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Measuring fantasy football performance using consistency data. Ben Rolfe takes a look at QB, RB, WR, and TE numbers through the first four weeks of the season and what that might mean for them going forward.
We now have a quarter of a seasons worth of data at our fingertips and the cream has well and truly risen to the top. There are still some interesting names high in the rankings at quarterback and tight end. However, these are generally more variable positions. That is why both positions are often streamed on a weekly basis while running backs and wide receivers are more consistently used. However, we can still see that at every position the consistency rankings are matching the eye test in a big way.
The information I am going to use in this articles comes from FFstatistics.com, founded by the person who used to write this article, Addison Hayes. Here are the links to the main articles last year where Addison introduced his key terms. The three main elements are standard deviation (explained here), calculations of players floors and ceiling (explained here) and then finally the use of the Coefficient of Variation to calculate Consistency Ratings or COR (explained here). This paragraph is going to be present a lot this year for those of you interested in the math behind the numbers below.
A final note for this article is that although this article will be published following Thursday Night Football, the numbers from those games will not be included. I will also be unlikely to touch on those players unless they stand out as major players you should be targeting on the following weeks waiver wires. Therefore, do not be surprised to not see much mention of New England Patriots or Indianapolis Colts players below.
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Quarterbacks
| Rank | Player | Total | Avg | Std. Dev | Floor | Ceiling | CV% | COR |
| 1 | Patrick Mahomes | 115.3 | 28.83 | 7.04 | 21.78 | 35.87 | 0.24 | 146.79 |
| 2 | Joe Flacco | 79.08 | 19.77 | 3.16 | 16.61 | 22.93 | 0.16 | 143.27 |
| 3 | Philip Rivers | 86.44 | 21.61 | 4.26 | 17.35 | 25.87 | 0.2 | 131.24 |
| 4 | Cam Newton | 75.44 | 25.15 | 6.06 | 19.08 | 31.21 | 0.24 | 129.42 |
| 5 | Aaron Rodgers | 77.9 | 19.48 | 3.99 | 15.48 | 23.47 | 0.21 | 114.42 |
| 6 | Alex Smith | 49.48 | 16.49 | 3.27 | 13.22 | 19.76 | 0.2 | 99.66 |
| 7 | Deshaun Watson | 91.94 | 22.99 | 7.5 | 15.48 | 30.49 | 0.33 | 93.41 |
| 8 | Kirk Cousins | 97.58 | 24.4 | 8.7 | 15.7 | 33.09 | 0.36 | 92.8 |
| 9 | Andy Dalton | 81.98 | 20.5 | 6.13 | 14.37 | 26.62 | 0.3 | 89.06 |
| 10 | Matt Ryan | 104.94 | 26.24 | 11.97 | 14.26 | 38.21 | 0.46 | 83.72 |
