Tank Dells fantasy football stock is back on the rise

It is hard to function in the social climate of today without having a strong opinion about … well, everything.Any hot take is superior to an “I don’t know.” But, and hear us out a moment, what if you don’t know? Or, at least, what if you don’t have a strong opinion? What if options A, B and C all have their benefits and their warts, and by the time you measure all the factors, there just isn’t a big difference? That is sort of where the Madman was in our preseason evaluation of Texans wide receivers. We liked Nico Collins because he was the best producer on the team last season.

However, he was also the most expensive.We liked Stefon Diggs because he is the most accomplished throughout his career.

But he had the most uncertainty because he was the oldest and the newest to land on the roster.We liked Tank Dell because he has the highest ceiling, coming off a strong rookie season, but he also had injury concerns and was the most likely to lose targets. So how do you reconcile these competing factors when constructing your roster primarily through the draft? When faced with such uncertainty, we like the guy we can get for the cheapest — because the less conviction we have, the less we want to pay. That player, in this circumstance, was Tank Dell.

Of the three, he was going the latest in drafts, so he became our preferred target of the three.And because he was an easy target — took him soon after someone picked Diggs — we ended up with a lot of him. Alas, sometimes you get what you pay for, and Dell has not delivered this season — with registering mere single digits in PPR in three of his four games and missing another. One of our worries — his getting short shrift in a offense populated with playmakers — was coming true.

Diggs and Collins both have twice as many targets, more than double the receptions, more than double the yards, and all six of the touchdowns scored by Houston receivers. Dell’s season has been tanking.But … ...