Fantasy Football Today - 2026 TE Rankings After the NFL Draft! Sadiq to Jets, McBride vs Bowers, Fannin Falls, Warren Rises, & More! (05/07 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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Starting point is 00:01:06 We've gone through the positions, and we are to the glamour position. Tight-end, how things changed since Kenyon Sadiq was taken in the first round and a bunch of tight-ends join crowded situations in rounds, two, three, and beyond. I don't know if the draft shook things up too much here, but Jamie, any major headlines for the tight-end position? A couple. I'll start at the top where I'm a little torn on Chey McBride versus Brock Bowers. You know, Bowers was obviously amazing as a rookie and still very good, despite the injuries

Starting point is 00:01:45 and poor quarterback play and really poor offense in year two. McBride just had an amazing season. But you could see if they decide, or Jacoby Brissette decides to play out this holdout and they pivot to Carson Beck, and then you give Brock Bowers an improved offensive line, I think improved quarterback play with the duo of Mendoza and Kirk Cousins, that he can easily get back to being on an even playing field with McBride,

Starting point is 00:02:14 if not better than McBride. So that's one that I'm struggling with a little bit, and we just had our mock draft on Thursday's episode where I took McBride early around three ahead of Bowers, but as I said, I was going to see Jake Sealy was from, The athletic was picking in front of me with the first pick. I had the second pick. I was curious to see what he was going to do.

Starting point is 00:02:33 He passed on both tight ends, so I took me pride, but that's something I may change. The other part of this is really who got competition and who did not get competition. And in the case of a guy that at times at the beginning part of the rankings process for me, Harold Fanon was tight end four behind Colston Loveland and got as much competition as almost anybody with a first round wide receiver and a second round wide receiver in Casey Concepcion and Denzel Boston. So there's a lot of targets now that I think will get fed by comparison to last year where Frandon had almost no competition with Jerry Judy as the second best receiver there and Judy's still on the roster.

Starting point is 00:03:15 So it's he fell the most. Tyler Warren, great situation for him. I think you look at the coaching changes, which we can talk about after the break if you But in terms of the draft and who benefits or loses, it was Fanon, I think, lost the most. Warren did not get anybody. You know, so far the Colts, they traded Michael Pittman Jr. this offseason. And all they added was Nick Westbrook Aquine as a free agent and drafted Dion Banks, Berks, with a seventh round pick, a rookie wide receiver on day three. So it just looks great for Tyler Warren.

Starting point is 00:03:57 It looks great still for Colston Loveland. I think you look again, the coaching changes, benefit Sam Leporta. So the biggest shakeup really from a draft perspective was Fannie. Okay, yeah, we weren't really talking that much about Joanne Johnson, but he's a guy who was pretty solid last year. And I think he could have made the case. He's a borderline top 12 guy, but with them drafting Jordan Tyson in round one, I don't think that's going to be the case anymore. but how about Dallas Goddard, right? Dallas Goddard in four seasons with A.J. Brown.

Starting point is 00:04:28 Dallas Goddard's been the number five, number 12, number 10, and number six tight end per game. He is 31 years old, though, and not a big yards guy. And honestly, the touchdowns last year were 11 touchdowns, 15 games. They were probably a little fluky. But, you know, the boost that we give to Devante Smith, I know I just brought this up on our previous show,

Starting point is 00:04:48 so I apologize for that. But the fact that they drafted my Kyle Lemon, I think, And then there was there was also a report about AJ Brown getting traded. It just seems like all signs reporting to AJ Brown being gone. So I would say Mackay Lemon is less than A.J. Brown. So as Dallas got it a riser for you? Well, I mean, if we're going to talk about Joanne Johnson getting competition, you can't overlook the fact that they drafted Eli Stowers in Philadelphia as well.

Starting point is 00:05:13 You know, so that's another play making tight end. I don't know. I mean, to me, that's almost like a Ben Sinit. No, I agree. I agree. But I think just you have to factor in a little bit. yes, you're right. So I look at it this way. And I'm actually, you know, I know we kind of fall for for this every year, but we started to see this last year, especially with the influx of the Young

Starting point is 00:05:30 tight ends, that I actually think that there's 12 pretty solid players here, assuming that you have George Kittle back at 100 percent, Tucker Kraft back at 100 percent, Kraft coming off the ACL tear, Kittle coming off the Achilles injury. And I've been doing sleepers breakouts and bust, so I've kind of been living in the fantasy pros ADP as a guide for those categories. If you look at the top 12 tight ends, just to run through the names quickly, you have McBride, Bowers, Loveland, Warren, in whatever order, Laporta, Kraft, Fanon, Pitts, Likely, Kittle, Kelsey, and Kincaid are the 12th tight ends on the Fantasy Pros ADP. I'm going to throw Kincaid out. I'm going to put Gadsden in the top 12 because I think he's got top 12 upside as long as Najuku's not there. after those 12 guys, I think there's a handful of tight ends that could push for the top 12. If you want to make a case that they are top 12, to me, Goddard's at the top of the list.

Starting point is 00:06:28 And just for the reasons you alluded to, because there is no AJ Brown, at least after June. I think that that's still a guy that Jalen Hertz will lean on. I do think that there are a lot of moving parts in this Philadelphia offense after Devante Smith, Lemon being the headliner. Then you have the addition of all these wide receivers that will play a role. They never had a depth chart like this from. just a resume standpoint, headlined in that group by Marquis Brown. So you have Brown, you have Don Tavian Wix, you have Elijah Moore, you have Stowers now as a guy

Starting point is 00:06:57 that they could be a little bit more creative with, with 12 personnel. So I think you're looking at just a lot of moving parts here. But again, Jalen Hertz, the two guys that he should rely on the most, at least on paper, will most likely be Devante Smith and Dallas Guard. Okay. We're going to take a break and finish up our tight end discussion after this on Fantasy Football Today Express. Hey, Ontario.

