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Why Tight End Premium Fantasy Football Leagues Shouldn't Drastically Change Tight End Values
If your tight end is rewarded 1.5 points per reception, should you draft him higher?

When your fantasy football league changes scoring settings, it's normal to start thinking about altering your draft strategy.

Often, though, that doesn't need to happen.

Perfect example: last week, r of .86 versus .81), while touchdowns correlate the same (0.69 versus 0.69). Because touchdowns are easier to achieve by bottom-tiered tight ends randomly throughout the season, and because the baseline to become a top-12 tight end is higher in tight end premium leagues, there are fewer of them in these 1.5-points-per-reception leagues.

However, the point here is still the fact that it didn't really change things from week to week.

And the same holds true for top-six, or elite, performances. In regular full-point PPR leagues, 37 tight ends had at least on top-six game last season at the position. In tight end premium leagues, this fell, but not dramatically -- 34 ended up with at least one.

Just like the chart above, there wasn't massive movement within the group. Gronkowski did go from eight of these performances to nine, and Jimmy Graham ended up going from five to six. Everyone else stayed the same.

So, yes, you could make the case -- much easier than at quarterback -- that a tight end premium league should boost elite tight end value. The only problem is that owners tend to overcompensate for this incredibly small change, selecting these tight ends far above their typical average draft position.

And if there's no flex spot, that really isn't smart thinking.

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