| 11 | Jared Goff | 98.44 | 24.61 | 10.64 | 13.97 | 35.25 | 0.43 | 81.55 |
| 12 | Carson Wentz | 35.92 | 17.96 | 6.73 | 11.23 | 24.69 | 0.37 | 65.88 |
| 13 | Drew Brees | 96.3 | 24.08 | 13.94 | 10.14 | 38.01 | 0.58 | 65.65 |
| 14 | Russell Wilson | 61.72 | 15.43 | 4.77 | 10.66 | 20.2 | 0.31 | 65.35 |
| 15 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | 100.44 | 25.11 | 16.39 | 8.72 | 41.5 | 0.65 | 63.59 |
| 16 | Ben Roethlisberger | 86.86 | 21.72 | 11.44 | 10.27 | 33.16 | 0.53 | 62.93 |
| 17 | Tom Brady | 66.12 | 16.53 | 6.14 | 10.39 | 22.67 | 0.37 | 61.05 |
| 18 | Matthew Stafford | 72.98 | 18.25 | 7.8 | 10.45 | 26.04 | 0.43 | 60.95 |
| 19 | Andrew Luck | 80.34 | 20.09 | 10.92 | 9.16 | 31.01 | 0.54 | 57.02 |
| 20 | Jimmy Garoppolo | 46.02 | 15.34 | 5.76 | 9.58 | 21.1 | 0.38 | 56.19 |
| 21 | Blake Bortles | 79.04 | 19.76 | 10.73 | 9.03 | 30.49 | 0.54 | 56.14 |
| 22 | Eli Manning | 57.2 | 14.3 | 5.25 | 9.05 | 19.55 | 0.37 | 53.23 |
| 23 | Mitch Trubisky | 81.5 | 20.38 | 15.82 | 4.56 | 36.19 | 0.78 | 46.62 |
| 24 | Dak Prescott | 50.82 | 12.71 | 4.77 | 7.93 | 17.48 | 0.38 | 46.51 |
| 25 | Derek Carr | 64.92 | 16.23 | 9.76 | 6.47 | 25.99 | 0.6 | 43.22 |
| 26 | Ryan Tannehill | 60.88 | 15.22 | 10.2 | 5.02 | 25.42 | 0.67 | 37.92 |
| 27 | Baker Mayfield | 24.64 | 12.32 | 6.34 | 5.98 | 18.66 | 0.51 | 36.28 |
| 28 | Case Keenum | 47.12 | 11.78 | 6.19 | 5.59 | 17.97 | 0.53 | 34.21 |
| 29 | Tyrod Taylor | 40.98 | 13.66 | 10.33 | 3.33 | 23.99 | 0.76 | 31.72 |
| 30 | Sam Darnold | 41.52 | 10.38 | 5.18 | 5.2 | 15.56 | 0.5 | 31.17 |
The table above (and each table in the article) is sorted by players 2018 COR through three games from largest to smallest. There are some really interesting names in the quarterback consistency rankings. No one is surprised to see Mahomes at the top and right now he is the hottest commodity in fantasy football. However, Flacco in second and Smith in sixth are somewhat of a surprise. Flacco finally appears to have guys he trust around him and the motivation to get it right. He is unlikely to ever have monster weeks but in deeper leagues he is a nice safe start. Smith has an even lower ceiling but again once you get into the two quarterback format he becomes a nice safe low-end start each week.
Two interesting quarterbacks facing each other this week are Ryan and Roethlisberger. If we were to take away Ryan's Week 1 outing he would be much higher up this ranking. Right now he is much safer than Roethlisberger. However, we will see this week whether that safety is only available at home or whether he can do it on the road as well.
