O.J. Howard Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

O.J. Howard
TE
, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Age: 27
Weight: 251 lbs
Height: 6' 6"

ADP: 257
Depth Chart Ranking: 2

Pts	RecYds	RecTD	Rec	RuYds
0	0	0	0	0

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Salary: $3000
Week 2 Projection: 1.53
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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Howard owned the No. 13 per game average before going down with an Achilles injury in Week 4. If Gronkowski continues to decline or the Bucs just want to limit his snaps, Howard could surprise. He cleared 49 yards and/or found the end zone in three of four games last year.

Latest news

Brady: Buccaneers TE O.J. Howard worked hard to get ready for Week 1

Pewter Report on Twitter

Sep 07 · 1:59 PM EDT

Tom Brady says O.J. Howard has worked really hard to get ready for Week 1.

Related players: Rob Gronkowski, Cameron Brate

Fantasy Impact:

Brady added he’s expecting a big season out of Howard, according to the rest of the tweet. Howard owned the No. 13 per game average before going down with an Achilles injury in Week 4. If Gronkowski continues to decline or the Bucs just want to limit his snaps, Howard could surprise. He cleared 49 yards and/or found the end zone in three of four games last year. There are a lot of mouths to feed in the Bucs offense, though.

Scouting report

by Jordan Heck

· Jul 27 · 11:24 AM EDT

TB TE O.J. Howard - 2021 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside
O.J. Howard is back and healthy this year, and ready to return to action. Howard looked strong in his four games with Tom Brady last season, averaging 4.8 targets, 2.8 receptions, 36.5 yards and 0.5 touchdowns. If you extrapolated those numbers over the full season, Howard would have finished as the No. 8 scoring tight end in full PPR.

Fantasy Downside
The obvious downside to Howard is the fact he plays in a crowded offense. Targets would be hard to come by with the wide receivers alone (Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Antonio Brown), but it makes it even tougher when he’s battling with Rob Gronkowski and even Cameron Brate at tight end.

2021 Bottom Line
If Gronkowski gets hurt at any point this year, Howard will end up being a strong play. But the two of them in this offense together will make it challenging for either to have a big season. It’d be nice if you could have a single tight end named like O.J. Gronkowski or something, but unfortunately, that’s not an option. Howard is outside of the top 20 tight ends.

2021 Strength of Schedule - TB

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
17 DAL	29 ATL	20 @LAR	2 @NE	10 MIA	27 @PHI	31 CHI	12 @NO	BYE	15 @WAS	9 NYG	4 @IND	29 @ATL	24 BUF	12 NO	14 @CAR	32 @NYJ

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

Game Stats


Week	Opp	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	DAL	0.0	0.0	6/65	9.2%
Per game		0.00	0	6.00/65.00	9.23%
Totals		0	0	6/65	9.23%

Previous Games vs. ATL


Season	Week	Opp	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
2020	17	ATL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	15	@ATL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	17	ATL	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0	38/51	74.51%
2019	12	@ATL	1	10	0	2	10.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	2.0	51/66	77.27%
Average			0.50	5.00	0.00	1.00	5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	1.00	44.50/58.50	75.89%