Sean Koerner said Brenton Strange is the smash Round-14 tight end because Evan Engram’s move to Denver leaves Strange as the clear No. 1 in Jacksonville. Koerner reminded listeners that whenever Engram missed time last year Strange was almost a one-for-one replacement, finishing TE9 over the first four-game stretch and TE17 over the second while posting an 11-catch blow-up in Week 15. He framed Strange’s ceiling around new OC Liam Cohen, noting Cohen coaxed career years out of Tyler Higbee in 2022 and Cade Otton in 2023. A second-round pedigree plus a likely every-down snap share make Strange an easy bet for 80-plus routes per game and a possible outlier TD season, especially if Trevor Lawrence’s historically low red-zone conversion rate positively regresses. Koerner called him the perfect final tight end in best-ball builds that are already heavy on Jaguars stacks but added he’s plenty viable in season-long formats given the thin tight-end landscape.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound argued that Brenton Strange should keep rising because Jacksonville vacated a massive chunk of short-to-intermediate targets with Evan Engram and Christian Kirk no longer on the roster. The GM has been hyping Strange all offseason, and early camp reports echo that optimism. With no clear competition for snaps, Strange projects as the every-down tight end in a Doug Pederson scheme that historically feeds the position (Engram averaged 6.3 targets per game the past two seasons). Given those circumstances, Pat believes Strange’s late-round ADP still understates his ceiling and is worth mixing into best-ball portfolios.