How Brenton Strange could emerge as a sleeper TE in drafts

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06-05-2025

How Brenton Strange could emerge as a sleeper TE in drafts | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast
Yahoo Fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don look at the improved Jacksonville offense and if the third-year tight end could see a surge in fantasy value. Hear the full conversation on the 'Yahoo Fantasy Forecast' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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Let's go to the last guy here on our list, which is Brenton Strange, the tight end, which I mean, I had to look this up when when look at the outline, like Brent Strange is the consensus tight end 27.
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What are we talking about here?
Since, since we did that, he's actually moved up to 24.
0, big whoop.
Um, I don't know, uh, Strange did did bang me in the fantasy playoffs last year, Dalton, uh, when I tried to use him after he had that one big week did not work out for me, um, but you're saying let that go and uh be pretty in on Bretton Strange this year.
Yeah, I don't know if he's gonna come through like the Johnny Smith uh late tight end call that you laughed at me last year, but, uh, Strange is in a pretty good position here to emerge.
Huge fantasy boost with Evan Ingram moving on to Denver.
Ingram owned the 3rd highest target share among tight ends last year.
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Yes, Travis Hunter enters the picture, but Christian Kirk is also gone.
Uh, just to repeat, Jacksonville has a bunch of vacated targets available.
Uh, Liam Cohen offense, um, Strange will be more developed as, as those potential rookies we talked about earlier in his 3rd year in the league.
Strange started over a 21-year-old Tyler Warren at Penn State, and I think he's going to be 3rd in the target pecking order on a much improved Jacksonville offense.
So yes, we're talking about the number 15 tight end here to end it, but I think Strange is a sleepy sleeper if you're looking for a late tight end flyer.
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Oh yeah, he's the right, he's the right bet to make.
3rd year tight end, 91st percentile broad jump, 82nd percentile vertical jump, uh, 87th percentile, 10 yard split, according to mock draftables Brent and Strange.
Like, this is the right type of athlete you want to bet on at the tight end position.
And I mean, the rest of the guys on the depth chart, uh, it's, you know, Johnny Munt, who follows this coaching staff around when it's like, OK, we want to get in 12 personnel.
We bring Johnny Munt on the field.
Hunter Long, honestly, same thing, same thing.
He's that exact type of guy.
So there's really no reason why Brent Strange shouldn't be the leading tight end, um, target getter for whatever that's worth.
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Like, again, we're already asking a Trevor Lawrence offense to support Brian Thomas Junior as a top 10 wide receiver, a wide receiver won in fantasy, and Travis Hunter to hopefully outkick that wide receiver 3080P.
So it's not as if I don't know, it's not as if Strange has the, the highest upside in the world, but if Trevor Lawrence takes a leap, if Liam Cohen brings everything that he did from Tampa Bay to Jacksonville, and again, this is the right athletic profile to bet on, I could certainly see, uh, Brent Strange being like the tight end sleeper to draft in 2025.