Brenton Strange
Strange is Jacksonville's clear starting tight end, but he's the fourth or fifth option in a receiver-rich passing game, capping him as a solid-floor, low-ceiling TE2 rather than a difference-maker.
Role
Strange is the every-down TE1 and Week 1 starter, but the Jaguars have invested in a two-TE package (rookies Nate Boerkircher and Tanner Koziol) that eats into his snaps in some looks. In the passing game he's competing for targets behind Brian Thomas Jr., Jakobi Meyers, Parker Washington and Travis Hunter, which held him to roughly a 15-16% target share and about 20% of his routes run last season.
He's an efficient, high-floor route-runner (top-10 in yards per route run and yards per target among TEs) working with an ascending Trevor Lawrence offense, and with more scoring opportunities league-wide he could finally see the touchdown volume that's been missing given his size and red-zone frame.
He's never topped three touchdowns or four end-zone targets in a season, the crowded receiver room and new multi-TE packages limit his target ceiling, and last year's TE18 finish in points-per-game reflects a true replacement-level role rather than a breakout waiting to happen.
Where analysts split
Analysts agree Strange has a secure role and solid per-route efficiency; where they split is whether that efficiency and red-zone frame will finally translate into real touchdown production and a bigger target share, or whether Jacksonville's deep receiver corps and increased use of multi-TE sets permanently cap him as a low-ceiling TE2.
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