{"id":9016,"date":"2020-02-07T06:03:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T06:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=9016"},"modified":"2020-02-07T06:12:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T06:12:47","slug":"7-best-tight-ends-hitting-the-market-this-offseason-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/7-best-tight-ends-hitting-the-market-this-offseason-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Best Tight Ends Hitting the Market this Offseason Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I\ndidn\u2019t expect to find the tight end market this robust when I first\npulled up the list of free agents. Like the wide receiver group, this\none is rich in talent and you could go any way you wanted with a\nsigning. You could bring in an older vet to plug a hole while you\ndevelop younger players or you could pluck a potential star from the\nfree agent pile and add a new weapon to your offense for the next\nthree to five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narrowing\nthe list to just seven wasn\u2019t difficult, but that doesn\u2019t mean\nthere aren\u2019t plenty of guys that didn\u2019t make this lineup that\nwill have any trouble landing on an NFL team come March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. AUSTIN HOOPER, UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2019:\n75 catches, 787 yards, six touchdowns<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hooper\nhas been one of the most underrated tight ends in the league for the\nlast three seasons in spite of making two Pro Bowls. There\u2019s so\nmuch wide receiver talent on the Atlanta Falcons, he just gets lost\nin the mix in spite of catching 70-plus passes the past two seasons.\nHe\u2019s not a name like Travis Kelce or George Kittle, but he should\nbe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If\nyou play Daily Fantasy, though, you know him and he\u2019s probably won\nyou some cash. Now he\u2019ll get to cash in himself after exhausting\nhis rookie contract with the Falcons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where\nhe should end up: Atlanta Falcons<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nFalcons made the mistake of keeping Dan Quinn as their head coach for\nat least one more season. They can\u2019t start losing talent now.\nThey\u2019ve gotten Hooper at a discount for the last four seasons, but\nthat\u2019s over. Tight end contracts top out at $10 million a year,\nwith Jimmy Graham of the Green Bay Packers claiming that number.\nKelce makes $9.368 but look for that number to jump when he\u2019s\nheading toward free agency in 2022. Hooper will command at least $9\nmillion regardless of where he ends up and in spite of their current\nsalary cap issues, Atlanta needs to make room to keep Hooper on the\nsquad. If they don\u2019t pony it up, somebody else will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.\nHUNTER HENRY, UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2019:\n55 catches, 652 yards, five touchdowns<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry\nwas picked in the same draft as Hooper, just a round earlier. He\u2019s\nbeen a solid performer in the Los Angeles Chargers offense in spite\nof having to share time with Antonio Gates, who has a gold jacket in\nhis near future now that he\u2019s finally retired. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hooper\nmissed all of 2018 with an injury and put up his 2019 numbers in just\n12 games after missing most of the first month with a fractured\ntibial plateau. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where\nhe should end up: New England Patriots<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New\nEngland tried to piece together a tight end squad from cast-offs and\nno names last season and got nothing out of the position. For their\noffense to run effectively, whether Tom Brady returns or not, that\nhas to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While\nHenry\u2019s not Rob Gronkowski, he\u2019s an elite pass-catching tight end\nand will pay instant dividends if the Pats have another run with\nBrady and Bill Belichick in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More former Pro Bowlers show up in Part 2<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 BEST TIGHT ENDS HITTING THE MARKET THIS OFFSEASON PART 2<\/a>
7 BEST TIGHT ENDS HITTING THE MARKET THIS OFFSEASON PART 3<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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