Is the NFL’s Multi-Tight End Revolution a Game-Changer—or Just a Fad?

Is the NFL’s Multi-Tight End Revolution a Game-Changer—or Just a Fad?

If teams with continued success use it more frequently because of good coaching and play calling, more teams will give it a try. But if a rise in usage doesn’t eventually equate to wins on a whole, the trend will go the same way as the Wildcat formation and other NFL fads.

For now, though, the year-over-year usage increase, recent draft pattern and the Rams’ success in 2025 are good enough indicators to project more multi-tight end sets are coming to the league this season.

The question will be how NFL defenses respond to multi tight ends. We’ve already seen defenses try more “big nickel” players – a hybrid linebacker/defensive back like Nick Emmanwori of the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks is big enough to run-defend and/or cover tight ends and wide receivers. If more teams start using that defense, then the NFL may have already found its counterweight to multi-TE packages.

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