There’s one key reason we love FFPC. And that’s because, here at Fantasy Alarm, we are a tight end #FAmily. Howard Bender and I spend quite a lot of time deliberating the tight end position so that the rest of the world doesn’t have to. So, why wouldn’t we lean into that skill set and play a tight end premium format – like FFPC!

Luckily for you, we’ve already written an article on the basics of how to navigate tight end premium formats like FFPC. We’ve also already covered all of the other positions as well – all that is left is the most important one for this format.

Since it’s tight end premium, tight ends are naturally going to go much higher on this site than they would on others so you can’t just compare apples to apples. What we CAN do is compare A. the order in which the players are going and B. the pockets where they are drafted. We’re going to use our Fantasy ADP Tool to focus on that while also leaning into the fact that tight end receptions are worth 1.5 points here vs. 1 point for every other player. So, let’s dig in!

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Mark Andrews, TE, Baltimore Ravens

Honestly, this is a great year to take an elite tight end and there are about seven or so of them we’d be happy taking. They happen to be the first seven off the board (which includes Evan Engram who is obviously a star in a format that gives you extra points for receptions). When I comb through the early tight end options at ADP on FFPC, Mark Andrews feels like the best value.

Anyone that has picked up a copy of the Fantasy Alarm 2024 Fantasy Football Draft Guide knows that it’s no secret that I love Mark Andrews. You might be surprised to see where I have him ranked. In terms of ADP, we typically see Sam LaPorta and Travis Kelce go in Tier 1, then Trey McBride, Dalton Kincaid and Mark Andrews go in Tier 2. On other sites, Andrews often goes TE3 or TE4 but, on average, he goes as the TE5 over on FFPC. This is a guy with a top five TE season of ALL TIME that should once again be a focal point of his offense.

So, for me, Mark Andrews is a slam dunk at ADP. And that’s especially true if you are playing the Main Event or some other tournament where you can stack him with Lamar Jackson. It’s then up to you if you want to circle back and play it safe by drafting Isaiah Likely or not. Likely could have standalone value on his own in this format but, at the very least, he’s a clear handcuff after putting up top 5 TE numbers with Andrews out.

 

 

 

Greg Dulcich, TE, Denver Broncos

As we laid out in our article on how to navigate tight end premium formats, there is a trend that often develops. The top tight ends are, appropriately, moved up. Then the next group of tight ends are often overdrafted. And then there is a dropoff where there is a ton of value to be had. It’s as if people forget when digging through the bargain bin that one of the positions gets extra points for the same receptions.

So, we start looking around for any player that could be a top two target on their team, especially tight end. And, just like looking for other sleepers, floor does not matter. Which makes Greg Dulcich the perfect candidate. If he doesn’t get the job – who cares? If he gets hurt – who cares? If he DOES get that “joker” role that Jimmy Graham once occupied for Sean Payton and Joe Lombardi, there is upside there. Courtland Sutton is the top dog, then who is next? Jerry Jeudy is gone. Marvin Mims has oddly been in the dog house. Tim Patrick and Josh Reynolds are textbook journeymen.

Adam Trautman doesn’t scare us either – he’s a blocking tight end. And Lucas Krull was running more routes than Trautman down the stretch last year. If Krull beats out Dulcich then fine, we’ll just add Krull off waivers. But Dulcich at TE28 off the board at pick 210 is an easy smash in this format.

 

 

 

Hayden Hurst, TE, Los Angeles Chargers

In 2019, Nick Boyle was the “starting” tight end for the Ravens. He played 768 snaps. Mark Andrews only played 456 snaps. But he was the best pass-catching tight end on the team so he played a ton of pass downs. And he finished as TE5 in fantasy football that year. As we mentioned with Dulcich vs. Trautman above, you don’t necessarily NEED to be the “starting” tight end to be the best fantasy option on the team.

It’s easy to forget that Hayden Hurst was actually ON that Ravens team I mentioned above –  and that he was drafted before Mark Andrews. But Andrews is a superstar so Hurst has bounced around since. Now he lands on a Chargers team that lost their top FOUR pass catchers in Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Austin Ekeler and Gerald Everett. 

There is opportunity to be had there. And I don’t care if Will Dissly “starts” because Will Dissly is a blocking tight end. Hayden Hurst is the best pass catching tight end on the team and he’s worth at shot at his ADP of TE30 at pick 227 on FFPC. And, like Lucas Krull, we’ll just keep an eye on Stone Smartt in case something crazy happens with the depth chart.

 

 

 

Honorable Mention TE Values: 2024 Fantasy Football

Given this format is essentially Super PPR, Kittle goes a little lower than he does on other places. I don’t love taking him because of his inconsistency, but his ADP is appropriate for what he does and it DOESN’T have the possible upside of a Brandon Aiyuk trade built in. If you play a bunch of big tournaments, you want a little exposure to that possibility. 

A lot of folks are grabbing Ben Sinnott, which is fun – he’s the unknown rookie. If you can grab both of these guys at a reasonable price, then great. But there’s also a world where Zach Ertz is simply the starting TE for Kliff Kingsbury doing his thing out of the slot once again. And he was a target hog last time he had that role. 

Athletic unknown upside? Check. Clunky blocking tight end (Daniel Bellinger) as competition? Check. Uncertain target pecking order among the WRs? Check. This is the kind of uncertainty we look for super late in drafts. Who knows how it will shake out? He goes pick 248 on average anyway, so you just drop him the first waiver wire run if he’s a big nothing.