Last week was the first week that I ranked Mark Andrews based on where he projected, which was outside the top 20 tight ends. In previous weeks, I had fudged Andrews' ranking based on his reputation and the fact that I wasn't going to sit him anywhere. He responded with his best game of the year, which was just 9.5 PPR Fantasy points, the third-best tight end on his own team.
This week, the internal debate I am having is over Sam LaPorta. Coming off his bye, the Lions tight end has not scored double-digit Fantasy points in a game yet this year. He also does not have a game with more than five targets. In the projections, he's closer to TE24 than he is to TE12. I'm buying into the narrative that the Lions may have changed some things on their bye week and pushing LaPorta up into my top 12 in the rankings.
One guy you may have added last week to start during LaPorta's bye is Tucker Kraft. If you did, I would start Kraft again. He has 141 receiving yards and three scores in his last two games. I'm not sitting him until he gives me a reason to.
Here's everything else you need to know about tight end in Week 5:
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I won't lie to you guys. There's not a good streaming tight end option this week. Go make sure Evan Engram isn't available, he's a free agent in 30% of leagues. Conklin does have 23 targets in his last three games combined, which is awesome. He's averaged double-digit Fantasy points in that stretch, which is good enough to qualify him as the top streamer, even in a bad matchup.
Otton was disappointing last week, but he did have 17 targets in his two games prior. The Saints haven't allowed a tight end to score against them this season, but they have seen two different tight ends earn double-digit targets against them.
Ferguson is an excellent cash game option. He has seen at least seven targets in every game but one, and he's playing in what is projected to be one of the highest-scoring games on the slate. He's averaging more than 13 PPR FPPG in his last three games despite the fact that he still hasn't scored a touchdown.
Kraft's production last week looked a little fluky, and we're expecting the Packers to get Romeo Doubs back. For those reasons, I don't expect him to be highly rostered. But he's been arguably the best tight end in Fantasy with Jordan Love, and this game could easily be a shootout. His price is at least $500, too low.
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Heath's Projections
My full set of Week 6 Fantasy football projections for every position are now available on SportsLine. You can find them here. Find out which of my favorite plays are projected to score higher than consensus rankings and which don't live up to their draft hype, at least in Week 6. Projected stats for all starting tight ends are available, so be sure to check out the full set of projections at SportsLine.
