Coby Fleener was a 2nd round pick of the Indianapolis Colts in the 2012 NFL Draft, but it’s 3rd round pick Dwayne Allen, not Fleener, who is getting the 1st team reps at tight end. This is likely because Allen is the better blocker, which means he’ll play on base packages, but Fleener is the better pass catcher and athlete and should be the more productive of the two. He’ll see plenty of the field this season as the Colts plan to use a lot of two-tight end sets, which makes sense given their lack of depth at wide receiver.
He could have an Aaron Hernandez esque rookie year. I know Andrew Luck isn’t Tom Brady, but he has familiarity with Fleener from their time at Stanford and Fleener was a higher draft pick and has less competition for balls than Hernandez did as a rookie. Hernandez caught 45 passes for 563 yards and 6 touchdowns as a rookie in 2010 and then caught 79 passes for 910 yards and 7 touchdowns last year. I’ve got Fleener at 45 catches for 720 yards and 7 touchdowns in my fantasy rankings and recommend him as a low end TE1 with upside.
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