The era of the passing offense has been firmly in place around the NFL for the better part of five seasons now and even before the explosion of aerial yardage and TD's, the emergence of the pass-catching tight end many have pointed to as giving a big assist to the movement. Of course it all began with former basketball player turned undrafted tight end receiving monster Antonio Gates which than moved all the way to Julius Thomas this season. Stating the obvious, the influx of pass catching tight ends have made formulating a fantasy football roster much more easier due to the fact that you no longer have to fight each other over the 4 or 5 good options in a draft or have to play the wire game each week for someone who could catch maybe 4 passes. The pass catching tight end goes deeper than ever and 2013 has brought even more prime stocks such as Thomas, Jordan Cameron, and now maybe the latest, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Tim Wright.
No doubt the name Tim Wright elicited more than a few "who" as the season got underway. But just like Gates and Thomas, Wright was a former basketball player who went undrafted out of Rutgers and than was developed by the Buc's into what he is today. A very intriguing fantasy football tight end. The rookie has taken advantage of the insertion of fellow first-year player Mike Glennon under center to put up some very nice games over the last month. We all know that rookie QB's rely on their tight ends sometimes more than their wideouts as the tend to check down due to nerves and inexperience. Thus in the last four games that the two have played together, Wright has caught 5, 7, 2, and 5 passes. The yardage has not been great as Wright has gone for over 50 in only one of those games but they did put a touchdown on the board in Thursday night's game against Carolina. The score was Wright's first but more of that could be on the way as Glennon is getting more comfortable throwing downfield and he has the arm to do it. So those who own the Green Bay Packers' Jermichael Finley who is not likely to come back this season as a result of a neck injury, a solid replacement is Wright who thinks catch passes first and block second. While NFL coordinators may not like that. fantasy football owners crave that trend in responsibility. It is now time to take Wright out for a spin.
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