Outlook: Injuries have derailed Logan Thomas' career in recent seasons and the tight end appeared to be on his last legs in 2022. Thomas saw his yards per reception, receptions per game, catch percentage, and yards after catch per reception all take a dive. That led to a pretty ugly fantasy finish overall - one in which he scored just one touchdown in 14 games played.

That type of performance from a veteran typically leads to an NFL team prioritizing the position in the draft, but the Commanders completely avoided drafting a tight end and they will seemingly roll into the 2023 season with no one of note behind Thomas on the depth chart. Of course, that was the situation last year when Thomas was unable to even be a TE2 for fantasy, so there's not much to be excited about here.

Like many others beyond the top eight or so at the position, Thomas is essentially a touchdown-or-bust player on a weekly basis. Unfortunately for him, he plays on a team where he's likely the fourth or even fifth option on most passing plays. Worse yet, his team doesn't possess the realistic potential of ascending into a truly elite offense. That means he's someone who fantasy managers should be avoiding here in 2023, at least to start the season. If we watch the games and find that he's both healthy and much more involved than we initially believed, then sure, we should be willing to pounce on him and add him from waivers, but otherwise, the tight end position in Washington is one to avoid in most fantasy leagues.

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Outlook: The Raiders have finally seemed to embrace their rebuild and part of that meant moving on from tight end Darren Waller this offseason. He joins the Giants, who traded the 100th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft to acquire his services.

Difference-making tight ends are extraordinarily difficult to come by and Waller has a history of being one of those players. He put up back-to-back 1,100-yard seasons in 2019 and 2020 before struggling to stay on the field due to injuries in 2021 and 2022, which also hampered his per-game numbers when he was on the field.

Waller missed half of the 2022 season with an injury, but still managed to finish as the TE7 in fantasy points per game among tight ends who played in eight or more games. He's a size/speed specimen who has proven himself to be an elite fantasy option and now joins a team where he again projects to compete for the team lead in targets. Fellow tight end Daniel Bellinger is not a complete throwaway player, so Waller will indeed have some competition at the position, but there's no question that the Giants expect the 6'6", 255-pound former Raider to be a focal point in their offense.

While Travis Kelce is the gold standard at the position, there are a handful of tight ends being selected after him who all have the potential to finish as the No. 2 tight end in fantasy this season. He's had a few down years in a row now, but Waller is in that conversation. He's being selected as the sixth or seventh tight end off the board in most drafts, so his cost isn't too bad and it'd be surprising if he doesn't return at least that level of production as long as he's able to stay healthy.

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Outlook: Jelani Woods is expected to be the Colts TE1 this season even though backups Mo Alie-Cox and Kylen Granson put up very similar numbers last season. Woods finished with 25 receptions for 312 yards and three touchdowns in 15 games, but only two starts. These numbers could definitely use some improvement and Steichen may once again be a major factor in aiding them.

Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert is considered one of the best tight ends in the league after finishing last year ninth in fantasy points (143.2) despite only playing 12 games. Woods now has the opportunity to develop under Steichen's system, but has a lot of work to do in order to thrive in it.

Tight end is the scarcest position in fantasy football. With an ADP hovering around TE33, Woods isn't likely to hear his name called on a fantasy draft day. He is towards the bottom among the 32 starting tight ends in the league, but since he has Steichen there is a possibility for a surprise and he floats off of the waiver wire during the season.

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