We told you tight end was deep this year, and so far it has been, just not necessarily in the way we imagined. Twelve tight ends are averaging at least 11 PPR Fantasy points per game. Unfortunately, about half of them were not drafted to be Fantasy starters in August.
What that means, obviously, is that some of the guys we did draft to be starters now look like busts. None are bigger busts after two weeks than Colston Loveland and Kyle Pitts. Pitts is the easiest to make excuses for, so we will start with him.
Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix both missed the first two weeks of the season. Cooper Rush and Jack Strand combined for 288 passing yards and one touchdown in those two games. Even if Pitts had a 30% share of the receiving yards, he would be disappointing.
Instead, Bijan Robinson saw more than half of the targets in Week 1, and Rush gave the ball up to the defense repeatedly in Week 2 before Strand came in and threw a pick-six on his first NFL pass. Pitts is both the easiest to explain and the easiest to have hope for. Penix is expected back this week.
So while I don't rank Pitts as a starter, I am 100% holding him to see what this offense looks like with an NFL-caliber quarterback. Pitts has scored 2.5 Fantasy points this season. Incredibly, Loveland has been worse.
He has one catch for three yards. And now, like Pitts the first two weeks of the season, it looks like Loveland will be playing with his third-string quarterback in Week 3...against the Philadelphia Eagles. Loveland doesn't even project as a top 20 tight end for me this week, but I also would not consider dropping him.
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