PlayerProfiler Fantasy Football Podcast Network on Drew Sample

PodcastPress Coverage - Tight End SMASH or PASSAugust 20, 2026

From the episode

And the last group is guys that are just kind of drawing dead... I mean, you can go and say, Drew Sample. How many guys would need to get hurt for Drew Sample to be a fantasy relevant tight end? The limit doesn't exist.

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STACKED’s take

Negative signalBust

Sample has no meaningful fantasy upside and should be avoided.

Drew Sample is considered 'drawing dead' for fantasy purposes, requiring an unrealistic number of injuries to teammates to become fantasy-relevant.

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Drew SampleNegativeRole

Sample gave up the Bengals' only sack in Week 1; pass-protection concern.

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Drew SampleNegativeUsage

Sample allowed Burrow's only sack; offensive line performance concern.

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Drew SampleNeutralRole

Sample led Bengals TEs with 65% snap share.

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Drew SamplePositiveNews

A couple of legit awesome blocks by Drew Sample yesterday. So useful to have a TE that can deliver blocks like this. Working the combo into a full-bo...

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Drew SampleNeutralUsage

Sample got three targets in Week 1's distributed passing attack.

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Drew SampleNeutralRole

Sample expected to see increased usage protecting Burrow's blindside.

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