More and more fantasy owners are opting for an early-round tight end approach, snatching up a FantasyFootballCalculator.com.

If you believe Miller is done based on his performance last year, this data is not for you. But, if you're like me and give Miller a pass for clearly being hobbled by a knee injury, you could find yourself with a late-round gem at tight end.

Before his knee injury at the tail-end of the 2012 season, Miller was among the lead leaders in fantasy scoring at his position. It was the first year under offensive coordinator Todd Haley, and Miller caught 71 passes for 816 yards and 8 touchdowns. According to our Reception FantasyFootballCalculator.com. If any of the other Colts offensive weapons would succumb to injury, Allen could see a bit uptick in targets. And as a current 14th-round pick, he could provide great fantasy value.

While he probably won’t challenge the likes of Graham and Gronkowski, ending the season as a TE1 (top 12) is certainly in the realm of possibility.

Zach Ertz, Philadelphia Eagles

By Sam Hauss

In the 2012 Stanford versus Oregon game, Zach Ertz torched Chip Kelly’s Ducks’ squad for 11 catches, 106 yards and a touchdown. Coach Kelly took notice of Ertz’s talent, and when he made the leap from the Pac-12 to the NFL, he drafted the former Stanford star with the 35th overall pick.

Ertz struggled to pick up Kelly’s system as a rookie. Through eight games, he didn’t have a single performance where he posted more than three catches, and he didn’t catch a single touchdown. Though he was a bit inconsistent, the Eagles’ tight end showed tremendous improvement and flashes of brilliance in the second half of the season, catching 22 balls for 268 yards and four scores.

Last season, Ertz lost a ton of snaps to Brent Celek because he struggled with in-line blocking. The former Stanford star has packed on muscle this off-season and reportedly improved his blocking. Celek played twice as many snaps as Ertz last year, but with Celek aging and Ertz flourishing in all aspects of the game this off-season, all signs point to the second year star to play a much more significant role in what is arguably the league’s most innovative and effective offense.

We've heard this story before – a second-year tight end getting a bigger opportunity. Just take a look at where some tight ends who posted similar rookie seasons improved from their rookie to sophomore seasons from a Reception NEP perspective: Jason Witten (32.19 to 75.94), Antonio Gates (30.72 to 107.67), Jimmy Graham (36.73 to 108.87), Rob Gronkowski (56.71 to 133.52).

Ertz is as physically talented as any tight end in the league, and is a prime candidate to greatly improve last season's 36.73 Reception NEP. He's definitely someone to target in the middle of your draft.