We'll start this week's column with a thank you.For those of you who added those players -- or other waiver-wire hidden gems -- thank you for reading and good luck this Sunday!Here are the Week 17 waiver-wire adds.If Mark Ingram II is out with his calf injury for Week 17, Matthew Berry expects Gus Edwards to carry the load for the Ravens, but he doesn't like how Edwards matches up against the Steelers' defense. Meanwhile, Everett has logged 19 looks over the same span, turning those into 12 catches, 180 yards and a touchdown. ""Expect big things from Tyler. ET, Fox).
Higbee also paced the Rams in receptions and co-led the team in targets on the way to his fourth consecutive 100-yard effort. Higbee has a respectable 10 targets over the last two games, but those have been parlayed into a modest seven receptions for 88 yards. Tyler Higbee has at least seven receptions and 100 yards receiving in four straight games. Seriously.
Everett received 10 targets Sunday, after all. The fourth-year tight end has run a route on 68.1 percent of his snaps this season, but the production hasn't followed with just 21 catches for 192 yards and a score over nine contests.Higbee saw fellow tight end Gerald Everett pace the Rams with a career-high 136 receiving yards Thursday, a performance that underscored what appears to be a widening gulf in the roles of the two players. Tyler Higbee profile page, biographical information, injury history and news The 26-year-old has yet to total 50 receiving yards in any game this season.In Everett's first absence Week 13 at Arizona, Higbee earned 91 percent of the offensive snaps and put up the first 100-yard game of his four-year career. Rams GM Les Snead said that athletic TE Tyler Higbee could flourish under coach Sean McVay, who is known for utilizing tight ends in his scheme. Tyler Higbee (born January 1, 1993) is an American football tight end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). Come inside to check out how we can exploit this data across all sites. They're moving on to try and win games, and that's what happened to him. Over the last six games, fellow tight end Gerald Everett has put together a 28-322-2 line on 49 targets. He can stretch the seam; he's got a good feel and savvy in the pass game. Even before Everett's injury surfaced, Higbee had seemingly usurped him as Los Angeles' top tight end, at least in terms of overall usage. Higbee secured nine of 11 targets for 104 yards in the Rams' 34-31 loss to the 49ers on Saturday. The Rams used Higbee in that role frequently during the preseason last year, but Snead said a nagging knee injury suffered during training camp, among other ailments, set him back early in the regular season.
… The dude has been on a tear of late and is a huge, huge part of the Rams' offense. McVay identified tight end as "a position that we’ll look very closely at moving forward.”"Tyler started off real hot," Snead said. Team Round PK(OVR) LAR: 4: 12(110) 2015 NCAA Football … How we use him will yet to be determined, but he's a guy we're looking forward to getting on the grass with.