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C.J. Uzomah 2019 Player Outlook: Paid To Block, Not To Catch
5 years agoUzomah was known as a block-first tight end since entering the NFL in 2015, so the fantasy football world was surprised when he started catching passes on a regular basis in 2018. When Tyler Eifert and Tyler Kroft suffered season-ending injuries, Uzomah became Cincinnati’s top tight end and proceeded to put up career-high numbers across the board. When he was signed to a three-year, $18 million deal in the offseason, many probably assumed that meant Uzomah was going to start the season as the No. 1 TE, but since then the Bengals re-signed Eifert to a one-year deal and selected Drew Sample out of Washington in the second round of the NFL draft. This now clouds Uzomah’s role for 2019. He seems destined to return to being more of an integral part of the rushing attack than the passing attack, even though he proved last year that he can make plays when thrown the ball. Uzomah could luck out and find more Andy Dalton passes headed his way if Eifert suffers his annual major injury and/or Sample takes time adjusting to the NFL in his rookie campaign. The bottom line is that it is hard for fantasy players to get excited about Uzomah when even during his career year last season he only had one game of more than 50 receiving yards.
