Target Or Fade Elite TEs Trey McBride And Brock Bowers in Fantasy Football?
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Everyone agrees that Brock Bowers and Trey McBride are the best two tight ends on the board.
But what is very much debatable is whether they should actually be part of your draft plans.
Let me explain …
The case for drafting Bowers & McBride. They are head and shoulders the top 2 tight ends from a projections standpoint:
McBride projection: 241.9
Bowers projection: 235.9
The TE12 in our projections, Jake Ferguson, projects for nearly 100 less points (152.1) than these two! If you secure one of the top 2 you are essentially waltzing into your weekly matchups with a 5-6-point head start. That’s significant.
The case for fading Elite TE. Here’s the thing, though, whenever I select these guys in my early best ball drafts, I hate how my teams look. By taking a Round 2 TE, you are passing on high-ceiling WRs and RBs—think Drake London or Chase Brown. In a landscape where RBs, in particular, are a scarce resource it is very difficult to catch up at that position once you make the luxury detour for an Elite TE.
Compounding the issue is the fact that there are tight end values across the board. I like Colston Loveland in Round 4. I enjoy the pseudo elite TE prices on Tucker Kraft and Harold Fannin. I gobble up the ageist-generated value on guys like Travis Kelce and Mark Andrews. And I haven’t even mentioned my favorite TE target—George Kittle (an Elite TE in sheep’s ADP).
So when it comes to Bowers and McBride … it really isn’t about them. It’s about how roster construction shakes out.
I guess to put it another way … I’m sorry fellas, it’s not you … it’s me.
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