Two names I just want to touch on are Trubisky and Mayfield. We saw the potential from both of these guys last week but we have also seen big floors. They are great quarterback options in best-ball formats but they are going to be extremely hard to trust. If we see a period of consistent production then they might become safer but for now they are matchup and bye week starters only in most leagues. That is unless you need to shoot for the moon to try and win one week.
Running Backs
| Rank | Player | Total | Avg | Std. Dev | Floor | Ceiling | CV% | COR |
| 1 | Todd Gurley | 104.2 | 26.05 | 1.92 | 24.13 | 27.97 | 0.07 | 379 |
| 2 | Saquon Barkley | 90.3 | 22.58 | 1.68 | 20.9 | 24.25 | 0.07 | 326.28 |
| 3 | Melvin Gordon | 101.5 | 25.38 | 6.33 | 19.04 | 31.71 | 0.25 | 127.04 |
| 4 | Alvin Kamara | 132.1 | 33.03 | 11.9 | 21.13 | 44.92 | 0.36 | 124.7 |
| 5 | Marshawn Lynch | 64 | 16 | 2.64 | 13.36 | 18.64 | 0.16 | 112.99 |
| 6 | Christian McCaffrey | 64.8 | 21.6 | 6.2 | 15.4 | 27.8 | 0.29 | 96.82 |
| 7 | Malcolm Brown | 13.1 | 4.37 | 0.21 | 4.16 | 4.57 | 0.05 | 95.97 |
| 8 | Ezekiel Elliott | 88.1 | 22.03 | 8.08 | 13.95 | 30.1 | 0.37 | 82.09 |
| 9 | Tevin Coleman | 51.4 | 12.85 | 2.57 | 10.28 | 15.42 | 0.2 | 77.14 |
| 10 | James White | 76.3 | 19.08 | 8.11 | 10.96 | 27.19 | 0.43 | 63.94 |
| 11 | Carlos Hyde | 64 | 16 | 5.61 | 10.39 | 21.61 | 0.35 | 61.64 |
| 12 | Alex Collins | 48.8 | 12.2 | 3.11 | 9.09 | 15.31 | 0.26 | 60.02 |
| 13 | Adrian Peterson | 56.6 | 18.87 | 9.42 | 9.45 | 28.28 | 0.5 | 56.67 |
| 14 | TJ Yeldon | 65 | 16.25 | 6.57 | 9.68 | 22.82 | 0.4 | 56.46 |
| 15 | Austin Ekeler | 60.1 | 15.03 | 5.91 | 9.12 | 20.93 | 0.39 | 53.23 |
| 16 | Kerryon Johnson | 43.9 | 10.98 | 2.91 | 8.06 | 13.89 | 0.27 | 52.36 |
| 17 | Javorius Allen | 53.9 | 13.48 | 4.73 | 8.74 | 18.21 | 0.35 | 51.85 |
| 18 | David Johnson | 60.1 | 15.03 | 6.18 | 8.84 | 21.21 | 0.41 | 51.53 |
| 19 | Jay Ajayi | 39 | 13 | 4.56 | 8.44 | 17.56 | 0.35 | 50.08 |
| 20 | James Conner | 75.6 | 18.9 | 12.29 | 6.61 | 31.19 | 0.65 | 47.97 |
| 21 | Royce Freeman | 41.4 | 10.35 | 2.86 | 7.49 | 13.21 | 0.28 | 47.84 |
| 22 | Joe Mixon | 35.6 | 17.8 | 11.46 | 6.34 | 29.26 | 0.64 | 45.46 |
| 23 | Stevan Ridley | 3.5 | 1.75 | 0.07 | 1.68 | 1.82 | 0.04 | 45.06 |
| 24 | Kareem Hunt | 62.8 | 15.7 | 8.84 | 6.86 | 24.54 | 0.56 | 43.59 |
| 25 | Derrick Henry | 20.5 | 5.13 | 0.73 | 4.39 | 5.86 | 0.14 | 41.01 |
| 26 | Chris Thompson | 49.8 | 16.6 | 12.1 | 4.5 | 28.7 | 0.73 | 39.37 |
| 27 | Matt Breida | 55.8 | 13.95 | 8.1 | 5.85 | 22.05 | 0.58 | 37.97 |
| 28 | Nyheim Hines | 57.3 | 14.33 | 9.52 | 4.81 | 23.84 | 0.66 | 35.89 |
| 29 | Lamar Miller | 41.9 | 10.48 | 4.72 | 5.75 | 15.2 | 0.45 | 33.71 |
| 30 | Theo Riddick | 35.5 | 8.88 | 3.33 | 5.54 | 12.21 | 0.38 | 32.51 |
