Tight End Strategy in Salary Cap Leagues

The Footballguys staff gives multiple tactics for you to use at the tight end position.

Footballguys Staff's Tight End Strategy in Salary Cap Leagues Footballguys Staff Published 08/07/2024

The great thing about salary cap leagues is that you can take your team in any direction you want. Your strategy options are completely wide open.

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Our Footballguys staff recently sat down to discuss their favored options at tight end when playing in a salary cap league.

Assume these league settings:
  • $200 cap
  • 12 teams
  • Full PPR
  • Starting Lineup
    • 1 QB
    • 2 RBs
    • 3 WRs
    • 1 TE
    • 1 flex (RB, WR, TE)

How do you approach the tight end position in a salary cap draft? Feel free to discuss price enforcement and budget allocation. 

Thoughts from Jason Wood

I'm open to myriad strategies at the tight end position, but my general goal is to secure one of the elite tier options, which usually consists of six to eight players.

I will try to spend no more than $12-$15, and then I'll rely on my own depth of knowledge and have two or three $1 lottery tickets I throw out in the end game and grab whichever one doesn't get bid up to $2.

I won't price enforce at tight end because roster construction makes it hard to have more than two on your roster, and enforcing can upend your build. 

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