical goal share as years previous?

Even T.J. Hockenson has some goal issues with rookie broad receiver Jordan Addison becoming a member of the Vikings. It’s a must to have a look at the operating backs and broad receivers being drafted round these guys and decide who’s most precious to your staff. Even drafting a high-end quarterback comes into play throughout these rounds.

If you happen to discover the juice isn’t well worth the squeeze and the draft capital is just too excessive, there are a variety of tight ends who might shine simply as brightly and received’t value you an arm and a leg.

Dalton Schultz is becoming a member of Bobby Slowik’s offense in Houston, and with no clear-cut No. 1 broad receiver, he’s in line for a severe goal share each in and outdoors the pink zone. Keep in mind, the Texans are copying the 49ers’ offense, so think about Kittle’s goal share however higher, since there isn’t any Deebo Samuel or Brandon Aiyuk.

In Denver, the harm to Tim Patrick could assist rookie broad receiver Marvin Mims, however it additionally ought to assist tight finish Greg Dulcich. We will anticipate extra two-TE units. And bear in mind how Joe Lombardi, now the Broncos’ offensive coordinator, deployed Jimmy Graham with the Saints and Gerald Everett with the Chargers?

If you wish to take the rookie-upside route, then ask your self who’s going to catch passes in Detroit for the primary six weeks, when Jameson Williams is suspended? Marvin Jones? Sam LaPorta was introduced in to interchange Hockenson within the passing recreation and must be leaned on closely.

If you happen to don’t land Kelce in your draft, you don’t must pay a premium value to have a robust fantasy tight finish. The sheep will panic and seize the second-tier and third-tier gamers early, leaving you with high-quality receivers and operating backs to draft.

Assault the tight finish place late with a pair of low-budget guys, and also you’ll cruise your option to the playoffs.

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