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ANALYSIS: Due to the news that Arizona Cardinals star tight end Zach Ertz will be out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury, many fantasy managers are left looking for options at the always-tough TE position. Arizona's rookie tight end Trey McBride will get the opportunity to fill the hole left by Ertz in the Cardinals' passing attack.
It is hard to imagine that anyone will be able to fill the star tight end's shoes in this Arizona offense, as Ertz was a key piece in the Cards' passing attack. He had totaled 406 receiving yards and four TDs on 47 receptions prior to going down in Week 10.
The next man up at the TE position for Arizona is expected to be rookie Trey McBride, a Mackey Award winner and athletic freak that the Cardinals selected in the second round of the 2021 draft. McBride played on 91% of the Cards' offensive snaps with 76% route participation after Ertz went down in Week 10, though he was only targeted once and made one grab for seven yards.
The tight-end position is consistently a headache for fantasy GMs and that's especially the case for Ertz managers after this week's grim news. McBride is a prospect that many draft experts really liked coming out of Colorado State, but he's been a non-factor to this point of his rookie campaign and has logged just four catches for 31 yards. Those in deep and TE Premium leagues can take a flyer on the talented McBride, who will inherit one of the better offensive TE roles in the NFL, but shouldn't expect him to duplicate the production that Ertz provided right out of the gate.
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