Week 12 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

Fantasy footballers are not going to have the pleasure of using Travis Kelce this week. The second and third-most explosive offenses in the NFL are off thanks to the Los Angeles Rams and Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs being on bye. The Kelce owners especially have a wrench thrown into their lineup plans as he is […]

Antonio Gates (TE, LAC) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 16% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Every time I think Los Angeles Chargers tight end Antonio Gates should be put out to pasture, he takes a dip in the Fountain of Youth and surprises the fantasy football world with another great game. The 38-year-old future Hall of Famer is […]

Jonnu Smith (TE, TEN) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 12% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It takes pass catchers a little longer than other position players to adjust to the NFL game, and Tennessee Titans tight end Jonnu Smith is a prime example. It took the former 2017 third-round pick 23 games to catch 23 passes to start […]

Lance Kendricks (TE, GB) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 2% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Bummed about Jimmy Graham’s broken thumb? Look no further for a fantasy replacement than his real replacement. Lance Kendricks is a durable veteran who has never done much for fantasy owners in the touchdown (19 TD in eight seasons) or yardage (one season of […]

Ed Dickson (TE, SEA) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 7% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Seattle Seahawks tight end Ed Dickson has hauled in two touchdown tosses in his first four games since returning from injury. He is slated to face a Carolina defense that has been prone to allowing tight ends to get in the end zone, […]

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 11

For those fantasy footballers looking to make a playoff push in standard leagues or make a million dollars in daily fantasy leagues, Week 11 is going to test their ability to set a winning lineup. Fantasy football owners have to combat glaring gaps in their lineups caused by a half-dozen NFL teams being on bye […]

Week 11 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

A half-dozen NFL teams will be off this week, just when fantasy football owners need them most. New England’s Rob Gronkowski is one of the six starting tight ends not suiting during Week 11 due to the bye, but he is not even the biggest loss at the position since he has missed the last […]

Jaylen Samuels (TE/RB, PIT) - Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team PPR Leagues OWNED IN: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Now that we sort of know that Le'Veon Bell probably isn't coming back this year, it might be safe to view Samuels as a high-end handcuff. Jaylen Samuels didn't even register a touch until Week 8 but he saw five carries and four targets […]

Chris Herndon (TE, NYJ) - Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 30% of Leagues ANALYSIS: We have been banging the drum for New York Jets tight end Chris Herndon for several weeks now, yet he is still available in 70 percent of leagues. He has caught touchdown tosses in three of his last five games and has averaged 42 […]

Jordan Thomas (TE, HOU) - Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 9% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Houston Texans tight end Jordan Thomas is appearing to be uncoverable in the red zone and the end zone. He hauled in three touchdowns during the two-game span before his bye week and should be a top target of Deshaun Watson’s when the Texans […]

C.J. Uzomah (TE, CIN) - Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 30% of Leagues ANALYSIS: A.J. Green is going to miss at least another game or three due to his foot injury, and Cincinnati’s tight end Tylers (Eifert and Kroft) are out with their own injuries. That leaves C.J. Uzomah as one of the few pass catchers quarterback Andy Dalton can rely […]

Jonnu Smith (TE, TEN) - Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 9% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Marcus Mariota and the Titans offense are not missing Delanie Walker as much as they were earlier in the season. Tight end Jonnu Smith had 77 receiving yards over Tennessee’s first seven games of the season and was a fantasy liability. The second-year man has 78 yards […]

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts - Week 10

Fantasy footballers are going to have to live without some things this upcoming week. Fantasy football owners will not get a 100-yard receiving game out of Minnesota’s Adam Thielen, a touchdown toss from Houston’s Deshaun Watson, or a sack out courtesy of Denver’s Von Miller this week. That is because those fantasy superstars’ teams are […]

Week 10 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

The fantasy football season is more than halfway over! Minnesota’s Kyle Rudolph is the only tight end with any fantasy relevance on bye this week, and even he is not as big of a loss as he would have been in past seasons due to him not finding the end zone as often as in […]

Gerald Everett (TE, LAR) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 9% of Leagues ANALYSIS: You would think that an offensive wunderkind like Los Angeles head coach Sean McVay would fund a way to utilize his tight ends a little better, although it is hard to argue with his results over the past two seasons. Los Angeles Rams tight […]

