2023 Fantasy Football - 3rd Rankings - Tight Ends

 On the other end of the spectrum from wide receivers is TE which has about 9.5 guys I’m confident in and then it’s the ultimate random number generator.

 

Rank	Player	Tm	Tar	Rec Yds	TD	FP	Pos ADP	1st Rank	1st PADP	2nd Ran	2nd PADP
TE1	Travis Kelce	KC	155	1326	9	297	1	1	1	1	1

 

Don’t overthink it.

 

Rank	Player	Tm	Tar	Rec Yds	TD	FP	Pos ADP	1st Rank	1st PADP	2nd Ran	2nd PADP
TE2	Mark Andrews	BAL	131	1046	8	240	2	2	2	2	2
TE3	TJ Hockenson	MIN	145	1097	6	242	3	3	3	3	3

 

These guys are also good.

 

Rank	Player	Tm	Tar	Rec Yds	TD	FP	Pos ADP	1st Rank	1st PADP	2nd Ran	2nd PADP
TE4	George Kittle	SF	92	815	6	184	4	4	4	4	4
TE5	Kyle Pitts	ATL	88	647	6	151	7	5	6	5	5
TE6	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	89	584	6	156	9	8	9	6	9
TE7	Dallas Goedert	PHI	72	590	6	147	6	7	5	7	7
TE8	Darren Waller	NYG	82	616	6	155	5	9	7	8	6
TE9	Evan Engram	JAX	88	588	3	135	8	10	8	9	8

 

We can quibble about order but these are also good options.

 

Rank	Player	Tm	Tar	Rec Yds	TD	FP	Pos ADP	1st Rank	1st PADP	2nd Ran	2nd PADP
TE10	David Njoku	CLE	94	733	6	170	10	13	10	11	10
TE11	Dalton Schultz	HOU	69	469	4	119	11	6	11	10	11
TE12	Tyler Higbee	LAR	102	725	5	172	14	11	15	13	15
TE13	Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	66	565	5	132	15	15	14	14	16
TE14	Dawson Knox	BUF	63	476	3	106	21	12	21	12	23
TE15	Irv Smith Jr	CIN	68	493	4	122	20	17	19	15	20
TE16	Greg Dulcich	DEN	58	442	4	103	16	14	16	16	14
TE17	Juwan Johnson	NO	57	410	6	112	18	16	17	17	19
TE18	Cole Kmet	CHI	58	400	4	103	13	19	12	18	13
TE19	Gerald Everett	LAC	61	427	4	107	19	23	18	19	17
TE20	Tyler Conklin	NYJ	79	573	4	136	27	22	26	25	25
TE21	Logan Thomas	WAS	67	500	4	118	36	28	36	26	36
TE22	Zach Ertz	ARI	58	410	3	98	23	24	25	21	26
TE23	Cade Otton	TB	57	377	3	93	35	20	35	22	35

 

I’m still higher on Knox than ADP I’ve raided Kincaid 7 spots but still think Knox is going to have a sizable role. This dropped mostly due to staring down the barrel at Knox in a draft and avoiding making the pick for multiple rounds. Thomas has been good when on the field but is old, so I get the doubt. Otton is the last one that surprises me, he’s a starter on a roster that has two surefire receivers and not much else. I’m not even that high on him projection-wise but again, TE is rough after TE 9.

 

Rank	Player	Tm	Tar	Rec Yds	TD	FP	Pos ADP	1st Rank	1st PADP	2nd Ran	2nd PADP
TE24	Isaiah Likely	BAL	64	445	4	107	33	18	29	20	29
TE25	Hunter Henry	NE	62	474	6	126	29	25	30	27	30
TE26	Noah Fant	SEA	61	450	3	106	31	27	28	32	32
TE27	Sam LaPorta	DET	41	307	3	77	17	32	20	28	18
TE28	Luke Musgrave	GB	49	389	2	85	25	31	32	29	34
TE29	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	53	386	3	94	12	36	13	30	12
TE30	Jake Ferguson	DAL	62	481	5	132	28	21	34	24	28
TE31	Trey McBride	ARI	49	339	3	88	30	29	27	31	27
TE32	Mo Alie-Cox	IND	55	373	4	100	45	48	38	45	41
TE33	Austin Hooper	LVR	60	469	4	114	45	30	38	33	41
TE34	Hayden Hurst	CAR	43	282	3	77	26	33	24	34	24
TE35	Michael Mayer	LVR	45	356	2	79	24	37	23	39	22
TE36	Luke Schoonmaker	DAL	48	366	4	94	45	35	37	46	40
TE37	Durham Smythe	MIA	40	292	3	78	44	41	38	35	41
TE38	Adam Trautman	DEN	45	353	3	87	42	53	38	36	38
TE39	Will Dissly	SEA	45	369	3	92	45	34	38	44	41
TE40	Noah Gray	KC	40	314	2	75	45	39	38	41	39
TE41	Jordan Akins	CLE	42	342	2	76	45	38	38	43	41

 

Couldn’t quite get the 2.5 rookie starters up into the bottom of the TE2s but they all shuffled up a bit. Mo Alie-Cox jumps up with Jelani Woods on the IR to start the year, Trautman is still only behind Dulcich who’s had a terrible camp and then we’re out of TE ADP.