Outlook: The tight end position in Miami opened up this offseason when former 700-yard receiver Mike Gesicki left for New England. This means that the current projected starter is veteran Durham Smythe, whose career high of 357 yards in a season came back in 2021.

While it's significant that Gesicki is gone, many fantasy analysts might be overrating the impact it'll have on Smythe. The tight end quietly already out-snapped Gesicki in 2022. More importantly, however, the Dolphins as a team tied for the league's fewest total targets to the tight end position in 2022. Their offense is dynamic, making use of some innovative concepts, and part of that seems to be leaning much more heavily on their wide receivers to catch passes than it does their tight ends or running backs.

All of this should lead fantasy managers to avoid this situation in anything other than deep leagues where two TEs must be started per week. Smythe, or any other Dolphins tight end, is unlikely to see more than 50 targets this season and that's just not enough to justify a roster spot in normal fantasy leagues

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