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Tight Ends ➡️ Flex Spot

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1 min
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Oct 1, 2026
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Thu, October 1, 2026
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Brock BowersGeorge KittleJaxon Smith-Njigba
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Brock Bowers

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Ron Stewart highlights that Brock Bowers is being utilized essentially as a wide receiver rather than a traditional tight end. In his first game under Clint Kubiak, only eight of his 33 routes came from tight alignments, with 15 from the slot and nine from wide positions. Stewart compares this to the 'JSN role,' noting his high-volume production of 13 targets, 10 catches, 116 yards, and a touchdown, while Michael Mayer handles traditional in-tight duties.

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George Kittle

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Ron Stewart identifies George Kittle as a top-scoring tight end who belongs in fantasy flex spots, noting that tight ends are currently outperforming many wide receivers and running backs in PPR scoring, with the TE17 averaging more points per game than the WR33 and RB25.

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Jaxon Smith-Njigba

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Ron Stewart uses Jaxon Smith-Njigba's role as a stylistic comparison for how Brock Bowers is being deployed in the offense, specifically referring to the slot-heavy usage.

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0:00Tight ends belong in your flex spot.
0:01Five of the top 12 scores in PPR leagues
0:04among flex position players, so running
0:06backs, wide receivers, tight ends.
0:07Bowers, George Kittle, Harold Fanning,
0:10Kanyon Sadeek, Juwan Johnson. I think in
0:12this day and age where these wide
0:14receivers are a little bit rough, you
0:15can see from Josh Norris here the tight
0:17end 17 is averaging more points per game
0:18than the wide receiver 33 and the RB 25.
0:20You're going to be in spots this year
0:21with bye weeks and injuries and
0:23shakiness. I'm straight up playing guys
0:24like Juwan Johnson and Harold Fanning
0:27over your Brian Thomas's of the world.
0:29Even guys like Maduze, I think you play
0:31Juwan Johnson over those guys on a
0:33week-to-week basis. Speaking of tight
0:35ends, Brock Bowers is back. First game
0:38under Clint Kubiak, only eight of 33
0:40routes came from actual tight
0:41alignments. Nine wide, 15 slot, one
0:45backfield. So he's essentially a wide
0:46receiver. It is the JSN role. I know
0:48that we kind of threw that around in the
0:49off-season. It seems a little bit
0:49ridiculous. That's what it is. With
0:51Mayer playing it in tight, 13 targets,
0:5310 catches, 116 yards, a touchdown. The
0:56goat, the king returns.

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