Taysom Hill is a Swiss Army knife. Hill’s fantasy value depends on his positional allowance in your league. If Hill can play tight end in your league, he can become the diamond in the rough that helps elevate your roster.
No other players in fantasy football can throw a touchdown, run one in, and catch one. Hill is a true unicorn of the fantasy football game. Can he help you elevate your roster, though? Let’s break down Hill’s fantasy value for your fantasy football team.
Should Taysom Hill Be Added on the Fantasy Waiver Wire in Week 1
For some reason, Hill is rostered in 48% of Sleeper leagues. Yes, on the surface, Hill seems useless for your team. He only rushed for four touchdowns and two receiving touchdowns. However, we must remember he plays in our tight-end slot for fantasy football. His six total touchdowns from above would have been tied for the second most at the tight end position in the NFL.
Now let’s add one more passing touchdown, and he takes over the second-highest total, only three behind the leader, Sam Laporta.
Hill saw 81 rushing attempts, created 401 yards, and produced the eighth-best third down-rushing conversion in the NFL, according to Trumedia. Hill also received 40 targets and produced 33 receptions. Suppose we combine his attempts and his targets. He had a chance at 121 touches. That number would match the fourth-highest targeted tight end, Travis Kelce, in 2023.
It’s remarkable that a tight end with this many opportunities falls this far down the rankings. He becomes someone we can pick up on the waiver wire, add him to our roster, and develop our team in a usually weak position within rosters.
We must use a draft strategy to help us understand why we want to pick up Hill on the waiver wire. When identifying tight ends for the draft, we look for athletic players who are a top-three option within the offense. We use the same thought for the waiver wire. Hill only sits behind Chris Olave and Alvin Kamara on offense. He may even elevate over both players in the red zone, creating a fantasy football goldmine for our team.
Hill is a perfect target on your waiver wire if you are a team that waited late on their tight end. The biggest issue is that within his first four weeks, he only faces one team that would be considered a plus matchup for the tight-end position. We would have to wait until Week Four to face a defense that allows 7.9 fantasy points per game (FPPG), the fifth worst in the NFL last season. Hill could take advantage of the weak Panthers’ rush defense in Week 1 as they allow the fourth most FPPG to the position.
However, after that week, they face the Dallas Cowboys, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Atlanta Falcons. It’s not the easiest path, but his immense toolkit allows us to score fantasy points in a plethora of ways. Whenever you can add a player who can help you score in three ways, you must find a way to add him to your roster this season.