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Is Mark Andrews Droppable Heading Into His Age-31 Season?
Mark Andrews fell from TE5 to TE16 in 2025, yet Baltimore just signed him to a real extension mid-decline. Here's an honest look at his dynasty value.
By Kenny Flermoen · August 20, 2026
In most dynasty formats, close to it — and the confusing part is that Baltimore paid him anyway. Mark Andrews fell from TE5 to TE16 in a full 17-game season. The tracking numbers look like decline, not a fluke. The Ravens responded with a real extension in the middle of it. Both things happened. Only one of them should set your roster.
The quick answer
Andrews scores a 3,364 Dynasty Value Score — 17th among tight ends — and projects for 118.1 half-PPR points in 2026, 6.9 per game. He played all 17 games last year, so this is not an injury story. The line was 48 catches for 422 yards, 8.8 yards per catch against a career 12.3. Among tight ends with 25-plus targets he ranked 33rd of 35 in separation and 34th in cushion. Defenses have stopped giving him a downfield cushion.
Baltimore paid him anyway
In December 2025 the Ravens signed him to a three-year, $39.3 million extension with $26 million guaranteed. General manager Eric DeCosta called him an all-time Raven. That is not the language a front office uses when it is quietly moving on.
Read it as loyalty and a remaining role, not as a bounce-back forecast. The deal keeps him in Baltimore through 2028. Later years are less fully guaranteed than the headline. A team can believe in a veteran and still be wrong about the next three seasons of production.
The job is cleaner than the production
Isaiah Likely is in New York. Charlie Kolar is in Los Angeles. Our depth chart has Andrews as TE1 with Durham Smythe behind him. The red-zone committee of the last few years is gone. He still found the end zone — 5 touchdowns on 48 catches after 11 the year before — and over the last two seasons 15.5% of his receptions have been scores. That is the remaining fantasy case: spikes, not volume.
New offensive coordinator Declan Doyle is calling plays for the first time, under new head coach Jesse Minter. It is a real staff reset around Lamar Jackson. It is also too early to treat that as a reason Andrews suddenly runs a 12-yard average again.
Where he stacks up against the field
Andrews's 3,364 sits next to Hunter Henry at 3,360 and Juwan Johnson at 3,449 — not in the tier with Trey McBride at 7,740 or Sam LaPorta at 6,162. T.J. Hockensonat 3,698 is the closest "name" neighbor, not a different universe. We covered that split in the tight end dynasty board. The extension is Baltimore's opinion. The score is the on-field one.
The bottom line
If you are holding Andrews, treat him as a streamer with touchdown equity, not a core piece. The role is more secure than last year. The production trend is the better signal. If you are trying to buy him, he is a short-term dart for a team that needs a tight end this season. He is a bad long-term brick at 31.
Model a trade for Andrews on the Dynasty Trade Calculator — his score already reflects a full-season decline that a new contract did not reverse.
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FAQ
- Is Mark Andrews droppable heading into his age-31 season?
- As a core dynasty tight end, yes. NextDyne has him at 3,364 — 17th among tight ends — and projects 118.1 half-PPR points in 2026, 6.9 per game. He is still Baltimore’s TE1. That is a streaming, touchdown-equity profile, not a must-hold.
- Why did Mark Andrews's production drop so much in 2025 if he played every game?
- It is decline, not injury. He caught 48 passes for 422 yards — 8.8 yards per catch against a career 12.3 — and finished TE16 after TE5 in 2024. Among qualifying tight ends he ranked 33rd of 35 in separation and 34th in cushion.
- Why did the Ravens extend Mark Andrews if his production is declining?
- Loyalty and a belief he still has a role. In December 2025 Baltimore gave him a three-year, $39.3 million extension with $26 million guaranteed. General manager Eric DeCosta called him an all-time Raven. That is a real commitment. It is not proof the tracking data is wrong.
- Is Mark Andrews still a must-roster dynasty tight end?
- No. Isaiah Likely and Charlie Kolar are gone, so the job is cleaner, and he still scored 5 touchdowns last year. The yards, separation, and 6.9-point projection say he is a weekly dart, not a building block.