2023 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 2023. We will be updating this list throughout the pre-season.
| Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
Pos. Rank |
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| Evan Engram | TE | DEN | 30 | 6 | Unranked |
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It's not often in the NFL when a receiver has his best output in his rookie season. Engram caught 64 passes for 722 yards and six touchdowns on 115 targets in 2017, and all stat categories remained career-bests until he arrived in Jacksonville (73/766/4 on 98 targets). Read More | |||||
| Pat Freiermuth | TE | PIT | 26 | 2 | Unranked |
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In the first two seasons, Penn State featured Freiermuth as a top-scoring threat in the passing game. He picked up 15 touchdowns over 25 games with 69 catches for 875 yards. As a freshman, Freiermuth gained an impressive 14.2 yards per catch, but he turned more into a pos... Read More | |||||
| Dallas Goedert | TE | PHI | 31 | 5 | Unranked |
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In his first season with the lead tight end role for the Eagles in 2021, Goedert caught 56 of his 76 targets for 830 yards and four touchdowns while missing two games (concussion and Covid-19). Despite averaging only 5.1 targets, he ranked eighth in tight end scoring (16... Read More | |||||
| David Njoku | TE | CLE | 28 | 6 | Unranked |
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In 2018, Njoku appeared to be on the rise after success in his sophomore season (56/639/4 on targets). However, an injury the following season led to only five catches for 41 yards and a score on 10 targets. Cleveland used him as their TE2 over the next two years (19/213... Read More | |||||
Dalton Schultz  |
TE | HOU | 28 | 5 | Unranked |
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Out of the gate in 2021, Schultz produced five playable games (6/45, 6/80/2, 6/58/1, 6/79, and 5/79) over the first six weeks. He finished the year as the third-highest-scoring tight end (78/808/8 on 104 targets – 208.80 fantasy points) in PPR leagues. Schultz had ... Read More | |||||
| Darren Waller | TE | --- | 32 | 8 | Unranked |
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After two excellent seasons (90/1,145/3 and 107/1,196/9), Waller missed six games in 2021 with ankle, knee, and back issues. He finished with two impact games (10/105/1 and 7/116) while averaging 8.4 targets (9.1 in 2020). Waller's stats (55/665/2) projected over 17 game... Read More | |||||
