The importance of the TE?

[wwharton]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBlueDude

I feel that every TE, except Jimmy and Rob, is too inconsistent to draft very high, I've been doing a lot of mocks in 12 team setups on ESPN and I usually am able to grab Pettigrew in round 9, after I get my first 2 backups, usually QB n RB, my real draft is 16 teams next Sunday so I'm a little worried to see what TEs will be around round 9 especially since most of the people in my league are first time fantasy players and will likely go right down their roster(QB,RB,RB,WR...)

Just enjoy their, uh, newness. I remember doing a league years ago (I think it was with a group of people here so my bad if I'm about to call you out, lol) where the "big" twist was that passing TDs were worth 6 points so QBs were flying off the board. It was crazy. I ended up getting Gannon in the 10th round or something as my starter. He finished top 10 in QB stats while the rest of my position players were heads and tails above everyone else bc just about all of them went QB between rounds 1 and 3 (either to get the best or panicking bc of the run). That's QB! Let them all take a TE early. A lot of TE stats come from TDs which are unpredictable, and catches in PPR leagues which is often ignored in evaluation of the top talent. It's worth waiting.

[Blue]

Quote: Originally Posted by wwharton

Just enjoy their, uh, newness. I remember doing a league years ago (I think it was with a group of people here so my bad if I'm about to call you out, lol) where the "big" twist was that passing TDs were worth 6 points so QBs were flying off the board. It was crazy. I ended up getting Gannon in the 10th round or something as my starter. He finished top 10 in QB stats while the rest of my position players were heads and tails above everyone else bc just about all of them went QB between rounds 1 and 3 (either to get the best or panicking bc of the run). That's QB! Let them all take a TE early. A lot of TE stats come from TDs which are unpredictable, and catches in PPR leagues which is often ignored in evaluation of the top talent. It's worth waiting.

Yeah, Im trying a new strategy this year, my QB pick will be sixth round after getting 3 RB and 2 WR, read this idea in a mock by the espn writers, made sense since by the 6th round the RB n WR options are slim but a QB like Rivers or Rothlisberger will put in much higher numbers than any WR or RB in the sixth round.