If you stood by your man at tight end in Week 6, you were likely rewarded. Darren Waller, Dallas Goedert, Kyle Pitts, and George Kittle all bounced back in a big way. The easiest thing to do, and the right thing to do in most instances, is just forget about them again for the next month. Start them without even thinking about it. Darren Waller is the exception to that plan.

Dull disclosure, I have been skeptical about Waller ever since he got to New York. I don't trust the Giants passing game to support a must-start pass catcher at any position. So naturally, I see his best game of the season as an opportunity to sell. Though you could make an argument to wait a week.

The Bills may not actually be a bad matchup now that they've suffered so many injuries, so the sell window may be open for a while. But the other concern I had with Waller was his age and recent injury history, which does make him risky to hold. And Daniel Jones didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday so it could be a moot point.

To be clear, the idea here is to sell high off a good game. I am not giving Waller away. But if I can upgrade any other position significantly I'm just as happy streaming Logan Thomas or Dalton Schultz this week.

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Who's Out
Numbers to Know
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Dalton Kincaid TE
BUF Buffalo • #86
Age: 24 • Experience: 2 yrs.
Dawson Knox is a streaming option in deep leagues.
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Numbers to Know
  • 10 -- Dalton Schultz led the Texans with 10 targets in Week 5.
  • 20.8% -- Kyle Pitts' 20.8% target share ranks third at the position.
  • 2.24 -- Sam LaPorta leads all tight ends at 2.24 yards per route run.
  • 4 -- Cole Kmet has four end zone targets. Travis Kelce is the only tight end with more.
  • 3.7 -- George Kittle has only averaged 3.7 catches per game with Brock Purdy. That makes him TD dependent, thankfully he has 10 touchdowns in 11 games.
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Matchups that matter
Dallas Goedert TE
PHI Philadelphia • #88
Age: 29 • Experience: 7 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

@ NYJ PHI -7 O/U 41.5

OPP VS TE

32nd

PROJ PTS

10.3

TE RNK

6th

YTD Stats

REC

21

TAR

28

REYDS

205

TD

1

FPTS/G

9.5
Dalton Schultz TE
HOU Houston • #86
Age: 27 • Experience: 7 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

vs NO NO -1.5 O/U 42.5

OPP VS TE

1st

PROJ PTS

8.5

TE RNK

13th

YTD Stats

REC

17

TAR

27

REYDS

154

TD

2

FPTS/G

8.9
Logan Thomas TE
WAS Washington • #82
Age: 32 • Experience: 9 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

@ ATL ATL -2.5 O/U 42

OPP VS TE

31st

PROJ PTS

8.4

TE RNK

11th

YTD Stats

REC

18

TAR

25

REYDS

183

TD

2

FPTS/G

11.6
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Logan Thomas TE
WAS Washington • #82
Age: 32 • Experience: 9 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

@ ATL ATL -2.5 O/U 42.5

OPP VS TE

30th

TE RNK

11th

ROSTERED

61%

YTD Stats

REC

18

TAR

25

REYDS

183

TD

2

FPTS/G

11.6
Thomas has at least seven PPR Fantasy points in all four games this season and two games with eight or more targets. He's coming off his best game of the year against the Bears. He won't likely match the nine catches for 77 yards he had last week but the Falcons have been a bottom five defense against tight ends this season.
Tyler Conklin TE
NYJ N.Y. Jets • #83
Age: 28 • Experience: 7 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

vs PHI PHI -7 O/U 41

OPP VS TE

22nd

TE RNK

16th

ROSTERED

15%

YTD Stats

REC

17

TAR

23

REYDS

203

TD

0

FPTS/G

7.5
The Eagles gave up a ton of points to tight ends early in the year, but they have been better lately. Conklin has seen five or more targets in four straight games and he's reached double digits in Fantasy points in three of those games. He's a fine bye week replacement and I'd start him over David Njoku as well.
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DFS Plays
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Evan Engram TE
JAC Jacksonville • #17
Age: 29 • Experience: 8 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

vs IND JAC -4 O/U 45.5

OPP VS TE

16th

PROJ PTS

10.5

TE RNK

5th

YTD Stats

REC

29

TAR

37

REYDS

260

TD

0

FPTS/G

11
The Colts are easier to throw against than run against and Engram is a huge part of this pass offense with eight targets in four straight games. Forgive the inefficiency and be thankful the pricing is based more on Fantasy points than targets per game.
Contrarian DFS Play
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Zach Ertz TE
WAS Washington • #86
Age: 33 • Experience: 12 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

@ LAR LAR -7 O/U 48.5

OPP VS TE

28th

PROJ PTS

8.6

TE RNK

16th

YTD Stats

REC

22

TAR

34

REYDS

146

TD

1

FPTS/G

8.5
Anybody who was buying into Zach Ertz's target share and expecting regression in efficiency caught a break in Week 5 as the targets dried up but Ertz reached the end zone. The Rams have been one of the best matchups for tight ends this year, so I'm going right back to him.
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Heath's Projections

My full set of Week 6 Fantasy football projections for every position are now available on SportsLine. 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 over at SportsLine.