Durham Smythe Fantasy Football News | Shark Bites

Dolphins TE Durham Smythe (ankle) is active for this morning's game vs. the Chiefs. Smythe has totaled three catches on four targets over the past four weeks, so he’s not even an attractive option in one-game DFS contests.

Dolphins TE Durham Smythe (ankle) is questionable for Sunday morning's game vs. the Chiefs. Smythe has totaled three catches on four targets over the past four weeks, so hopefully he's not in your Week 9 fantasy plans. His absence would leave Miami with TEs Julian Hill and Tyler Kroft.

Dolphins TE Durham Smythe led the team with 33 routes run in Week 1. The former Round 4 pick came close to hauling in one TD, but he ultimately wound up with 3 grabs for 44 yards on a 15.5% target share. Not bad for a guy believed to be an afterthought in Miami’s top-heavy offense. We’re not rushing out to grab Smythe in fantasy circles — but he is a name to monitor in deep (or TE premium) formats.

The Dolphins signed TE Tyler Kroft. He joins one of the weakest TE rooms in the NFL alongside Durham Smythe and Eric Saubert. It gives Kroft a chance to find playing time, but he's still not an exciting fantasy pick. The 30-year-old has only once reached 200 receiving yards in a season and never topped 404. And HC Mike McDaniels' Dolphins targeted TEs on only 12.8% of their passes last year -- well below the league-wide average of 20.3%.

Dolphins TE Mike Gesicki managed 1 catch for 1 yard on 1 target in Sunday's win over New England. Everything reported and witnessed through camp and preseason pointed to alarming change in his role under new HC Mike McDaniel, and this game seemed like confirmation. Gesicki shouldn't be near fantasy football lineups until something changes. He even trailed TE Durham Smythe in targets (2) and yards (14).

Dolphins TE Mike Gesicki rotated with 2 teammates during 1st-team work in the preseason finale vs. Philadelphia. Durham Smythe led the position in snaps across the 1st 3 drives, while Gesicki led TEs in pass routes, according to Pro Football Focus. Cethan Carter also worked in for 2-TE sets, playing 7 such snaps to Gesicki's 5. For the preseason, PFF counted 24 "inline" snaps for Gesicki vs. 14 in the slot, 4 split wide and 1 at FB. That's 55.8% of his snaps inline, compared with the 85% he spent in the slot or out wide last season. The 1 thing that does seem clear with Gesicki is that we should expect his 2022 role to look a lot different than it has to this point -- which doesn't bode well for his receiving production. Gesicki has been a faller in our TE rankings.