Tim Wright, Rob Gronkowski’s Fantasy Outlook After Patriots Trade for Bucs TE

August 26, 2014   ·   Timothy Rapp   ·   Jump to comments

Over at FantasyPros.com, Tim Wright was being ignored by fantasy owners to such a degree that he was at the very bottom of the site's cumulative average draft position rankings, which they curate from several fantasy sites around the web.
That's probably about to change.   
According to reports, the New England Patriots are about to acquire the tight end in exchange for Logan Mankins. Jay Glazer of Fox Sports first reported the story:
The question every fantasy owner is asking is easy enough to discern—what does this do for the fantasy values of Wright and Rob Gronkowski?
There are a few ways of looking at this. The first is that Bill Belichick thinks Wright can function in the versatile role that Aaron Hernandez once played for the team. Wright is a fairly athletic player at the position, and was perhaps better last season than some people realize. 
Mike Clay of Pro Football Focus Fantasy passes along the following stat:
Meanwhile, Ma...

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