What is your strategy when drafting Tight Ends?
Marcas Grant of NFL Media joined Dalton Del Don to dive into their strategy drafting tight ends heading into the 2020 season on the latest Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast.
Video Transcript
DALTON DEL DON: Let's start with big picture strategy. Do you have any just general philosophy on this year and how you're attacking the fantasy tight end situation?
MARCAS GRANT: I have had one of two philosophies this year. Either it is you pay up early and you get the Travis Kelces or the George Kittles, even the Mark Andrews of the world, or I'm waiting till late and I'm taking those high-upside guys. I mean, I was-- I was big on Mike Gesicki, although I feel like his draft price is getting a little bit more expensive.
You know, Jonnu Smith is out there. Hayden Hurst is a guy. Blake Jarwin, another name that I've become a fan of over the last few weeks. So I've gone either early, or I've gone late.
The times in mock drafts or whatever when I have kind of gotten a guy in the middle rounds, whether it's, you know, going for a Hunter Henry, an Evan Engram, you know, even a Darren Waller, somebody like that, I just haven't liked the way the rest of my roster looked. So at that point, I've just made the decision. If I miss out on Kelce or Kittle early on, then I will wait until the double digit rounds, and I'll find one of those upside guys. And if it doesn't work out, I can stream the position. And I haven't really lost a whole lot in draft capital.
DALTON DEL DON: Totally with you. I'm just-- I mean, it's not anything crazy, but I've just been-- heavy, heavy running back is such an important position these days, and wide receivers so deep. But if I were gonna go with a different position, even before quarterback, I would make it Kelce or Kittle, which we'll talk about more here in a second. But in general, I I've been fine with waiting on tight end. And there are just so many intriguing options.