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Starting point is 00:08:24 You mentioned Kittle. And we've had recently some encouraging reports about him perhaps being ready for week one, which would be amazing. And Tucker Kraft being ready early in the season. You know, I think always remember being 100% isn't necessarily being back to 100% performance level. So it'll be a tough call with those guys for sure. But we are talking about updated rankings.

Starting point is 00:08:48 Like where did you put Kenyon, Sadiq? So Sadiq is at 16. You know, in that group of guys that you can say borderline tight end one, I don't think it was the best landing spot for him for two reasons. One, you have Mason Taylor there, two. You have Dino Smith, the quarterback. Three, they have Garrett Wilson.

Starting point is 00:09:05 They add Omar Cooper Jr. They seem to like and hard not to from some of the things that we saw Adnanai Mitchell. So it just feels like not the most past friendly environment because of the quarterback, plus a lot of mouse defeat. So I think Sadiq obviously is going to end up being tight end one. I don't think Mason Taylor holds them back. But Omar Cooper, first round wide receiver, Garrett Wilson, you know, I still think borderline star. I don't see the path to targets as easily as it is for some of these other tight ends.

Starting point is 00:09:35 So we talked about Jake Ferguson, for example. Right now I have Ferguson ranked ahead of Sadeek. That might be a mistake just because Ferguson's ceiling is a little bit limited. I have a little bit different take on the Cowboys receivers and what you guys are talking about because I'm nervous about George Pickens with the contract situation being what it is that he may feel about hold out. You know how I feel about holdout. So I'm kind of just towing the line a little bit that Ferguson may be better than we expect because as you alluded to when everybody was there, he sucked. When there were guys missing, he was better.

Starting point is 00:09:59 And I would not be surprised if we see some absences from Pickens at some point, maybe early in season. But in any event. Can you do that though on the franchise? tag because at some point they can't give him a long-term deal, right? I mean, it's like- But he could still express his unhappiness. He could. I don't, okay.

Starting point is 00:10:17 Yeah. I mean, if he holds out, then or holds in, that's a bad thing for sure. Correct. You know, so it's just playing out a scenario that I could see unfolding. But again, those number two tight ends. And, you know, we could start, and I'll just throw in Tucker Kraft, the guy that didn't get competition as well. I think that benefits him because they lose Dobbs, they lose Wix.

Starting point is 00:10:36 You know, craft was. a guy that could easily be first on the team in targets if he's healthy. But you look at that group of number two tight ends, and I think that's where Sadiq belongs. Obviously, Ferguson's there. We talked about Goddard. Mark Andrews, you know, losing Isaiah likely this offseason. Can he get back to being, you know, that type of player that for 20, for six seasons,

Starting point is 00:10:55 was 11.1 PPR points or more. Interesting note with their scenario, their offense coordinator, Declan Doyle, nephew of Mike Dicka, one of the best tight ends in NFL history. tight ends coach for the Broncos for two seasons before going to be the offense coordinator for Ben Johnson, very tight end friendly coach. And then goes now as the offense coordinator in Baltimore. They lose Isaiah likely. They gave Andrews that three-year contract extension. He's one of my favorite tight end two is just because of the, I think, path to targets.

Starting point is 00:11:26 They drafted, you know, Jacoby Lane. They drafted Elijah Sarat. There's two new mouths to feed there. But once you get past really, Zay Flowers, I think Andrews is in the conversation. to be second on the team of targets with the two rookies and Rashad Bateman. But Chig O'Conco, another guy that I'm moderately excited about. You know, we've seen flashes from him, this Washington receiving corps. I know a lot of people, myself included, excited about Antonio Williams.

Starting point is 00:11:49 I think you can see a path for O'Conquo being a guy that Jane Daniels leans on, and we know how much Zach Ertz meant to this offense. Ertz still may come back, but a guy that's a free agent coming off in ACL tear. There's a wild card in all this, and that's David Nijoku, as he has to sign. We never really covered this. So for anybody that watched both of our shows, the draft and the mock draft that we just did in FFT Express, Jake Sealy waited until the end of the draft to take his tight end. He actually took David Njoku. So we'll see if he ends up somewhere and that matters.

Starting point is 00:12:22 And then one guy that's, I don't currently have him in my top 24, but I probably will find a way to get him there is Greg Dolchitz. You know, you talk about the Dolphins receiving corps right now or maybe lack thereof. Can you name the top three receivers for the dolphins, Adam? No. I don't know who it would be. And I know the names. I don't know the order. So you have Jalen Tolbert, Malik, Washington, 2-2-Awell, or the veterans.

Starting point is 00:12:50 Then they drafted three rookies. Chris Bell's coming off in ACL, Terry. I don't know who the three would be, right? Right. No, I know. Caleb Douglas is a rookie that everybody thought they reached for. And Kevin Coleman Jr. is a guy that is more of a slot receiver that may or may not have an impact in his rookie season.

Starting point is 00:13:07 Dolchitz has been a guy that we've talked about, thought about, mentioned before. He's just in a good spot. So I'm just talking late around Darthrow. May matter. That's a great call. I love that. Let's do a tight end premium draft right now.

Starting point is 00:13:24 All right. Thank you, Jamie. Thank you all for watching and listening. Talk to you next time on Fantasy Football Today.

Fantasy Football Today - 2026 TE Rankings After the NFL Draft! Sadiq to Jets, McBride vs Bowers, Fannin Falls, Warren Rises, & More! (05/07 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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