| 31 | Dion Lewis | 49.9 | 12.48 | 7.79 | 4.69 | 20.26 | 0.62 | 32.46 |
| 32 | Phillip Lindsay | 48.2 | 12.05 | 7.16 | 4.89 | 19.21 | 0.59 | 32.34 |
| 33 | Giovani Bernard | 55.3 | 13.83 | 10.74 | 3.09 | 24.56 | 0.78 | 31.63 |
| 34 | Bilal Powell | 43 | 10.75 | 5.57 | 5.18 | 16.32 | 0.52 | 31.51 |
| 35 | Jordan Howard | 44.1 | 11.03 | 6.37 | 4.65 | 17.4 | 0.58 | 30.1 |
| 36 | Ito Smith | 26.7 | 8.9 | 4.24 | 4.66 | 13.14 | 0.48 | 27.56 |
| 37 | Aaron Jones | 20.9 | 10.45 | 6.72 | 3.73 | 17.17 | 0.64 | 26.71 |
| 38 | Isaiah Crowell | 48.5 | 12.13 | 10.1 | 2.02 | 22.23 | 0.83 | 26.68 |
| 39 | Tarik Cohen | 50.8 | 12.7 | 12.08 | 0.62 | 24.78 | 0.95 | 26.05 |
| 40 | Chris Carson | 33.7 | 11.23 | 9 | 2.23 | 20.24 | 0.8 | 25.25 |
| 41 | Ty Montgomery | 31.6 | 7.9 | 3.68 | 4.22 | 11.58 | 0.47 | 24.88 |
| 42 | Corey Clement | 32.6 | 10.87 | 8.46 | 2.41 | 19.32 | 0.78 | 24.83 |
| 43 | Wendell Smallwood | 30.5 | 10.17 | 7.21 | 2.95 | 17.38 | 0.71 | 24.49 |
| 44 | Dalvin Cook | 29.5 | 9.83 | 7.01 | 2.83 | 16.84 | 0.71 | 23.64 |
| 45 | Sony Michel | 28.2 | 9.4 | 6.77 | 2.63 | 16.17 | 0.72 | 22.46 |
| 46 | Leonard Fournette | 13 | 6.5 | 2.83 | 3.67 | 9.33 | 0.44 | 21.44 |
| 47 | Jalen Richard | 35.7 | 8.93 | 7.12 | 1.8 | 16.05 | 0.8 | 20.11 |
| 48 | LeSean McCoy | 20.6 | 6.87 | 3.85 | 3.01 | 10.72 | 0.56 | 19.11 |
| 49 | Alfred Morris | 29.3 | 7.33 | 4.79 | 2.53 | 12.12 | 0.65 | 18.52 |
| 50 | Kyle Juszczyk | 26.2 | 6.55 | 3.74 | 2.81 | 10.29 | 0.57 | 18.03 |
There are not too many surprising names in the top-15 outside of Brown, whose ceiling is so low you are essentially ignoring outside of insanely deep leagues. Allen fell back into the pack this week as he failed to score a touchdown. In fact this week it seemed to be Collins who got the red-zone looks which casts massive doubt over Allen's value. However, another fumble near the goal line from Collins might hand that roll back to Allen.
David Johnson had a better week in Week 4, carrying the ball over 20 times for the first time this season. Hopefully that is the start of him turning his season around. Conner is another guy who has been hard to trust lately. However, a matchup with the Falcons should be nice for him. It certainly will not help his consistency ratings though if he suddenly has another good week.
The Denver, Detroit, Green Bay, New York Jets and Tennessee situations are frustrating for all involved. Until we see a clear number one emerge in those situations all of them remain volatile players who will be hard to trust on a weekly basis. You can add the number nine ranked Coleman to that list this week with the return of Devonta Freeman from a knee injury. Coleman has not really made a case for remaining the lead back and I expect him to go back into a time share with Freeman in the short term. Both of those could be really frustrating for the next few weeks.
