This morning on ESPN's show, John Madden did a segment about how tight ends are being more productive this season. So I did a little investigating with our fantasy numbers.
In the previous six years, only one tight end averaged over 10 fantasy points per game, Gonzales 10.9 in 2000.
This season we have 3 TE's averaging over 11 points per game, Gates, Gonzales & Witten. Numbers this high makes them as productive as a top 20 receiver.
Over the previous 6 seasons the NFL average for TE's has been a consistent 3% of all team fantasy points. This season it is at 4%.
I'm sure this is no surprise to everyone else because I've noticed a lot of teams using TE's this year.