We are in that time on the fantasy football calendar where lineup mistakes can cost you a championship. With that in mind, our early Week 17 fantasy TE rankings are here to try and ensure you do not make a decision that you will regret when next Monday rolls around.
There might not be a trickier position to judge on a week-to-week basis, so let’s take a look at where the likes of Gerald Everett, Dallas Goedert, Isaiah Likely, and others fall in the early Week 17 TE fantasy rankings.
Week 17 Fantasy Football TE Rankings
All rankings are in half-PPR scoring format.
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1) Travis Kelce, KC | vs. CIN
2) George Kittle, SF | at WAS
3) T.J. Hockenson, MIN | vs. GB
4) Trey McBride, ARI | at PHI
5) Sam LaPorta, DET | at DAL
6) Evan Engram, JAC | vs. CAR
7) Jake Ferguson, DAL | vs. DET
8) Isaiah Likely, BAL | vs. MIA
9) David Njoku, CLE | vs. NYJ
10) Dallas Goedert, PHI | vs. ARI
11) Dalton Kincaid, BUF | vs. NE
12) Gerald Everett, LAC | at DEN
13) Tucker Kraft, GB | at MIN
14) Kyle Pitts, ATL | at CHI
15) Dalton Schultz, HOU | vs. TEN
16) Darren Waller, NYG | vs. LAR
17) Cole Kmet, CHI | vs. ATL
18) Taysom Hill, NO | at TB
19) Pat Freiermuth, PIT | at SEA
20) Cade Otton, TB | vs. NO
21) Tyler Conklin, NYJ | at CLE
22) Chigoziem Okonkwo, TEN | at HOU
23) Tanner Hudson, CIN | at KC
24) Logan Thomas, WAS | vs. SF
25) Tyler Higbee, LAR | at NYG
26) Jonnu Smith, ATL | at CHI
27) Juwan Johnson, NO | at TB
28) Noah Fant, SEA | vs. PIT
29) Kylen Granson, IND | vs. LV
30) Dawson Knox, BUF | vs. NE
31) Mike Gesicki, NE | at BUF
32) Adam Trautman, DEN | vs. LAC
Top TEs To Start in Week 17
Gerald Everett, TE, Los Angeles Chargers (at Broncos)
If you’re streaming the TE position, you’re grasping for any optimistic trend that you can get. In the first two games with Easton Stick playing significant time, Everett posted a solid 22.2% target share, and then last week against the Bills, the creativity of the Bolts with their versatile tight end was on full display.
Coming out of the first quarter break, a red zone screen pass out of a unique formation went his way, and it was followed on a scramble drill by Stick that resulted in Everett adapting his route and being tackled at the 1-yard line.
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You’re not going to find a perfect tight end on your wire, and Everett isn’t the exception. We’ve seen a capped yardage ceiling all season long (yet to reach 50 yards) and his next season with five touchdown catches will be his first.
But in an offense with limited options, Everett’s volume (eight-plus targets in three straight, his three highest target totals of the season) appears safe and in a low-octane pass game — a that role projects well in a PPR setting.
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