TE Notes
- Hopefully George Kittle is good to go with his knee sprain this week. If he plays, you are playing him. But it is just enough of a concern to lower him below the equally impressive Mark Andrews and Travis Kelce.
- I love Hunter Henry this week, as a matchup against the Chiefs should pull the Chargers out of their shell. And if they insist on not throwing to Austin Ekeler, Henry will be the primary beneficiary. His Week 1 line of five catches on 8 targets for 73 yards was a great start to what I think will be a big year.
- We all forgot about Jared Cook this offseason, but he had a productive Week 1, and now gets a reduced Michael Thomas and a great matchup against the Raiders. He could challenge for the top of his tier this week.
- Noah Fant will regain the yellow tier next week, as he looked impressive against the Titans in the opener. I’m a bit worried about Drew Lock facing this Steelers defense, however, so let’s adjust our rankings in the meantime.
| Rank | Name | Team | Opp | Kickoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Andrews | BAL | @ HOU | Sun 4:25pm ET |
| 2 | Travis Kelce | KC | @ LAC | Sun 4:25pm ET |
| 3 | George Kittle | SF | @ NYJ | Sun 1:00pm ET |
| 4 | Zach Ertz | PHI | vs LAR | Sun 1:00pm ET |
| 5 | Hunter Henry | LAC | vs KC | Sun 4:25pm ET |
| 6 | Jared Cook | NO | @ LV | Mon 8:15pm ET |
| 7 | Darren Waller | LV | vs NO | Mon 8:15pm ET |
| 8 | Evan Engram | NYG | @ CHI | Sun 1:00pm ET |
| 9 | T.J. Hockenson | DET | @ GB | Sun 1:00pm ET |
| 10 | Jonnu Smith | TEN | vs JAC | Sun 1:00pm ET |
| 11 | Dallas Goedert | PHI | vs LAR | Sun 1:00pm ET |
| 12 | Noah Fant | DEN | @ PIT | Sun 1:00pm ET |
| 13 | Hayden Hurst | ATL | @ DAL | Sun 1:00pm ET |
| 14 | Tyler Higbee | LAR | @ PHI | Sun 1:00pm ET |
| 15 | Logan Thomas | WAS | @ ARI | Sun 4:05pm ET |
These are helpful, but are you going to bring back the ROS rankings? Those are even more useful.
It was a lot for me to pull them both off every week. I’ll try to get an update though every few weeks. I wasn’t sure how helpful they were though, good to know!