There are a lot of statistical narratives that get loosely thrown around every year. I’m talking about blanket statements such as “passing stats decrease as temperatures fall” (true) and “rookie wideouts struggle in Year 1” (increasingly false).
Another narrative we hear all the time is “tight ends make a leap in Year 2.” Given the buzz already forming around Eric Ebron, Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Jace Amaro, Richard Rodgers and Crockett Gillmore, I wanted to put that narrative to the test.
The list below is the simply the fantasy points per game (FPPG) for tight ends drafted in the first three rounds over the last 10 years.