FFW Micro - TJ Hockenson

that would be good. I mean, the goal is to do it all summer and up until the season starts, and then we get into our regular Fantasy Football Weekly routine. And that's the goal, and we'll keep looking for interesting guys. We encourage you to give us ideas for who you'd like to hear about. You can do that on Twitter. I'm at Paul Chargy and Tyler is at Tyler knaveilely K and a E. B L E. Tyler Knabiley. Who

would you like to hear about? One of the players we're gonna talk about this week came from a listener commendation by a Twitter I won't say who yet, and it's not this guy today. We're talking about t Jay Hawkinson. Yeah, major kind of upgrade from where he was being drafted last year to where he's currently going off the board

as the tight end three. So last year he was he finished as the tight end four and average points per game now going into the tight end three, and I think you kind of just have to look at that. After he got to Minnesota, he really just took off in a way that he never really felt like he did with the Lions. He was first in targets and red zone targets among tight ends over from weeks nine to seventeen when he started to the Vikings, so over that span, first in receptions, second in yards, and he

was the Titan two in that half. That's almost half the season, So that's a pretty That is a big sample size. And the fact that he hit the ground running in this offense what he had been on the team for like four days in his first game in Minnesota and was an immediate impact. They took it clearly his skill set was a fit for the offense with the Vikings. I think there's also a room to grow here.

I mean, he only has three touchdowns with the Vikings, and that number I think we could see definitely go up a number. I think we can also see go up is going to be that target share number. Here's a twenty three point four percent on the Vikings he trailed only Kelsey and Andrews and Theelan and Irv Smith are gone. Now that's gonna that. It leaves one hundred and forty three vacated targets, So that's another twenty two

percent of the entire team target share that opens up. Yea, I think he's gonna get a lot more work of and where the Vikings are right now pre draft, there's not another receiver that's gonna eat up a lot of those hundred and forty three vacated shares. kJ Osbourne's gonna get more, but they don't have anybody else in the wide receiver department that's gonna help that way, you mentioned the touchdown number could go up. I want to drill

down on that for a minute. Here he is number one in red zone targets while with the Vikings and he only scored three times. It suggests that if he can be if he's going to be number one in red zone targets again for the Vikings among all tight ends, that three touchdown number is going to go up. And I think one of the reasons he was probably the most targeted, like you said, tight end in the red zones, because they're gonna be double in Justin Jefferson, like everybody knows,

that's kind of their first option. So I think TJ really exploited a lot of kind of one on one matchups down in the red zone, where he's been pretty good. Like he is a big body, very athletic guy. I mean we've seen him do a couple have a couple of players with the Vikes. I think it was in that uh was the Giants game, not the playoff game, but in the regular season game. Yeah, nice red zone

touchdown there. But I really like Hockinson this year. I mean, I think he's gonna have the best statistical season of his career this year. Like you said, probably, I think he's the number two receiving option on this team. Well, currently current ADP is tight end three. Yeah, so it's it's a bit of a big price, it is, You're not there's no discount on TJ Hockinson at this time. A lot of people feel like that's probably going to happen.

There's there is also reason to like or I think be interested in the fact that long term, this is his last year pending contract, right, so if he plays this out, this is a contract year for t J. Hopkinson for those that believe in that. But also note this is Kirk's last year. Let's just talk Dynasty and Empire leagues for a minute. Do you believe the Dynasty

Empire value is about what his current ADPs is? He roughly tight end three in your mind as you if you put on just a focus for Dynasty, not for Dynasty. I don't think so, just because I mean, he is on the younger side, but we have no clue what

his situation is going to look like after this year. Now, if you're winning out team and you're looking for a solid tight end, a really good tight end to kind of win you a championship this year, like maybe you're in that year or two where you won the previous year. Now you need to win back to back years. That's Empire yea, yeah exactly. TJA Hodginson I think is going to be a great player to go out and trade for that. But if you're looking long term, I think

I'd rather have a guy like Kyle Pitts. Maybe maybe you wouldn't. I better have Kyle Pitts, guy like Dallas Goddard. I think George Kittle, those guys who I kind of know what their situation is going to be going forward somewhat more than I think I can say with Hawkinson. Well,

the funny thing about Andrews Kittle Pits was their quarterback. Yeah, well, right, in terms of George, if you don't have a quarterback of the future on any of those teams yet, or at least a sure one, the only person that matters to me for George Kittle is College Shanahan. That's all that matters for me. That helps yep. Yeah, um, and those guys are I think all of these players are pretty special athletes, Andrew's Kittle Pits and t. J. Hawkinson.

Dallas Goddard might be the safest side of this whole group just because of the offense he plays in the quarterback that he's got. You know, I think there's there's still a lot to like about Dallas Goddard. So to me, that does make that does make some sense. Would you rather have let's play the would you rather have game? Let's do it? Okay, I'll let I'll let you, I'll let you lead. Okay, so you want me to ask you sure? All right, Mark Andrews current going, would you

take Mark Andrews over TJ. Mark Andrews is tied in two. Given that I assume that an unhappy Mark Jackson is going to be his quarterback this year, I think Ako Hockinson. Okay, George Kittle, factoring in all the injury stuff that you have to go through with George Kittle, knowing that he's gonna miss three games out of the year and he's gonna be questionable rolling into Sunday three more times, I think i'd rather Hotkinson. Okay, I'm gonna say Kyle Pitts,

but I think you know where I'm going. I'm not on I'm not doing Pits, you are. I tweeted a video yesterday. Remember I'm not trying to make this buck Kyle Pits, but it was a video about it was literally all of the targets Mariota through to him, and it was just atrocious. Like miss after it was I cried after watching it, it was Okay, is just quarterbacking any better? Now? There's no way it can be worse?

So yes, okay, okay, sorry about Kyle Pits. Dallas Goddard. See, I love Goddard, so it was the show was on Goddard all last offseason. We were on the Eagles all last offseason, and I'm sticking. I'm sticking with Goddard because I love the offense and I love the opportunity there. So Goddard is currently going in tight and six right now,

I think that's wrong. Okay. Now, granted, that's a run heavy team and near the stripe, you know that they're they're going to run a lot up close, and actually were him touch on that on a Future Fantasy Football Weekly micro later this week. But I still just like the overall potential of Dallas Goddard in that in that offense so much. He just feels so safe. I agree

with you. I'm huge on Godded this year. I think I've been doing a lot of Bestball drafts and I think he might be my most drafted tight end just because I think he's you can kind of compare him to the Kittle Hits, Yeah Hawkinson era, and you're getting him of the cheapest costs. So I'm huge on Godded right now. All Right, So I think you and I are kind of on lotstuff. We both think that the current ADP for tj Hodkinson tight end three, it's about right. Yeah,

it's about right now. I'm fine taking him there too, like I've taken there a lot of time. So yep. And in Dynasty, you might want to see if you're not playing to win the right now this year, you might want to see what you can get for T. J Hodkinson sitting on potentially a very good year, but with all of the unknowns both in Minnesota and where he may end up next year, which could be somebody

someplace else. Yeah, you know, for all we know he's going to be I don't know in Tampa catching passes from probably not Baker Mayfield next year because I don't know that Baker Mayfield be the quarterback next Drake may Yeah, there you go, there you go, all right. Thank you

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