Get To Know Your Tight Ends

July 14, 2010   ·   Jordan Heck   ·   Jump to comments

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There are a lot of nice tight ends out there (like Jessica Alba’s) but people don’t seem to pay any attention to them.
Tight ends are like that neighbor you don’t really want to talk to, but you feel like you should at least try. Don’t be afraid of them, receiving tight ends are a growing trend in the NFL and the 2010 season has plenty of them.
This tight end had 100 receptions 1,106 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2009 which is just one catch, 463 yards less than Pro Bowl receiver Andre Johnson but also one touchdown more.
So why is one player (Johnson) being drafted, on average (based on fantasy football toolbox ADP), in the late first round and the other is being drafted in the third round? Because one is a glamorous wide receiver and the other is just a just tight end. The player I was talking about was Indianapolis Colts tight end Dallas Clark.
To be fair that was an anomaly season for a tig...

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