Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets & FAAB Advice: Tight Ends (Week 3)

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TIGHT ENDS

Written by Derek Brown

Luke Musgrave (GB): 25% rostered

• Next Opponents: NO, DET, @LVR
• True value: $6
• Desperate Need: $8
• Budget-minded: $4

Analysis: Musgrave maintained TE1-type usage in Week 2 with 88% of the snaps played and a 96% route participation. His efficiency metrics are also strong through two weeks with a 14% target share and 1.56 YPRR. The problem for Musgrave and the other pass catchers in this offense is passing volume. Jordan Love now has back-to-back games with only 25 passing attempts. Unless he can start regularly spiking touchdowns to pad his limited volume stats, Musgrave won’t be able to reach the TE1 status that his usage implies he can possibly achieve. He’s worth a pickup depending on the state of the tight end position of your roster, but I adamantly state that you DO NOT START HIM THIS WEEK! New Orleans is hell on earth for tight ends. They do not allow production to tight ends.

Juwan Johnson (NO): 37% rostered

• Next Opponents: @GB, TB, @NE
• True value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Johnson enters Week 2 with a 73% route per team dropback rate in Week 1 and a 15.2% target share. This type of usage can easily lead to some TE1 weeks moving forward for the former wide receiver. With Derek Carr under center, the Saints look like they are turning over a new leaf offensively. In Week 1 they were sixth in neutral pace and 14th in neutral passing rate. Johnson is a stream-worthy tight end moving forward.

Hayden Hurst (CAR): 35% rostered

• Next Opponents: @SEA, MIN, @DET
• True value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Hurst’s fantasy finish in Week 1 has some intriguing pluses, while there are also some worries in the deeper recesses of his usage. Hurst only played 53% of the snaps, but his route participation was decent (71%). We’re cooking with gas if he can inch closer to 80%. I don’t care if his snaps are limited, because he’s running routes when he’s out there. Leave the run blocking to Ian Thomas and Giovanni Ricci. Hurst did see an 18.4% target share while producing 1.5 yards per route run as the best of a bunch of terrible receiving threats. Hurst could volume his way to becoming a weekly TE1.