Fantasy Football Week 8 TE Preview: Dalton Kincaid and Trey McBride have the upside to make tight end deeper
Everything you need to know about the tight end position in Week 8
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Let's take a look at the state of the tight end position. Travis Kelce, Mark Andrews, Darren Waller, George Kittle, T.J. Hockenson, Sam LaPorta, and Dallas Goedert are set-it-and-forget-it locks in your lineup. Kyle Pitts and Dalton Schultz are one good game away from being the same. Now we have Jake Ferguson coming back from a bye, while Dalton Kincaid and Trey McBride are about to see an increase in their targets due to injury.
That's 12 tight ends who I feel pretty good about, and I didn't mention TE9 Cole Kmet, TE10 Jonnu Smith, or Taysom Hill. Kmet is a sit or drop for now, but as soon as Justin Fields returns, I'll feel fine starting him. Smith is a start this week if you like the revenge-game narrative, or if you like a tight end who has scored at least 12 PPR Fantasy points in three of his past four outings.
Saying tight end is deep is a little different than saying it is good, but at the very least I'm willing to say the position is intriguing in Week 8.
My full set of Week 8 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 8. Projected stats for all starting tight ends are available, so be sure to check out the full set of projections at SportsLine.
Here's everything else you need to know about tight end in Week 8:
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Who's Out
The following players are not being projected to play Week 8 at this time. Here's what it means:
Everyone expects Dalton Kincaid to break out now.
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Ertz is on the shelf for the next month at least. Trey McBride should be a low-end starter.
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Numbers to Know
- 23.3% -- Trey McBride has been targeted on 23% of his routes this season, and now we expect him to run a route on most of Arizona's dropbacks.
- 1.87 -- Jonnu Smith's 1.87 yards per route run ranks third among tight ends who have earned at least 20 targets.
- 18.8% -- Dawson Knox was responsible for nearly a fifth of Josh Allen's red zone targets. Dalton Kincaid could take a lot of those.
- 42.9% -- More than 40% of C.J. Stroud's end-zone targets have gone to Dalton Schultz. That's tied with Goerge Kittle for the most at tight end.
- 13 -- Taysom Hill has seen 13 targets over the past two games, the most he's ever seen in a two game stretch in the NFL. We don't expect that to continue if Juwan Johnson is able to return.
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Matchups that matter
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McBride is already second among all tight ends in yards per route run behind only Travis Kelce. Now he's getting an opportunity boost due to the Ertz injury, and soon a quarterback upgrade with Kyler Murray coming back. He's a tough start this week against Baltimore, but I want him on my roster.
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Smith has fallen out of favor with Fantasy managers after a three-catch game in Week 7, but we can't be that picky at tight end. Smith had three straight games with at least 12 PPR Fantasy points before last week. He's still averaging more yards per target and yards per game than Kyle Pitts, and if you enjoy a good narrative, he has a revenge game against the Titans this week.
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DFS Plays
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You want to use a different tight end in cash games? Kelce has more than double the per game production of all but six tight ends this season. Evan Engram is a slightly better per dollar value if you really want to go cheaper, but his matchup is terrible.
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Conklin has at least five targets in four of his last five games, he's facing a mediocre Giants defense, and he's under $5,000 on FanDuel. There will be far more popular punts, but I'm not sure any are more likely to score a touchdown this week.
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Heath's Projections
My full set of Week 8 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 8. Projected stats for all starting tight ends are available, so be sure to check out the full set of projections at SportsLine.
