Is it easier or harder for PPR fantasy owners to find a worthwhile tight end?Based on our Week 1 PPR rankings, it's really about the same.There's still the "Big Three" (Travis Kelce, Zach Ertz, George Tyler Flowers Jersey Kittle),then a couple automatic starts below them...and then a ma sive pile of question marks you'll have to wade through every week of the season. If you're like the majority of your league, you're without one of those studs, though, so you might be facing a difficult start 'em, sit 'em decisions.
Delanie Walker (@ Browns) and Austin Hooper (@ Vikings) are the most prominent players who should have increased value in PPR leagues in Week 1. The Browns allowed 100 catches to tight ends in 2018, and Walker is known for compiling a lot of his value Orlando Cepeda Jersey on short receptions from Marcus Mariota. Since Walker looked healthy in his return from an ankle injury, he's a definite start this week for PPR players. Hooper was seventh in TE targets last season, so even though he's a bit of a boom-or-bust option, he could still be in position to haul in more catches.
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Another player that might gain PPR value, although it's hard to say since he'll be making his team debut, isDarren Waller (vs. Broncos). Derek Carr loves to throw short, so his tight end should have potential for a good amount of receptions. Last year, Bob Uecker Jersey Jared Cook was fifth in TE targets with 101, so the precedent is there (though Antonio Brown wasn't on that team).
For the most part, you're probably playing the tight end you drafted in Dale Murphy Jersey Week 1, where you're in a standard or PPR league. Enjoy the "certainty" while you can.
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Week 1PPR Rankings: TEsThese rankings are for full-point PPR leagues.
1Travis Kelce, KC Scott Kazmir Jersey @ JAX.2Zach Ertz, PHI vs. WAS.3George Kittle, SF @ TB.4O.J. Howard, TB vs. SF.5Evan Engram, NYG @ DAL.6Delanie Walker, TEN @ CLE.7Jared Cook, NO vs. HOU.8Hunter Henry, LAC vs. IND.9Vance McDonald, PIT @ NE.10Trey Burton, CHI vs. GB.11David Njoku, CLE vs. TEN.12Eric Ebron, IND @ LAC.13Austin Hooper, ATL @ MIN.14Greg Olsen, CAR vs. LAR.15Vernon Davis, WAS @ PHI.16Jimmy Graham, GB @ CHI.17Kyle Rudolph, MIN vs. ATL.18Mark Andrews, BAL @ MIA.19Darren Waller, OAK vs. DEN.20Geoff Jose Ramirez Jersey Swaim, JAX vs. KC.21T.J. Hockenson, DET @ ARZ.22Tyler Eifert, CIN @ SEA.23Matt LaCo se, NE vs. PIT.24Jason Witten, DAL vs. NYG.25Nick Vannett, SEA vs. CIN.26Noah Fant, DEN @ OAK.27Charles Clay, ARZ vs. DET.28Jordan Akins, HOU @ NO.29Mike Gesicki, MIA vs. BAL.