Wide Receivers
| Rank | Player | Total | Avg | Std. Dev | Floor | Ceiling | CV% | COR |
| 1 | Davante Adams | 74.5 | 18.63 | 1.92 | 16.7 | 20.55 | 0.1 | 199.07 |
| 2 | Adam Thielen | 99.3 | 24.83 | 6.35 | 18.47 | 31.18 | 0.26 | 121.85 |
| 3 | Geronimo Allison | 59.9 | 14.98 | 2.35 | 12.63 | 17.32 | 0.16 | 110.52 |
| 4 | Antonio Brown | 74.2 | 18.55 | 3.89 | 14.66 | 22.44 | 0.21 | 106.99 |
| 5 | Will Fuller | 61.3 | 20.43 | 5.23 | 15.2 | 25.67 | 0.26 | 100.24 |
| 6 | Mike Evans | 89.6 | 22.4 | 7.14 | 15.26 | 29.54 | 0.32 | 92.7 |
| 7 | Brandin Cooks | 78.8 | 19.7 | 5.41 | 14.29 | 25.11 | 0.27 | 91.4 |
| 8 | John Brown | 67.2 | 16.8 | 3.82 | 12.98 | 20.62 | 0.23 | 90.75 |
| 9 | Jarvis Landry | 61.2 | 15.3 | 3.13 | 12.17 | 18.43 | 0.2 | 90 |
| 10 | Kenny Golladay | 68 | 17 | 4.03 | 12.97 | 21.03 | 0.24 | 88.79 |
| 11 | Tyler Lockett | 60.4 | 15.1 | 3.48 | 11.62 | 18.58 | 0.23 | 80.65 |
| 12 | Michael Thomas | 104.5 | 26.13 | 13.57 | 12.55 | 39.7 | 0.52 | 76.42 |
| 13 | Golden Tate | 85.8 | 21.45 | 8.53 | 12.92 | 29.98 | 0.4 | 75.36 |
| 14 | DeAndre Hopkins | 85.6 | 21.4 | 8.58 | 12.82 | 29.98 | 0.4 | 74.79 |
| 15 | AJ Green | 79.7 | 19.93 | 7.94 | 11.99 | 27.86 | 0.4 | 69.96 |
| 16 | Julio Jones | 80.3 | 20.08 | 8.3 | 11.77 | 28.38 | 0.41 | 68.62 |
| 17 | T.Y. Hilton | 62.4 | 15.6 | 4.61 | 10.99 | 20.21 | 0.3 | 68.35 |
| 18 | Juju Smith-Schuster | 78.6 | 19.65 | 8.81 | 10.84 | 28.46 | 0.45 | 63.49 |
| 19 | Odell Beckham Jr | 65 | 16.25 | 5.85 | 10.4 | 22.1 | 0.36 | 61.41 |
| 20 | Cooper Kupp | 84.1 | 21.03 | 11.05 | 9.98 | 32.07 | 0.53 | 61.05 |
| 21 | Emmanuel Sanders | 72.7 | 18.18 | 8.09 | 10.08 | 26.27 | 0.45 | 58.99 |
| 22 | Quincy Enunwa | 54.8 | 13.7 | 4.2 | 9.5 | 17.9 | 0.31 | 58.35 |
| 23 | Tyler Boyd | 73.4 | 18.35 | 8.78 | 9.57 | 27.13 | 0.48 | 56.71 |
| 24 | DeSean Jackson | 77.4 | 19.35 | 10.53 | 8.82 | 29.88 | 0.54 | 54.91 |
| 25 | Robert Woods | 76.2 | 19.05 | 11.28 | 7.77 | 30.33 | 0.59 | 51.24 |
| 26 | Tyreek Hill | 78.5 | 19.63 | 12.22 | 7.4 | 31.85 | 0.62 | 51.14 |
| 27 | Marvin Jones | 50.3 | 12.58 | 4.19 | 8.39 | 16.76 | 0.33 | 50.35 |
| 28 | Stefon Diggs | 77 | 19.25 | 12.13 | 7.12 | 31.38 | 0.63 | 49.81 |
| 29 | Tyrell Williams | 30 | 7.5 | 1.35 | 6.15 | 8.85 | 0.18 | 49.12 |
| 30 | Willie Snead | 43.8 | 10.95 | 3.3 | 7.65 | 14.25 | 0.3 | 47.25 |
| 31 | Devin Funchess | 38.5 | 12.83 | 5.06 | 7.77 | 17.9 | 0.39 | 45.35 |
| 32 | Cameron Meredith | 14.3 | 7.15 | 1.34 | 5.81 | 8.49 | 0.19 | 45.2 |
| 33 | Michael Crabtree | 42.4 | 10.6 | 3.33 | 7.27 | 13.93 | 0.31 | 44.39 |
