Dynasty Breakouts for 2019 - Tight End

You do not have to look too hard to find last season’s breakout performer at the tight end position. The biggest dynasty breakout at tight end for 2018 was undoubtedly San Francisco’s George Kittle. He was a fifth-round rookie in 2017 who caught a respectable 43 passes for 515 yards and two touchdowns. He was... Read More

Early 2019 Breakout Candidates - Quarterback

As soon as Maroon 5 ended its lame halftime show, millions of fantasy football players started thinking about the 2019 NFL season. For some of us, it happened even sooner. At this time last year, Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes was thought of as an early breakout nominee for the 2018 campaign. Not only did he... Read More

Dynasty Sell-High Candidates for 2019 - Tight Ends

The tight end position in dynasty fantasy football leagues has never been as important as the running back, quarterback or wide receiver positions, but it is gaining ground. New records were set for most receptions in a season for a tight end (Philadelphia’s Zach Ertz) and most receiving yards in a season for a tight... Read More

Tight End Dynasty Rankings - Tiers and Analysis

2018 was probably the best year for tight ends in the history of fantasy football. Philadelphia’s Zach Ertz set the NFL single-season record for receptions by a tight end with 116, while San Francisco’s George Kittle set the single-season record for receiving yards for a tight end with 1,377. What’s crazy is that neither of... Read More

Biggest Busts of 2018 - Wide Receiver

The NFL might be a passing league these days, but there were still plenty of busts at the wide receiver position in fantasy football in 2018. 17 wide receivers broke the 1,000-yard barrier in this season. Eight receivers had 100 receptions or more. Guess what? None of them are mentioned in this column. I am... Read More

Biggest Busts of 2018 - Tight End

2018 was the Year of the Tight End in fantasy football… but only if you had San Francisco’s George Kittle, Philadelphia’s Zach Ertz, or Kansas City’s Travis Kelce on your roster. While Kittle was setting the record for most receiving yards in a season for a tight end, Ertz was setting the record for most... Read More

Week 17 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

The end of the NFL regular season is here, and if your fantasy football league’s season did not end last week, it surely will this week. If your fantasy football season is heading into its Super Bowl week this weekend and you are lucky enough to be playing in it, let me be the guy... Read More

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 16

If you are reading this column because you are playing in your fantasy football league’s Super Bowl this weekend, congratulations! If you are reading it because you are hoping to win a few thousand dollars in a DFS league so you can buy bigger holiday presents for your friends and family, even better! This is... Read More

Week 16 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

For the majority of fantasy football leagues around the country, Week 16 is Super Bowl week! It all comes down to this in most head-to-head fantasy leagues. Fifteen weeks of torn ACLs, missed extra points and Arizona Cardinals incompetence has weeded out the terrible fantasy teams and left the playoff-worthy squads to battle it out... Read More

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 15

What better way to kickstart your holiday season by winning your fantasy football playoff game or finishing in the money in a DFS contest this weekend? If you want to reach the championship game in your fantasy league and/or hit big in a DFS league to have a little more money to buy that perfect... Read More

Ian Thomas (TE, CAR) - Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 15% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Greg Olsen has become the poster boy for podiatrists with all of his foot problems. Now that he has finally been shut down for the season with his latest foot fracture, Ian Thomas has stepped in and stepped up. Thomas led Carolina this past weekend... Read More

C.J. Uzomah (TE, CIN) - Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Cincinnati Bengals tight end C.J. Uzomah’s name has popped up in this column more often than Whitey Bulger’s popped up on FBI’s Most Wanted list when he was a fugitive. You could do worse than Uzomah, but it will be hard to find... Read More

Vernon Davis (TE, WSH) - Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 19% of Leagues ANALYSIS: With Jordan Reed injured for the umpteenth time, Vernon Davis will be Washington’s top tight end for the foreseeable future. Not sure who will be throwing him the ball (Mark Sanchez? Josh Johnson? Heath Shuler???), but Davis will see more targets than most pass catchers on... Read More

Jordan Thomas (TE, HOU) - Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 10% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Houston Texans tight end Jordan Thomas can only be used in touchdown leagues at this juncture since he has not shown consistency with his reception and yardage numbers. He is a humongous physical specimen who is difficult to cover in the red zone,... Read More

