Maybe you just saw a movie trailer. It was a great trailer. It has notable actors. The action and effects look great. The tone and style meet with your expectations.

Then you find out it was directed by Michael Bay. Now you’re faced with a dilemma. Do you go see it anyway, knowing his “Transformers” movies are action-packed garbage? Knowing it will be all style and special effects with no substance or story foundation?

You’ve seen “Armageddon” and “The Island” and others. You know what you’re going to get. And what you’re going to get might be pretty and look good and be filled with potential, but most often it is an empty reel full of meaningless eye-candy.

Sort of like drafting rookie tight ends.

Fantasy football owners often put too much value in big-name rookies, but nowhere more so than tight ends, who rarely perform to expectations early in their careers.

Just look at last season’s top-six fantasy TEs. The top fantasy TE, Travis Kelce, was in his fourth season. The second, Kyle Rudolph, was in his sixth. They were followed by Greg Olsen (10th), Jimmy Graham (seventh), Delanie Walker (11th) and Zach Ertz (fourth).

The top rookie TE was Hunter Henry, who ranked 11th in standard leagues and 18th in PPR (points per reception). And according to RotoViz, that is the fifth best rookie season by a TE since 2000.

The others? Jeremy Shockey had the best in 2002 — 2002! Former teammates Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez had the second and fourth in 2010. The third was the immortal John Carlson in 2008. He posted two decent seasons with the Seahawks before fading to oblivion.

Shockey is so long ago, it’s hardly relevant. Two of those came from the same team on a dynamic offense with possibly the best quarterback of all time, so it is hard to envision others duplicating those results with lesser supporting casts. In short, hoping for rookie TEs to deliver solid fantasy results is like wishing for a decent Michael Bay movie: History tells you it is a bad gamble.

What does this mean for players like O.J. Howard, Evan Engram, David Njoku and others? It means you certainly shouldn’t pick them as your starters. In redraft leagues, the Madman recommends not picking them at all.

We like Cameron Brate better than Howard, particularly in standard leagues. QBs like reliable red-zone targets, and Brate proved to be that last season. He likely will remain a top TD target, and possibly the Buccaneers’ option overall.

Engram will have to share in a Giants offense with a lot of mouths to feed, and one that underperformed last season. Most TEs acquire much of their value from scoring TDs, as opposed to yardage, and the addition of Brandon Marshall gives QB Eli Manning a more proven end-zone target. Throw in scores for Odell Beckham Jr. and Sterling Shepard, and suddenly there aren’t many left for Engram.

Njoku with the Browns, Gerald Everett with the Rams, Adam Shaheen with the Bears? We don’t trust their QBs, why would trust their rookie TEs?

Yeah, the trailer for these rookie TEs looks great — full of college highlight reels and amazing physical gifts — but a good trailer doesn’t mean it’s a good movie. If Michael Bay has taught us anything, he has taught us that.