The mystery of the tight end position in the world of fantasy football doesn’t get any easier to predict heading into the regular-season finale with droves of backup quarterbacks getting action under center.
Here are some fantasy TEs you can trust heading into Week 18.
All rankings are in 1QB and half-PPR scoring formats.
Which TE Should You Start in Fantasy Football?
1) Trey McBride | ARI (vs. SEA)
2) Jake Ferguson | DAL (at WAS)
3) Sam LaPorta | DET (vs. MIN)
4) Evan Engram | JAX (at TEN)
5) Dallas Goedert | PHI (vs. NYG)
6) Tucker Kraft | GB (vs. CHI)
7) Gerald Everett | LAC (vs. KC)
8) Dalton Schultz | HOU (at IND)
9) Cole Kmet | CHI (at GB)
10) Darren Waller | NYG (vs. PHI)
11) Juwan Johnson | NO (vs. ATL)
12) Dalton Kincaid | BUF (at MIA)
13) Kyle Pitts | ATL (at NO)
14) Taysom Hill | NO (vs. ATL)
15) Chigoziem Okonkwo | TEN (vs. JAX)
16) Pat Freiermuth | PIT (at BAL)
17) Tyler Conklin | NYJ (at NE)
18) Cade Otton | TB (at CAR)
19) Logan Thomas | WAS (vs. DAL)
20) Isaiah Likely | BAL (vs. PIT)
21) Travis Kelce | KC (at LAC)
22) Tyler Higbee | LAR (at SF)
23) David Njoku | CLE (at CIN)
24) Tanner Hudson | CIN (vs. CLE)
25) George Kittle | SF (vs. LAR)
26) Jonnu Smith | ATL (at NO)
27) Noah Fant | SEA (at ARI)
28) Mike Gesicki | NE (vs. NYJ)
29) Noah Gray | KC (at LAC)
30) Dawson Knox | BUF (at MIA)
31) Hunter Henry | NE (vs. NYJ)
32) Kylen Granson | IND (vs. HOU)
33) Durham Smythe | MIA (vs. BUF)
34) Johnny Mundt | MIN (at DET)
35) Josh Oliver | MIN (at DET)
The Top TEs To Start in Week 18
Dalton Schultz, Houston Texans
Texans TE Dalton Schultz may be the TE10 on the year in full-PPR formats, but his production has been fairly volatile in 2023.
Despite C.J. Stroud returning under center last week, Schultz caught just two passes on four targets for just 19 yards.
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On the flip side, Schultz does have three games this year with 10+ targets and could be in line for an expanded role with WR Noah Brown unable to go in Week 18 while dealing with a back injury.
Schultz’s price point makes for an appealing stack with Stroud heading into the team’s first prime-time game of the year.
Gerald Everett, Los Angeles Chargers
The football gods have not exactly been kind to the Los Angeles Chargers in 2023. Injuries to Justin Herbert, Keenan Allen, and Mike Williams have made this offense a shell of its former self in 2023.
One player who has benefited from all of the chaos over the last four games has been TE Gerald Everett, who has seen 8+ targets in each of those contests.
Sure, he doesn’t have a touchdown or a 50-yard outing over that stretch, but in a week where trustworthy options are tough to come by, you can count on Everett in PPR formats on pure volume alone.
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