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ADP Analysis - Tight Ends

In the past years, tight ends usually were not drafted until much later in drafts but in 2008, Tony Gonzalez would have been a top 10 WR. Managers usually wait until much later in the draft to select their TE because they just don’t score enough points but things have changed in the past few seasons. Although TEs still earn much fewer points than WRs, there are a few TEs that could be worth drafting quite early because they dominate the position. For tight ends, the minimums used were 45 points for non-PPR and 75 for PPR. Let’s take a look at the charts:

POS

ADP AVG

PTS AVG (Non-PPR)

PTS AVG (PPR)

1

34

140

220

2

48

109

174

3

59

94

153

4

67

82

132

5

73

123

186

6

80

93

156

7

87

89

144

8

102

105

168

9

113

78

128

10

117

67

111

11

128

68

107

12

137

80

125

13

146

66

102

14

154

62

99

15

160

75

121

16

174

60

98

17

182

52

87

18

189

65

103

19

197

58

91

20

204

59

97

21

211

86

124

22

219

53

88

23

229

56

97

24

241

47

78

 

POS

ADP AVG

PTS AVG (Non-PPR)

PTS AVG (PPR)

1 to 4

52

106

170

5 to 8

85

103

164

9 to 12

124

73

118

13 to 16

158

66

105

17 to 20

193

59

95

21 to 24

225

60

97

I think it’s pretty clear that there is a group of around eight TEs (depending on the year) that are much better than the rest. The top TE earns on average 41 more points than the 2nd-8th group in a non-PPR league and 61 more points in a PPR league but gets drafted more than three rounds earlier on average. If one of the few top tight ends are available in the third or fourth they could definitely be a good pick but waiting until rounds seven to nine to draft one you like is not a bad strategy either. Let’s continue with team defenses and kickers before making an overall analysis.