| 34 | Keenan Allen | 58.2 | 14.55 | 7.33 | 7.22 | 21.88 | 0.5 | 43.43 |
| 35 | Calvin Ridley | 78.7 | 19.68 | 16.66 | 3.01 | 36.34 | 0.85 | 42.91 |
| 36 | Allen Robinson | 46.7 | 11.68 | 4.54 | 7.14 | 16.21 | 0.39 | 41.71 |
| 37 | Martavis Bryant | 20.5 | 6.83 | 1.36 | 5.48 | 8.19 | 0.2 | 41.23 |
| 38 | Dede Westbrook | 57 | 14.25 | 7.61 | 6.64 | 21.86 | 0.53 | 40.92 |
| 39 | Paul Richardson | 28.1 | 9.37 | 2.82 | 6.55 | 12.19 | 0.3 | 40.5 |
| 40 | Chris Godwin | 52.3 | 13.08 | 6.31 | 6.76 | 19.39 | 0.48 | 40.16 |
| 41 | Darius Jennings | 3.3 | 1.65 | 0.07 | 1.58 | 1.72 | 0.04 | 40.15 |
| 42 | Sterling Shepard | 58.9 | 14.73 | 8.56 | 6.17 | 23.28 | 0.58 | 40.07 |
| 43 | Ryan Grant | 42.8 | 10.7 | 3.94 | 6.76 | 14.64 | 0.37 | 39.79 |
| 44 | Corey Davis | 59.2 | 14.8 | 11.24 | 3.56 | 26.04 | 0.76 | 34.28 |
| 45 | Albert Wilson | 41.8 | 10.45 | 4.69 | 5.76 | 15.14 | 0.45 | 33.72 |
| 46 | Danny Amendola | 25.1 | 6.28 | 1.48 | 4.8 | 7.75 | 0.24 | 32.93 |
| 47 | Nelson Agholor | 49.5 | 12.38 | 7.65 | 4.72 | 20.03 | 0.62 | 32.39 |
| 48 | Taylor Gabriel | 56 | 14 | 10.96 | 3.04 | 24.96 | 0.78 | 31.88 |
| 49 | Demaryius Thomas | 42.8 | 10.7 | 5.53 | 5.17 | 16.23 | 0.52 | 31.39 |
| 50 | Jordy Nelson | 55.4 | 13.85 | 11.46 | 2.39 | 25.31 | 0.83 | 30.59 |
There are no major surprises in the top-25 here. Most of that group are heavily featured in their offense, either as a clear number one or in a scheme which spreads the ball around. Just outside that group are Hill and Jones. Hill is so big play dependent that his consistency is always going to be frustrating. As for Jones he has been marginalized a little by the emergence of Golladay and I expect to see him continue to be inconsistent week-to-week.
Allen Robinson finally got in the end zone which is nice to see but his value is so dependent on which Trubisky we see that it is scary. Further down, we have Corey Davis who could come into his own now as the lead receiver for Marcus Mariota. His quarterback struggles have meant he is low on this list but right now he is a must-start for me heading into Week 5.
The Miami receivers are extremely frustrating because they are talented. However, they have a lot of similar skill sets which means that on any given week any of them could see targets. It will be hard to trust any of them outside of best-ball formats this season. Finally, I am now officially terrified of Demaryius Thomas who is having a rough start to the season consistency wise. Thomas is now a borderline sit for me in 10- and 12-team leagues despite his immense talent. If I have a solid team that week I am likely sitting him but if I need a gamble then I will still throw him out there for his big-play ability.
