FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFT KIT

Shockey lands on a team that will want to use their tight ends but Greg Olsen is in line for the primary role and Shockey is on the wrong side of 30 with a history on never staying healthy. He could have some fantasy value as a backup but nothing more.

The Vikings spent a second-round pick on Rudolph, and new OC Bill Musgrave plans to run more two-tight end sets--two factors working in the rookie's favor. However, he'll still share looks with Visanthe Shiancoe and spend as much time blocking for Adrian Peterson as he does running routes, so his initial fantasy value is limited.

Beckum moves up to be a starter with the retirement of Ben Patrick but with little fantasy relevance.

Okay, so maybe the Browns got him confused with Cal DE Cameron Jordan on draft day. Doesn't matter; now they have an athletic tight end project to develop in their new West Coast offense. Cameron will study under Ben Watson and battle similarly skilled Evan Moore for looks, so his best-case fantasy scenario has him as a dynasty stash and a redraft pass.

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Heap goes to a Cardinals team that only had 210 yards on 25 catches total among all tight ends. And no touchdowns. The tight end has never been an effective fantasy player in Arizona and bringing in the 31-year old Heap is not going to change that much. Let someone else draft him.

Scheffler is a capable pass-catching tight end whose path to productivity is stymied by a better pass-catching tight end, namely Brandon Pettigrew. There might still be enough scraps in the Detroit passing game for Scheff to be an occasional fantasy contributor, but that's a tough row to hoe unless you're in a best ball format.

Pitta was one of two tight ends the Ravens drafted last season, but he spent the year behind fellow rook Ed Dickson on the depth chart and recorded just one catch. With Todd Heap gone he'll be asked to step up his productivity, but it's unlikely to be anywhere near a level that puts him on the fantasy radar.

Even Greg Olsen couldn't make Mike Martz use his tight end, so the Bears dumped Olsen and brought in Spaeth and his 36 career catches. No reason to expect he'll suddenly be the tight end that becomes a fantasy factor in a Martz offense.

McMichael has minimal value unless Antonio Gates again missed games this year.

Bennett may remain on the potential trade radar throughout the preseason. He has talent and potential but Jason Witten has been a healthy pass sponge and left Bennett with minimal yardage and no scores for the last two seasons. Add in that TE John Phillips was gaining on Bennett last year before injury and there is even less reason to consider Bennett.

Tamme made a name for himself last year when he replaced Dallas Clark and produced 631 yards on 67 catches in little more than half a season. But Clark is back now and Tamme will return to more blocking and special teams work. If Clark goes down - Tamme is a hot property.

The Bills only completed 23 passes to tight ends all season and Martin had the lone touchdown by the position in 2010. No reason to expect anything different.

Williams will battle Andrew Quarless for backup duties behind Jermichael Finley--duties that would provide significant fantasy opportunity if Finley's surgically-repaired knee limits him at any point this season. Tough to draft Williams based on that limited upside, but there's some dynasty league potential in case Finley can't make it all the way back from his injury--or hits free agency in 2012.