Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Week 5: Tight End
Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Week 5: Tight End
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00:00 All right, finally, the tight end position
00:01 and our favorite position.
00:04 Who are we starting this weekend?
00:06 Except for not at all.
00:07 How about Zach Ertz?
00:08 Like he's really had one bad game all year.
00:10 He's getting targeted a ton.
00:13 He is one of the most reliable tight ends
00:14 in fantasy football.
00:15 He has scored eight plus points in three or four games,
00:18 including two with more than 11.
00:19 He's become a very popular target for Joshua Dobbs
00:23 and the Bengals have allowed the sixth most points
00:25 to tight end.
00:25 So I'm starting Zach Ertz and I'm starting Tyler Higby.
00:28 Now keep tabs on the stats, he's a little bit banged up.
00:30 If Cooper Cupp is able to come back this week,
00:32 that could hurt Higby's status a little bit
00:34 because the targets will be spread out a little bit more.
00:37 But Philadelphia's defense has given up three touchdowns
00:40 and the third most fantasy points to tight ends.
00:42 So it's a good spot for Tyler Higby.
00:44 - And finally, one of the guys
00:48 that you may have had high hopes for
00:49 makes this sit list once again.
00:52 And I just have to say, like, is there something to like,
00:54 if a guy's name is Pitts,
00:56 should you know it's kind of a negative connotation?
00:58 Is that like subliminal messaging?
01:00 Because that's kind of how it's been this season
01:03 for those who drafted.
01:04 - Yeah, I guess so.
01:06 I actually got to give him credit
01:08 because he makes writing the sit-em portion of this column
01:11 for tight ends really easy for me,
01:12 'cause I always have one.
01:13 He's not done anything.
01:15 Listen, John O. Smith,
01:17 John O. Smith has more fantasy points than Kyle Pitts
01:21 on his own team in the last two weeks.
01:23 It's just dreadful.
01:24 The matchup's not great against Houston.
01:26 If this were any other position,
01:28 I think Kyle Pitts would be on the waiver wire.
01:30 But because tight end is so paper thin,
01:32 people are hoping that maybe he turns it around, folks.
01:34 I don't think it's gonna happen.
01:35 I'm not playing him.
01:36 And then I'm not playing Hunter Henry against the Saints.
01:39 Henry had a really hot start to the season.
01:41 The last couple of games have not been as good.
01:44 And the Saints' defense has allowed one touchdown
01:46 and the fourth fewest fantasy points at tight ends.
01:48 So that Patriots offense
01:50 does not bring a lot of fantasy value here right now.
01:53 Even Ramondry Stevenson is struggling.
01:55 This is gonna be a really low scoring game
01:57 and I can't play Hunter Henry with any kind of confidence.