Robert Tonyan

2022 Fantasy Upside
Robert Tonyan returns to a Packers team with gaping holes in their target distribution from last season. Davante Adams and Marquez Valdes-Scantling are gone, leaving a whopping 223 targets available to be absorbed by Tonyan and his fellow pass catchers. Tonyan was frustrating last year, and eventually suffered a season-ending injury, but his breakout 2020 season saw him post a 52-586-11 line as he formed a great rapport with Aaron Rodgers, particularly in the red zone. Tonyan will be one of the more veteran pass catchers in Green Bay this season along with Allen Lazard and Sammy Watkins. Tonyan has the potential to be one of Rodgers' top targets this season, and that type of player is the type you want at the tight end spot should you stick to RBs and WRs early in drafts.

2022 Fantasy Downside
Tonynan is still recovering from the season-ending ACL tear he suffered in Week 8 of last season. While there is hope he will be ready for Week 1 of the regular season, it is not clear he will be as of this writing. Should Tonyan suffer any setbacks or start training camp on the PUP List, his draft stock would plummet accordingly. Even if he is healthy, Tonyan will return to a drastically different offense, largely due to the absence of Adams. It is possible the Packers offense sees some regression this season, and that would necessarily dampen Tonyan's fantasy outlook.

2022 Bottom Line
Tonyan's fantasy outlook largely hinges on his health and the updates we get throughout the Summer. If he is healthy heading into training camp, Tonyan makes for an interesting TE1 flier in the later rounds as the clear top pass-catching TE in Green Bay.

Week 7 vs. Washington Football Team

The tight end position is a wasteland in fantasy football, and the dearth of reliable options in the middle of bye week purgatory is the one thing keeping Robert Tonyan a viable option here. Over the past four weeks, Tonyan has averaged 1.5 catches (4.3 targets) for eight receiving yards per game. He's just not seeing enough work – and few red-zone targets – to make him worth your starting spot unless you're desperate.

Week 7 sees Tonyan's Packers host the Washington Football Team, who allow the ninth-fewest schedule-adjusted fantasy points to tight ends. By sheer lack of other options, Tonyan is our models' TE13 this week.

Week 4 vs. Steelers
When he's not scoring a touchdown, Robert Tonyan just isn't a worthwhile fantasy option. He holds a 9.2% team target share – the 12th-lowest among 47 tight ends to average at least two targets per game. Tonyan does play with highly touchdown-prone passer Aaron Rodgers, so a catch-and-score is more likely for him than others at his position. Tonyan is our fantasy TE11 this week in a matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers' – the defense currently league-average in schedule-adjusted fantasy points allowed to tight ends.