Fantasy Football Week 7 Tight End Preview: Streaming options, numbers to know, and more

It was a long, cold September, but in October the tight end position showed signs of life. We had 13 tight ends score double-digit Fantasy points in Week 6, a week after 16 accomplished the feat. Over the two weeks there are now 14 tight ends with a per-game average of at least 10 PPR Fantasy points. Yes, it's a small position but as bad as it's been we'll take whatever we can get.

In analyzing those 14 it's easy to view George Kittle, Brock Bowers, Evan Engram, Travis Kelce, Trey McBride, Kyle Pitts, Mark Andrews, and Sam LaPorta as legitimate. I'm not sure that's entirely correct considering LaPorta had just one catch in his lone October game, but it's easy. That's because those are the tight ends we had expectations for. What about the rest?

Cole Kmet and Tucker Kraft are the most believable of the rest. We've seen Kmet be a top-12 tight end before and he had one great game in September also. I'm not dropping Kmet on his bye week and if someone else does I'm considering adding him. Kraft is in one of the best pass offenses in football right now and the Packers just lost Dontayvion Wicks. I'm mostly buying him too. 

That leaves us with Colby Parkinson (I'm in if Cooper Kupp is out), Grant Calcaterra (maybe if Dallas Goedert is out), Jonnu Smith (nope), and Isaiah Likely. Likely was a bust in Week 6 but he had two more end zone targets, so I'm okay starting him if you simply can't find a better option. The jury is still out on whether Mark Andrews counts as a better option.

Regardless of how you feel about all these names, it's nice to have that many to talk about. I didn't even mention Jake Ferguson, who I'm holding through his bye, or Dalton Kincaid, who may be droppable with the addition of Amari Cooper. 

As always, you can check out the full set of projections at SportsLine for every position.

Here's everything else you need to know about tight end in Week 7:

Week 7 TE Preview

The following players are not being projected to play Week 7 at this time. Here's what it means:

• 1 -- LaPorta's one catch in Week 6 came on his only target, which isn't exactly encouraging even if it was a 52-yard touchdown.
• 7 -- Cole Kmet and Dallas Goedert lead all tight ends with seven explosive plays (16 yards or more).
• 6 -- Colby Parkinson has six red zone targets. George Kittle is the only tight end with more.
• 2.23 -- Brock Bowers' 2.23 yards per route run ranks second amongst tight ends with at least 20 routes this season.
• 27.4% -- Evan Engram's 27.4% target per route run rate ranks second amongst tight ends with at least 20 routes run this season.

My full set of Week 7 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.