Fantasy Football Week 8 Tight End Preview: Streaming options, numbers to know, and more

If you showed patience with Mark Andrews, you're being rewarded. Over the past two weeks, Andrews is the number two tight end in Fantasy, and in Week 7, we saw him share the team lead in targets for the first time all season. If you're a Fantasy manager with Sam LaPorta on your roster, you should take note.

In the first run of projections this week, LaPorta did not project as a top-20 tight end in any format. And you know what? Of course, he didn't. He has three targets in his last two games combined. He has not topped four catches or 53 yards in a game all season. Still, I would be patient. It may not be much longer.

That's at least partially because Jameson Williams has been suspended for two games. Williams is second on the team with a 17.2% target share, while LaPorta lags well behind at 9.8%. For at least the next two weeks, there will be more opportunities. Hopefully, LaPorta will take advantage. 

Speaking of opportunities, another part of the problem is that there haven't been many in Detroit this year. Jared Goff is averaging just 29 pass attempts per game. That's partially because the Lions have gone more run-heavy but also because he has a higher sack rate, and he's averaging 9.3 yards per attempt, both of which lower play volume. I would expect some evenings in that regard as well, which lead to more opportunities. 

I'm faking LaPorta's ranking for at least one more week and encouraging those who drafted him to remain patient.

Here's everything else you need to know about tight end in Week 8:

Week 8 TE Preview

The following players are not being projected to play in Week 8 at this time. Here's what it means:

• 25.1% -- Brock Bowers leads all tight ends with a 25.1% target share this season. He's the TE1 in both redraft and Dynasty.
• 2.29 -- Will Dissly is averaging 2.29 yards per route run, second only to Dallas Goedert at the position.
• 19.5% -- Hunter Henry leads the Patriots with a 19.5% target share. The whole pie got bigger when Drake Maye took over, and Henry looks like a top-10 tight end.
• 7 -- Isaiah Likely leads all tight ends with seven end zone targets.
• 14 -- David Njoku saw 14 targets in his first game without Amari Cooper. He looks like a top-five tight end.

My full set of Week 8 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 8. Projected stats for all starting tight ends are available, so be sure to check out the full set of projections at SportsLine.