Finding the Tight End Who Gets Red Zone Targets

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Published: August 16, 2009

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... Jason Witten, Antonio Gates or Tony Gonzalez in the fifth or sixth round it’s not worth reaching for one.

However, that doesn’t mean that you should not be the one to start the run on TEs in your fantasy football draft if it is at a good value. Your assumptions of 900 yards and 7-8 TDs from the top three tight ends should catapult these players to the level of WR2s. 

What do I mean by that? Witten, Gonzalez, and Gates will put up those numbers along the likes of WRs Dwayne Bowe, Hines Ward, and DeSean Jackson, among others.

Now, while there is talent up and down the TE totem pole (from Gonzalez to Brent Celek), unless you grab one of the big three you should always find out which of these guys were aimed at most inside the Red Zone?

While Jason Witten posted on...

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