Jeff Heuerman

[skip]

I'm curious why some owners want to be out there chasing down these guys. The TE situation in Denver is a HUGE mess and quite possibly the worst one for fantasy owners who invest any shares in regardless of your horse in the race. It looks even worse than the one in Baltimore (if that's even possible).

Someone suggested the TE to own there is Virgil Green. Heading into his 7th season, he is coming off the best season of his career 22-237-1 (12 games) which means he's averaging less than 2-20 per contest. If that is the best the Broncos have to offer then it's a sad situation in Mile High.

All cards on the table, I own Jake Butt only because he was on the board at 5.09 with what I considered no other viable options. I am not expecting anything from him.

[Pac_Eddy]

I'm curious why some owners want to be out there chasing down these guys. The TE situation in Denver is a HUGE mess and quite possibly the worst one for fantasy owners who invest any shares in regardless of your horse in the race. It looks even worse than the one in Baltimore (if that's even possible).

Someone suggested the TE to own there is Virgil Green. Heading into his 7th season, he is coming off the best season of his career 22-237-1 (12 games) which means he's averaging less than 2-20 per contest. If that is the best the Broncos have to offer then it's a sad situation in Mile High.

All cards on the table, I own Jake Butt only because he was on the board at 5.09 with what I considered no other viable options. I am not expecting anything from him.

I clicked on this to find out why there are two pages on Jeff Heuerman. I know it's a dead part of the offseason but still. I do appreciate the intensity of this forum for things like this sometimes though. It's paid out for deep guys like Julius Thomas, Cam Meredith & Dion Lewis.

Agree with skip, if you're digging this deep, man, you're desperate for a TE. Totally agreed on Virgil Green - he's had his chances. Why would he suddenly get better now?

[BigJoeWall72]

Agree with skip, if you're digging this deep, man, you're desperate for a TE. Totally agreed on Virgil Green - he's had his chances. Why would he suddenly get better now?

If Green hasn't gotten it done yet, he is likely already at his ceiling.

They traded for Derby after 1.5 years of having Heuerman in-house, so I'm not sure that's the best sign that the front office has high hopes for Heuerman.

Butt is definitely a red-shirt guy for this year, and I completely don't understand the hate for a guy who won the John Mackey Award in the most recent college season and only went in the 5th round because of a bowl game injury.

I agree with the above though... if this is the spot your looking for a reliable weekly TE, you're probably in bad shape at the position.

If you're just looking for a lottery ticket, I think that Derby is the best bet out of the whole bunch, for this upcoming season at least. He has now been there for an entire offseason and they traded for him for a reason.

[Never Veto1]

Or you could be a guy in a 20 team league that starts 2 TE's

[jonf86]

I have Heuerman rostered in a TE premium 14 team league, where you can start up to 4 Tight ends. Of the currently healthy Tight Ends on the Broncos roster, Heuerman appears to be the most well rounded. I think he will come out of Training Camp as the starter and have a chance to prove himself before Butt gets healthy. Reports out of camp so far have been pretty solid.

In deep leagues with a TE premium, no reason why he shouldn't be rostered. There's still an unknown quality to him and if he can stay healthy he'll get a shot. In virtually all other leagues, wouldn't bother with him until he shows something.