2011 Fantasy Football Busts & Overvalued: Tight Ends

Sep 4, 2011

- Written By Cory Steger
- Edited By Marc Caviglia

It’s no secret that fantasy football championships can potentially be won with the right value pick or two in the middle to late rounds of your draft. However they can just as easily be lost by squandering early or middle round picks on players who fail to deliver results that match pre-draft expectations. Guys who fall into this category are commonly referred to as busts or overvalued players. Overvalued players tend to be those whose name recognition, preseason hype and/or past fantasy glory (think Randy Moss, Ryan Mathews, Brett Favre) lead owners to draft them too early, while the majority of busts are players whose situations have changed so much (e.g., new quarterback, new team, new coaching staff/scheme, upgrade or downgrade of players around them) that they’ll have a hard time living up to expected production. Others have significant injury histories to the extent that the risk far outweighs the reward.

Now it’s time to take a look at our Fantasy Football Bust Tight Ends for the 2011 season. You don’t have to avoid every guy on this list come Draft Day, just go into your draft with your eyes wide open.

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Tony Gonzalez, TE, Atlanta Falcons
2010 Stats: 70 receptions, 656 receiving yards, 6 total touchdowns

For many years Tony Gonzalez was one of the top tight ends in the NFL. There is not enough room here to say all the good things possible about the Atlanta Falcons tight end, but unfortunately that legacy won’t secure a good fantasy season from Gonzalez. Gonzalez is entering his 15th season in the league and the years have taken their toll. His numbers have dropped each year he’s been with the Falcons, to the point where he caught 70 passes for 656 yards and six touchdowns in 2010. While many tight ends would beg to have a similar stat line, it was one of Gonzalez’s worst seasons of his career.

The numbers, by comparison, are still pretty good for a tight end. But there’s no doubt the production is falling and even the best players cannot fight age. Gonzalez has lost a step, and expect rookie wide receiver Julio Jones to take a lot of targets away from Gonzalez. Gonzalez had effectively become the Falcons’ second wide receiver by necessity but that need is no longer there. His production will still merit fantasy consideration, but don’t pay for the player that he once was.

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