Week 10 TE Rankings: Tiers, Starts and Sits

Kittle, McBride, Bowers and Likely form tier 1 at 13.3 to 16.8 projected points. Start all four. After them the position drops fast. Nine tight ends share tier 2, between 9.4 and 11.9.

Hockenson, Kincaid and Henry all carry a Questionable tag, and Colston Loveland is on bye. Check the news before you set a lineup. Henry and Kincaid have the good setups. Sam LaPorta and Tucker Kraft do not.

Look at the length of each bar. A short bar is a safe week. A long bar is a gamble.

Blended from CBS, ESPN, FanDuel, FleaFlicker and Sleeper. Full PPR. Opp is this week's opponent. Range runs from floor to ceiling.

A tier is a group the projections treat as close to the same. Take the highest tier you can and stop splitting hairs inside it.

Kincaid is TE12 and projects 9.6. He is Questionable, so confirm he is active. The setup is strong. Buffalo is an 8.5 point favorite at the Jets. Its team total of 29.5 is the highest among the tight ends here. His season average is 10.4, also TE12, and he has had 18.0, 22.5 and 18.6 this year. His last three games were 10.8, 18.6 and 5.8. The worry is snaps. He played half of them last week, the lowest of his season. That is why he is not higher. Leagues roster him at 87.9 percent and start him at 59.6 percent. Start him if he plays.

Henry is TE13 and projects 9.4, and he is Questionable. If he is active, this is the best matchup at the position. Detroit ranks first of 32 as the softest defense against tight ends. The game total is 51.5, with New England at 24.5. His share of the targets is 15.8 percent over the last three games, up from 14.0 percent for the season. He scored 14.8 and 14.1 in Weeks 6 and 7. Then came 6.0 and 6.5. In Week 8 he played just 13 percent of the snaps. Check the status. Start him only if he is full speed.

LaPorta is TE7 and projects 11.4, and he is rostered in 96.4 percent of leagues. I understand why. He scored 22.4 and 19.8 in Weeks 4 and 5. The last three games tell a different story. He posted 2.8, 6.5 and 7.2, an average of 5.5. His share of the targets is 15.5 percent in that stretch, against 18.2 percent for the season. Detroit hosts New England with a team total of 27.0, which helps. New England ranks 25th of 32 against tight ends, which does not. Leagues start him at 87.0 percent. If you hold a better setup at the position, play it.

Kraft is TE10 and projects 10.1. Minnesota ranks 32nd of 32 against tight ends, the toughest in the league. He scored 9.5 against them in Week 1. His season average is 10.0, which is TE13. The recent games swing hard. He posted 14.8, 17.3 and then 1.9 last week. That is a big range, and this matchup pushes toward the low end. His share of the targets is 13.6 percent over the last three games, against 15.8 percent for the season. Green Bay is a 3.0 point favorite with a team total of 22.8. He is started in 80.0 percent of leagues. Sit him if you have a choice.

Okonkwo is TE14 and projects 8.9, the top of tier 3. He is rostered in 20.6 percent of leagues. His last three games were 13.9, 3.2 and 11.7, an average of 9.6. He scored 10.0 against the Giants in Week 5. His season average is 7.5, which is TE24, so this is a stream and not a find. Washington is a 2.5 point underdog at New York with a team total of 19.0 and a game total of 40.5. That is a low scoring game. New York ranks 22nd of 32 against tight ends. Use him only if your tight end is on bye or hurt.

Waller is TE20 and projects 7.9. He is rostered in 30.6 percent of leagues. His last three games were 12.0, 2.1 and 23.0, an average of 12.4. That is a wild swing, and it is the nature of a part time role. He plays about half the snaps. Carolina is a 2.5 point underdog at New Orleans with a team total of 23.0 and a game total of 48.5. New Orleans ranks seventh softest against tight ends. The sources agree on a low number, with a spread of 1.67. Add him as a bench piece, and expect the floor more than the 23.0.

Defense rank 1 is the softest matchup for the position and 32 is the toughest. Team total is the points the game line gives his team.

Soft draws among the starters:

Tough draws among the starters:

Position rank this week against last week's. Only moves of 3 spots or more. Risers are ranked inside the top 18 now. Fallers were inside it last week.

Risers:

Fallers:

Check Sunday morning before you lock anyone in a questionable tag.

On bye in Week 10: CHI, DEN, PHI, TB.

How to read this. Projections blend CBS, ESPN, FanDuel, FleaFlicker and Sleeper, as published for Week 10. Rostered is the share of Sleeper leagues that hold the player. Tiers group players whose projections sit close together. Floor and ceiling are the 20th and 80th percentile of how scores have landed around projections like this one. They are a range, not a promise. Defense rank is points allowed to the position, where 1 is softest. Team total is the points the game line gives his team. Stats run through Week 9. Scoring is full PPR.