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 9

It is going to take a little longer than usual to fill out a fantasy football lineup this week. Unfortunately for fantasy football players, a half-dozen NFL teams are on bye this week. Fantasy footballers will not be able to plug Philadelphia’s Zach Ertz, New York’s Odell Beckham and Saquon Barkley, Indianapolis’ Andrew Luck, Arizona’s […]

Ed Dickson (TE, SEA) - Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 6% of Leagues ANALYSIS:  Seattle Seahawks tight end Ed Dickson made us look sillier than someone who turns on the Hallmark Channel expecting to see an Avengers movie. Dickson had 54 receiving yards and a touchdown in his Seattle debut this past weekend after I had pegged Dickson as an […]

Chris Herndon (TE, NYJ) - Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 16% of Leagues ANALYSIS:  New York Jets tight end Chris Herndon has caught Sam Darnold touchdown passes in three consecutive contests and is one of the few healthy pass catchers left on the Jets’ injury-ravaged roster. His next game is against a Miami defense that is allowing 265 passing yards […]

Week 9 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

The bye weeks are getting harder and harder on fantasy football owners. After back-to-back weeks where four teams were off, a half-dozen teams do not take the field for Week 9. If that does not thin the tight end herd out enough, arguably the top tight end in all of fantasy football these days, Philadelphia’s […]

Hayden Hurst (TE, BAL) - Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 22% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Baltimore Ravens tight end Hayden Hurst was Baltimore’s first-round pick from this year and caught his first touchdown pass this past weekend. He has the makings of being Baltimore’s best tight end since Todd Heap. Hurst is more valuable at the moment in dynasty leagues […]

Jordan Thomas (TE, HOU) - Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 2% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Houston Texans tight end Jordan Thomas only had four receptions for 91 yards entering last Thursday night’s showcase against the Miami Dolphins, but then Thomas put on a scoring show that DFS players that took a flyer on him must have thoroughly enjoyed as he […]

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 8

This is the point of the season where bye weeks start getting as annoying to fantasy football players as rain is to golfers. Fantasy owners have another week where four NFL teams are on bye, so there are fewer candidates to choose from in the under-the-radar boom and bust categories. You would think this should […]

Week 8 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

There will be a lot of tight ends not playing this upcoming week, but most of them will not be missed by fantasy football owners. While another four teams will be off during Week 8, the only tight end fantasy footballers will need a replacement for is Atlanta’s Austin Hooper, and he has only become […]

Under-the-Radar Booms/Busts: Week 7

Fantasy football owners are going to be hurting during Week 7. There will be no Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks or Oakland Raiders to use in fantasy lineups this week since the four teams are on bye. Fantasy owners will need to find replacements for Aaron Rodgers, Davante Adams, Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, […]

Week 7 Tight Ends - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds

There will be a lot of familiar tight ends missing this week. Fantasy football owners will be without Jimmy Graham, Jared Cook, Vance McDonald and Jesse James for Week 7 due to four teams being in bye, so waiver wires will be seriously scoured in leagues for available tight ends. The problem is that there […]

Nick O’Leary (TE, MIA) - Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 0% of Leagues ANALYSIS:  Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill is no Dan Marino, but Brock Osweiler might be the second coming after torching the Chicago Bears for 380 yards and three touchdown tosses. Tight end Nick O’Leary caught four passes for 49 yards and a score in his first game with the […]

Jeff Heuerman (TE, DEN) - Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 2% of Leagues ANALYSIS:  Denver’s pass offense still revolves around its receivers, but tight end Jeff Heuerman has been targeted 17 times over the past three games in the wake of Jake Butt’s torn ACL. Heuerman has a big body that can be valuable in the red zone when […]

Ricky Seals-Jones (TE, ARI) - Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 21% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Arizona Cardinals tight end Ricky Seals-Jones has been a mild disappointment this season as his 15 receptions for 192 yards and a touchdown have done no fantasy favors for those who own him. The good news is that in his three of his past […]

Vernon Davis (TE, WSH) - Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 2% of Leagues ANALYSIS:  I love old folks. I love my stepgrandmother. She is 92 years young and does not look a day over 70, and she has more sense and vigor than many of my much-younger friends. Maybe this is why I have an affinity for Washington […]

C.J. Uzomah (TE, CIN) - Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 32% of Leagues ANALYSIS:  We were wrong in thinking that Tyler Kroft was going to overtake C.J. Uzomah as Cincinnati’s top tight end in the aftermath of Tyler Eifert’s season-ending injury. Silly me not knowing Kroft would break his foot and Uzomah would put blocking on the back burner to try and […]