What round should I take a TE in?

Question

Why?

Answer 1

For the most part, the only two tight ends worth taking in the 5th round are Jason Witten and Antonio Gates. Personally, I wouldn't draft Gates because he might not even start the season due to injury.

Winslow, Gonzalez, Clark, and Cooley can be picked in the 7th and 8th rounds.

Answer 2

If you can land Witten or Winslow around the 6th round I would jump all over that. At that point in the dradt they are most definitely a better option than any available WR. They are very capable of getting you 12-14 points/week especially in  PPR league

Good Luck

Answer 3

Get Shockey in the late rounds.

Answer 4

It definately depends on the scoring of your league.  In my league TEs only score points for TDs or 100+ yd games so someone like Ben Watson in the late rounds would fare just as well as someone like Todd Heap who goes 5 to 8 rounds earlier.  Check out the scoring of your league and base your decisions on that

Answer 5

i wouldnt go out of your way to get one of the top 5. i would wait to pick up one of the sleepers. Scheffler, Davis, Daniels, Heap, etc. maybe round 10 ish...

Answer 6

It depends on the scoring. Our league get 7pts TD for a TE, 6 for WR and 5 for a RB, and 4 points for a passing TD.  We try to make the scoring more level for each position.  Also you get more points for yardage with a TE, yardage breaks down like TD's.  Your top 2 TE (Gates, Whitten) will go in late round 3 to early round 4.  Then Winslow and Gonzo will go late 4 to middle 5th round.  Then Clark, Cooley, Shockey will go in the middle of the 6th round.  After those players are gone the soonest you will see a TE is in round 9.

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