Kyle Rudolph (TE, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

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49% owned in Fleaflicker leagues

ANALYSIS: Kyle Rudolph is a player who has disappointed fantasy owners more than once a year for the past two seasons.  Rudolph is currently out with a sports hernia, but he's due back in Week 11, and he has the intangibles to be a good player.  The problem is that he's been very inconsistent, and he gets hurt a lot.  Rudolph has good size (6'6'', 259 lbs.) and hands (2012 had 53 catches on 93 targets), and he plays in a tight-end-friendly Norv Turner offense.  Rudolph can produce (159 PPR points in 2012), which is why Minnesota signed him to a five-year extension this offseason.  If you have the bench space and need depth at tight end, target Rudolph off the waiver wire before his value increases.