The tight end position in fantasy football is one of the most fluid due to how just one or two big fantasy performances can inflate a player’s numbers into the top 10 at the position, which makes it the trickiest position to determine a consistent and reliable way to rank these players.
That being said, there are a handful of tight ends trending in the right direction in recent weeks. Let’s take a closer look at which ones are skyrocketing up my rest-of-season rankings while we’re in the thick of the fantasy football playoffs.
Top TEs To Roster in Fantasy Football
1) Sam LaPorta | DET
2) T.J. Hockenson | MIN
3) Travis Kelce | KC
4) Trey McBride | ARI
5) Jake Ferguson | DAL
6) Evan Engram | JAX
7) George Kittle | SF
8) David Njoku | CLE
9) Isaiah Likely | BAL
10) Cole Kmet | CHI
11) Dalton Kincaid | BUF
12) Dalton Schultz | HOU
13) Hunter Henry | NE
14) Dallas Goedert | PHI
15) Kyle Pitts | ATL
16) Cade Otton | TB
17) Darren Waller | NYG
18) Tucker Kraft | GB
19) Gerald Everett | LAC
20) Pat Freiermuth | PIT
21) Michael Mayer | LV
22) Taysom Hill | NO
23) Logan Thomas | WAS
24) Tyler Higbee | LAR
25) Chigoziem Okonkwo | TEN
26) Luke Musgrave | GB
27) Hayden Hurst | CAR
28) Dawson Knox | BUF
29) Mike Gesicki | NE
30) Juwan Johnson | NO
31) Noah Fant | SEA
32) Irv Smith Jr. | CIN
33) Jelani Woods | IND
34) Daniel Bellinger | NYG
35) Austin Hooper | LV
36) Tyler Conklin | NYJ
37) Albert Okwuegbunam | PHI
38) Robert Tonyan | CHI
39) Luke Schoonmaker | DAL
40) Greg Dulcich | DEN
41) Jonnu Smith | ATL
42) Darnell Washington | PIT
43) Foster Moreau | NO
44) Brevin Jordan | HOU
45) Will Dissly | SEA
46) Adam Trautman | DEN
47) Noah Gray | KC
48) Donald Parham Jr. | LAC
49) Mo Alie-Cox | IND
50) Harrison Bryant | CLE
51) C.J. Uzomah | NYJ
52) Zach Ertz | FA
Fantasy Football TE Risers After Week 15
Trey McBride, Arizona Cardinals
Trey McBride has become nothing short of a PPR machine since Kyler Murray took over under center. Since Week 10, he’s the TE1 in points per game in PPR formats at 17.3, which is four points higher than Travis Kelce.
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Not even a tough matchup against a stingy San Francisco 49ers defense could slow him down, catching 10 passes for 102 yards while missing a few additional snaps after getting briefly banged up in the contest.
McBride is arguably the best option at the TE position in all of fantasy football right now.
Sam LaPorta, Detroit Lions
Rookie Sam LaPorta is starting to flirt with historic production at the tight end position with his 71 receptions for 758 yards and nine scores through the first 14 games of his NFL career.
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LaPorta is excelling in beating man coverage and contested-catch situations, and has been a problem to get to the ground for defensive backs all season long — breaking nine tackles while ranking inside the top 10 tight ends in both yards after the catch and yards after contact.
LaPorta’s role in this high-powered offense continues to offer a reliable floor with one of the highest fantasy ceilings at the position for the rest of the season.
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