Week 15 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

If you did not find the right tight end by now, chances are your fantasy football season is over and you are moving onto hoops and hockey --- and not reading this column. The opening week of the playoffs is upon many fantasy football leagues around the country and world, so many leagues might not... Read More

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 14

This is arguably the most important week of the fantasy football regular season. Week 14 is the last week of the regular season in many if not most fantasy leagues. Postseason berths and playoff positioning are up for grabs during this week, and fantasy players do not have to worry about any of their superstars... Read More

Gerald Everett (TE, LAR) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 26% of Leagues ANALYSIS: If you believed that the Los Angeles Rams offense would sputter because Cooper Kupp tore his ACL, you are looking dumber than Georgia head coach Kirby Smart did when he called for that fake punt against Alabama. The Rams are still scoring up a... Read More

Week 14 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

This could be the last week millions of fantasy football players will have to worry about which tight end they will be using. Week 14 is the final week of the regular season in many fantasy football leagues, so if you have been rotating journeymen and has-beens in and out of the tight end spot... Read More

Mark Andrews (TE, BAL) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 17% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Baltimore drafted two tight ends in April, and Mark Andrews was not the first one. First-rounder Hayden Hurst has been banged-up and disappointing during his rookie campaign, however, and Andrews has been healthier, steadier and the better fantasy option, especially in recent weeks. Andrews will... Read More

Dan Arnold (TE, NO) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 4% of Leagues ANALYSIS: New Orleans Saints tight end Dan Arnold was third on the Saints depth chart at tight end behind veterans Benjamin Watson and Josh Hill as of a few weeks ago, but the converted wide receiver caught 10 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown over New... Read More

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 13

Week 13 will have the biggest abundance of under-the-radar booms and busts for fantasy football since the first month of the season. The NFL schedule is kind to fantasy players from here on out. There are no more byes for any teams for the remainder of the season. If your fantasy squad is shorthanded, it... Read More

Week 13 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

Just because it’s Week 13 in the NFL, it doesn’t mean that it’s unlucky for fantasy football players. For the first time in several weeks, no NFL teams are on bye! Fantasy football owners should have their full rosters as they had into one of the most crucial weeks of their regular season, if not... Read More

Vernon Davis (TE, WSH) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 18% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Should we make something of Washington Redskins tight end Vernon Davis going for 73 yards and a touchdown in Colt McCoy’s first start of the season? It could mean something, or it could mean nothing. All I know is Washington’s weak wideouts make it... Read More

Michael Roberts (TE, DET) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 4% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Matthew Stafford is running out of pass-catchers to throw to with Golden Tate traded away and Marvin Jones sidelined with a knee injury. The receiving corps is Kenny Golladay and several clouds of dust. Tight end Michael Roberts was targeted a season-high six times on Thanksgiving by Stafford and is... Read More

C.J. Uzomah (TE, CIN) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 27% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Cincinnati Bengals tight end C.J. Uzomah is setting a record for how many mentions he has had on the waiver wire. Billboard lists Ariana Grande’s name less often than we have Uzomah’s in our weekly articles. There was just no way to leave him out... Read More

Chris Herndon (TE, NYJ) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: New York Jets tight end Chris Herndon is the top tight end pick in many fantasy leagues right now. He has 267 receiving yards and three touchdowns over his past half-dozen outings, plus he just had a season-high seven receptions and eight targets... Read More

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 12

There will be a lot less scoring in fantasy football games in Week 12. Coming on the heels of the highest-scoring game in Monday Night Football history, the Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs get a well-deserved breather this week. While that might be great for Todd Gurley, Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill and Jared... Read More

Jeff Heuerman (TE, DEN) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 25% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Denver went into rebuilding mode by dealing longtime No. 1 receiver Demaryius Thomas at the trade deadline, and that was fine for tight end Jeff Heuerman. After only being targeted 19 times in his first seven games of the season, Denver’s top tight end... Read More

Week 12 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

Fantasy footballers are not going to have the pleasure of using Travis Kelce this week. The second and third-most explosive offenses in the NFL are off thanks to the Los Angeles Rams and Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs being on bye. The Kelce owners especially have a wrench thrown into their lineup plans as he is... Read More

Antonio Gates (TE, LAC) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 16% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Every time I think Los Angeles Chargers tight end Antonio Gates should be put out to pasture, he takes a dip in the Fountain of Youth and surprises the fantasy football world with another great game. The 38-year-old future Hall of Famer is... Read More