Kahale

Warring

The Jaguars are down to Kahale Warring as their starting tight end, who signed with the team on Tuesday. Warring is likely still getting his head around the playbook and is off the fantasy radar. O’Shaughnessy will look to return to close out his surprisingly semi-relevant fantasy season against the Colts.

Warring is a pass catching tight end who was originally drafted by the Texans in the third round in 2019. He will likely serve as Tommy Sweeney’s backup in Week 8 against the Bills.

Warring’s Colts career comes to an end after just four days, as the former third-round pick failed to crack the 53-man roster. He was waived by the Patriots earlier this week. Things are looking grim for Warring, who only has seven career targets despite solid draft capital.

Claimed off waivers from the Texans at the beginning of the week, Warring failed to make it to a single preseason trial with New England. With just seven career targets, Warring will continue vying to make an impact on any 53-man roster at some point in his career.

The Pats have had long stretches of camp where only Devin Asiasi has been healthy at tight end, and Warring has plenty of untapped potential in his enormous 6-foot-5 frame. He also has just seven NFL targets, has never played even 25% of the snaps in a game, and was working with the Texans mop-up crew in preseason ball. Warring can be considered the player-to-be-named later in the Ryan Izzo trade.

The Texans added Warring in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft but he was never able to make an impact. He appeared in seven games for Houston and logged just three receptions. The drafting of Brevin Jordan was likely the nail in the coffin for Warring. This late into the summer, he may be stuck signing as a practice squad player with another team to start the year.

Reiss pointed out that Warring -- who had an 85th percentile burst score and and 84th percentile catch radius at the 2019 combine -- is two general managers removed from the regime that drafted him out of San Diego State. Warring has caught three of seven targets in two years with the Texans, relegated to special teams in 2020 despite reportedly impressing coaches with improved route running. Reiss projects Jordan Akins, Pharaoh Brown, and Brevin Jordan to make the team’s 53-man roster. None of them will have fantasy value outside of the deepest leagues in 2021.

Houston continues its streak of downright depressing offseason acquisitions, this time trading a draft pick for a tight end with 16 catches in two years as a pro. After signing Jonnu Smith and Hunter Henry, New England had little use for Izzo (or any other tight end on their 2020 roster). The Texans releasing veteran TE Darren Fells means Izzo will presumably compete with Jordan Akins for starting duty in what should be a miserable offense. TE Kalahe Warring -- a size-speed specimen -- is a darkhorse to take over the starting gig in 2021.

The 2019 third-rounder reportedly showed “improved route running” in training camp but was stricken to special teams in his first and only appearance so far this season. Warring has an uphill battle to make Houston’s gameday roster since Darren Fells and Jordan Akins remain the team’s primary options at tight end.

He will miss a minimum of three weeks. Although the 2019 third-rounder supposedly showed “improved route running” in training camp, he was limited to special teams in last Thursday’s opener.