Tight Ends
| Rank | Player | Total | Avg | Std. Dev | Floor | Ceiling | CV% | COR |
| 1 | Demetrius Harris | 16.2 | 8.1 | 0.28 | 7.82 | 8.38 | 0.03 | 240.07 |
| 2 | Jordan Reed | 36.8 | 12.27 | 2.25 | 10.02 | 14.52 | 0.18 | 79.14 |
| 3 | Eric Ebron | 50 | 12.5 | 3.24 | 9.26 | 15.74 | 0.26 | 60.75 |
| 4 | Zach Ertz | 63.7 | 15.93 | 5.73 | 10.19 | 21.66 | 0.36 | 60.18 |
| 5 | Kyle Rudolph | 48.8 | 12.2 | 3.47 | 8.73 | 15.67 | 0.28 | 55.15 |
| 6 | Jared Cook | 75 | 18.75 | 11.95 | 6.8 | 30.7 | 0.64 | 48.16 |
| 7 | Travis Kelce | 71.7 | 17.93 | 11.84 | 6.09 | 29.76 | 0.66 | 45.07 |
| 8 | Tyler Conklin | 3.3 | 1.65 | 0.07 | 1.58 | 1.72 | 0.04 | 40.15 |
| 9 | George Kittle | 55.6 | 13.9 | 8.32 | 5.58 | 22.22 | 0.6 | 37.13 |
| 10 | Hakeem Valles | 3.1 | 1.55 | 0.07 | 1.48 | 1.62 | 0.05 | 35.53 |
| 11 | Vance McDonald | 38 | 12.67 | 7.9 | 4.76 | 20.57 | 0.62 | 32.97 |
| 12 | Tyler Eifert | 38.9 | 9.73 | 4.65 | 5.07 | 14.38 | 0.48 | 30.05 |
| 13 | Geoff Swaim | 27.4 | 9.13 | 4.08 | 5.05 | 13.21 | 0.45 | 29.58 |
| 14 | Jimmy Graham | 38.9 | 9.73 | 5.27 | 4.46 | 14.99 | 0.54 | 27.68 |
| 15 | Trey Burton | 40.6 | 10.15 | 5.89 | 4.26 | 16.04 | 0.58 | 27.65 |
| 16 | Ricky Seals-Jones | 28.3 | 7.08 | 2.47 | 4.6 | 9.55 | 0.35 | 27.3 |
| 17 | Rob Gronkowski | 46.3 | 11.58 | 9.48 | 2.09 | 21.06 | 0.82 | 25.7 |
| 18 | David Njoku | 26.1 | 6.53 | 2.56 | 3.97 | 9.08 | 0.39 | 23.19 |
| 19 | Mark Andrews | 27.9 | 6.98 | 3.15 | 3.83 | 10.12 | 0.45 | 22.42 |
| 20 | OJ Howard | 39.2 | 9.8 | 7.97 | 1.83 | 17.77 | 0.81 | 21.84 |
| 21 | Jordan Akins | 14.4 | 3.6 | 0.77 | 2.83 | 4.37 | 0.21 | 20.43 |
| 22 | Ben Watson | 28.7 | 7.18 | 3.91 | 3.26 | 11.09 | 0.55 | 20.33 |
| 23 | Jack Doyle | 17 | 8.5 | 6.36 | 2.14 | 14.86 | 0.75 | 19.85 |
| 24 | Austin Seferian-Jenkins | 26 | 6.5 | 3.23 | 3.27 | 9.73 | 0.5 | 19.57 |
| 25 | Jesse James | 38.8 | 9.7 | 10.54 | -0.84 | 20.24 | 1.09 | 18.62 |
| 26 | Will Dissly | 35.6 | 8.9 | 8.98 | -0.08 | 17.88 | 1.01 | 17.72 |
| 27 | Cameron Brate | 24.3 | 8.1 | 7.02 | 1.08 | 15.12 | 0.87 | 17.45 |
| 28 | Evan Engram | 26.4 | 8.8 | 9.45 | -0.65 | 18.25 | 1.07 | 16.99 |
| 29 | Austin Hooper | 30.5 | 7.63 | 6.29 | 1.33 | 13.92 | 0.82 | 16.87 |
| 30 | Maxx Williams | 23.9 | 5.98 | 3.52 | 2.46 | 9.49 | 0.59 | 16.13 |
I am going to ignore Demetrius Harris for now and focus on the guys ranked two or below. Reed has become one of the safest guys in the NFL and with Smith at quarterback I am not surprised. Expect another big week from Reed in Week 5 as the Redskins face the Saints. Ertz and Kelce are now truly rising to the top as expected and remain a must-start.
Rudolph will always frustrate but as long as he is getting red-zone targets he is impossible to ignore. Cook now appears to have fully emerged as a safe fantasy tight end weapon with Carr looking his way more and more.Graham and Burton are interesting. Graham is going to be touchdown dependent and Burton is Trubisky dependent. Both remain players you should consider starting but both are going to drive you wild.
This is such a variable position it is hard to get too deep. There are a handful of must-start options and then after that it truly is about playing the matchups at the tight end position.
