2021 Fantasy Football Solid/Safe Picks
Solid/Safe Pick: A player with good potential and low risk. Players in this category are statistically consistent from year to year. From our Fantasy Football Dictionary
We have classified the following players as Safe Picks for 2021. We will be updating this list throughout the pre-season.
| Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
Pos. Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dallas Goedert  |
TE | PHI | 27 | 3 | TE - #10 |
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The tight end opportunity in Philly remained high in 2020, but their production (107/1,207/7) came in below 2018 (154/1,561/12) and 2019 (150/1,573/12). The lack of health for Zack Ertz was a big part of the tight end regression. ... Read More | |||||
| Tyler Higbee | TE | LAR | 28 | 5 | TE - #11 |
The Rams feature tight ends in their passing game over the past two seasons. Even with success in 2020 (90/1,008/6), their opportunity dropped by over 20 percent from 2019 (110/1,168/4 on 157 targe... Read More | |||||
| Kyle Pitts | TE | ATL | R | TE - #5 | |
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The loss of Austin Hooper to the Browns led to Atlanta looking to their tight ends less than in 2019 (94/1,020/7). As a result, they gained only 14 percent of the Falcons' passing yards with a step-down catch rate (64.1 – 71.2 in 2019 and 81.7 in 2018). ... Read More | |||||
| Mike Gesicki |
TE | MIA | 26 | 3 | TE - #8 |
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The tight end position has become much more relevant in the Dolphins' passing game over the past two seasons. They accounted for 24.6 of Miami's passing yards in 2020, with 91 catches for 1,061 yards and 11 touchdowns on 137 targets. Part of their success was a demis... Read More | |||||
| Robert Tonyan |
TE | GB | 27 | 4 | TE - #9 |
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The Packers led the league in touchdowns (14) by tight ends last year. They finished with 82 catches for 851 yards on 101 targets, which came in below their success in 2018 (81/922 on 124 targets). As with every team in the NFL, if there is talent at a position, they... Read More | |||||
