Jack Doyle

Week 4 at Seattle Seahawks

Oh, the rollercoasters of starting a tight end playing without his starting quarterback. Doyle racked up 15.9 PPR points in Week 2 with Jacoby Brissett but only 1.6 last week against the Browns, of all teams. Such is the life of fantasy teams who didn't draft an elite tight end. Try to play the matchups and stomach the bad weeks. Seattle is eighth in our aFPA vs. TE rankings, but given the utter lack of depth at the position this year, Doyle still is a low-end TE1 option this week in a brutal situation. Sigh.

Week 2 vs. Arizona Cardinals

Just 2 receptions for 41 yards in Week 1 for Jack Doyle. Maybe Jacoby Brissett will help? We have to see it first, though, before you start Doyle in your lineups. After all, the Cardinals are first in our aFPA vs. PPR TEs. There are better streaming options at this position in Week 2.

Fantasy Upside

Jack Doyle has a chance to take the next fantasy step after the Colts traded Dwayne Allen. Doyle was the fantasy TE13 last season and now has a chance to garner a bigger target share with fellow TE Erik Swoope dealing with a week-to-week knee injury. Plus, Andrew Luck has targeted his tight ends more than 20 percent of the time in each of the last three seasons. Even more eye-opening is Luck has targeted his tight ends more than one-third of the time in the red zone each of the past three seasons. That gives Doyle a ton of upside.

Fantasy Downside

If Erik Swoope is healthy, Doyle is definitely not guaranteed to get a lion's share of those targets mentioned above, just as the case was with Dwayne Allen losing usage last year to Doyle. Donte Moncrief, if healthy this season, would also take away many valuable red zone targets.

2017 Bottom Line

Doyle is a player with a wide range of outcomes. He's more valuable in best-ball leagues due to his week-to-week volatility but high weekly ceiling. He could be a headache to figure out whether to start in redraft leagues, but at his round 10 ADP, it's not an unreasonable price to pay if you want to chase his ceiling. He's a low-end TE1 candidate.