Tyler Eifert and Cameron Brate are done for the year. Ladarius Green is out. Jordan Reed looks iffy at best. The hobbled Martellus Bennett might not risk re-injury. Who’s left at the tight end position? Who can we count on to be a difference maker (or at least a legitimately potential difference maker) in tomorrow’s regular season finales?
If Reed sits, Vernon Davis ($4,800 FanDuel price) is worth a look among
TE-needy managers and dart-throw DFS players.
On the plus side, Washington needs a win. Davis has played poorly in recent weeks but
remains a veteran presence in a pass-friendly offense.
C.J. Fiedorowicz ($4,800) is too cheap to ignore given his central role
in the offense (7+ targets in nine of his past 10 games). He might be one of Week 17’s highest-floored PPR
TEs.
My biggest TE push the past few weeks has been Charles Clay ($5,600). The guy’s been on fire. Who cares about the Bills’ QB change? He’s facing a Jets pass defense that couldn’t
stop a paper airplane.
Yesterday I pushed the very undervalued Golden Tate. Today it’s teammate Eric Ebron ($5,800), who
based on QB talent/chemistry, the Packers’ poor pass D, and a must-win game, is
as good a TE option as any this weekend, except maybe this guy . . .
Jimmy Graham ($6,400): I wouldn’t care if his price were $7,400. He’s a must-start TE in a must-win contest
against a bottom-barrel Niner defense.
We’ve become spoiled on Graham over the years. But let’s remember he’s posting top 4 fantasy
TE numbers this season while slowly recovering from a brutally serious injury that
turned All-Pro receiver Victor Cruz into a frequently re-injured bit player. Granted, Graham’s position doesn’t require
the same speed burst. But what he’s done
in 2016 is simply remarkable. And he’s
not done yet.