09-16-2021, 09:42 AM
TEs are valuable because of their production compared to contract value, not necessarily their raw counting stats. TEs from a strategical standpoint can provide advantageous mismatches and red zone targets (three members of the top 10 in TDs were TEs, for instance) but you can snag a TE that will be cheaper contract wise than a receiver who can provide similar output, especially when factoring in blocking.
