The best-case scenario, in my opinion, would be if Jelani Woods puts together a huge training camp and earns the starting job. The 25-year-old missed all of last year due to repeated hamstring injuries and revamped his body this offseason in hopes of staying healthy. If Woods can remain on the field, he’s the one tight end on Indianapolis’ roster who has all of the physical tools to be a constant mismatch, while creating explosive plays and blocking well enough to stay on the field.
Related Players: Kylen Granson, Mo Alie-Cox, Will Mallory, Drew Ogletree
The Colts once again have a huge swath of tight ends on the roster, but we have to assume those names will be pared down by the 53-man roster cuts. Woods had a literal 10/10 RAS score while coming out of the 2022 NFL Draft, setting a record for the highest score out of the 997 tight ends who tested between 1987-2022. He can be a legit fantasy asset if he's the clear-cut TE1, and should be on streaming radars if that ends up being the case.
Jelani Woods missed all of the 2023 season due to hamstring injuries, but he offers something none of the other tight ends have shown, an impressive size-speed combination that could make him a devastating downfield target.
Indianapolis will likely use at least three tight ends heavily on offense this season.
Related players: Michael Pittman Jr., Josh Downs, Adonai Mitchell, Alec Pierce, Kylen Granson, Mo Alie-Cox, Drew Ogletree, Will Mallory, Anthony Richardson, Jonathan Taylor
Pittman and Downs are the team's top-two WRs with rookie Mitchell and Pierce also battling it out for time. Granson led the way at TE last year but as the story said Woods has the potential to bust out. The use of three TEs certainly indicates the Colts are going to be run-heavy this season. However, any of the team's TEs could be passing options as well in that formation, so the situation is worth monitoring this summer.
Colts have ruled out WR Ashton Dulin, TE Kylen Granson, and CB Kenny Moore II for Sunday’s game vs. the Giants.
Related Players: Jelani Woods
Jelani Woods has 14 targets and an 11-141-0 stat line in the two games sans Granson. Woods makes for an interesting boom-or-bust option this Sunday.
Colts TE Andrew Ogletree suffered a torn ACL, per source.
Related players: Mo Alie-Cox, Jelani Woods, Kylen Granson
Ogletree was having a nice camp before the injury but we still considered him fourth on the depth chart and more of a commodity in dynasty leagues. Alie-Cox should remain the top TE target and we rank him 23rd on our list, making him a low-end TE2 option.
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