2026 NFL Tight End Rankings Week 7

Late in the third quarter of Sunday’s game in London, I declared October 18, 2026, “Random Tight Ends Day” on socials. I’ve rethought this.

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Why limit this to one day? The NFL doesn’t. So, when someone like Foster Moreau or Nate Boerkircher, whom I’m convinced produced my Krautrock album, scores a TD, you just might see a “RTED!” post.

Not that you asked, but now you know why.

Let’s take a look at our PPR double-digit-point scorers from Week 6:

Rank	Name	Team	TGT	REC	REC YDS	Y/R	TD	FPTS	ROST
1	Isaiah Likely	NYG	11	6	99	16.5	1	23.9	92.1%
2	Kyle Pitts Sr.	ATL	7	5	60	12.0	2	23.0	67.6%
3	Tommy Tremble	CAR	4	4	46	11.5	2	20.6	0.6%
4	Colston Loveland	CHI	7	6	65	10.8	1	18.5	89.4%
5	George Kittle	SF	8	5	69	13.8	1	17.9	96.9%
6	Michael Mayer	LV	9	7	95	13.6	0	16.5	9.2%
7	Hunter Henry	NE	5	4	48	12.0	1	14.8	53.9%
8	Foster Moreau	HOU	2	2	7	3.5	2	14.7	1.2%
9	Josh Cuevas	BAL	5	4	44	11.0	1	14.4	1.1%
10	Colby Parkinson	LAR	6	5	31	6.2	1	14.1	3.5%
11	Chig Okonkwo	WAS	7	7	69	9.9	0	13.9	18.6%
12	Darnell Washington	PIT	6	4	25	6.3	1	12.5	3.1%
13	Trey McBride	ARI	9	7	53	7.6	0	12.3	99.7%
14	Dallas Goedert	PHI	8	6	61	10.2	0	12.1	81.4%
15	Brock Bowers	LV	9	4	70	17.5	0	11.0	99.6%
16	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	8	7	38	5.4	0	10.8	89.7%
17	Brenton Strange	JAC	7	5	44	8.8	0	9.4	52.2%
18	Travis Kelce	KC	5	4	53	13.3	0	9.3	94.7%
19	Nate Boerkircher	JAC	2	2	8	4.0	1	8.8	1.7%
20	Tucker Kraft	GB	8	5	37	7.4	0	8.7	94.8%

You’ll see Moreau here, whose 2 receptions for 7 yards day was boosted by both catches being in the end zone. Boerkircher sadly did not make the grade, but he helped stop Brenton Strange from making it. Teammates, huh? Tommy Tremble made the grade, both by his productive day and by prompting the “RTED” post (I had not adopted the accompanying exclamation point yet). I answered all “Should I acquire Tommy Tremble?” questions in the Takeaways column this week.

I also raised concern in that column for Isaiah Likely’s value with the Giants handing the reins to J.J. McCarthy: this only changes my expectations; he’s still top-5 this week. It’s nice to see the Falcons recognizing that they have Kyle Pitts. Colston Loveland is finally regaining a semblance of value; while he’s a good blocker, he’s an above-average receiver who couldn’t corral a less-than-average pass from Caleb Williams for a second TD. Buffalo’s effort to contain Brock Bowers, illustrated nicely on the broadcast, left Michael Mayer free regularly; this is a situation to monitor. As for Josh Cuevas, I spoke about Matt Hibner, who was out Sunday, earlier this season; it’s nice to see the Ravens have three viable tight ends from a real-life perspective, but only one of them matters at all in fantasy. Chig Okonkwo will have to perform in a game the Commanders are not desperately trying to claw back their way into competition, but with the season-ending injury to Terry McLaurin, he should at least be on watchlists, or a speculative add in deeper leagues.

The top 20 season-to-date:

Rank	Name	Team	TGT	REC	REC YDS	Y/R	RUSH YDS	TD	FPTS	FPTS/G	ROST
1	Isaiah Likely	NYG	59	39	383	9.8	0	5	109.3	18.2	92.1%
2	Trey McBride	ARI	65	49	361	7.4	0	3	103.1	17.2	99.7%
3	George Kittle	SF	36	26	337	13.0	0	5	89.7	15.0	96.9%
4	Brock Bowers	LV	44	28	382	13.6	0	3	82.2	20.6	99.6%
5	Sam LaPorta	DET	37	27	316	11.7	0	3	76.6	15.3	97.1%
6	Tyler Warren	IND	36	30	213	7.1	6	3	69.9	14.0	97.3%
7	Juwan Johnson	NO	34	25	248	9.9	0	3	65.8	11.0	69.0%
8	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	29	21	180	8.6	4	4	63.4	10.6	50.1%
9	Travis Kelce	KC	27	20	299	15.0	0	2	61.9	12.4	94.7%
10	Michael Mayer	LV	34	28	266	9.5	0	1	60.6	10.1	9.2%
11	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	29	23	315	13.7	0	1	60.5	10.1	89.7%
12	Brenton Strange	JAC	33	26	279	10.7	0	1	59.9	10.0	52.2%
13	Tucker Kraft	GB	37	25	249	10.0	5	1	56.4	9.4	94.8%
14	Dalton Schultz	HOU	37	28	277	9.9	0	0	55.7	9.3	39.4%
15	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	30	19	166	8.7	0	3	53.6	8.9	90.8%
16	Hunter Henry	NE	24	19	225	11.8	0	2	53.5	8.9	53.9%
17	Mike Gesicki	CIN	17	12	159	13.3	0	4	51.9	10.4	16.4%
18	Tyler Higbee	LAR	29	24	246	10.3	0	1	50.6	8.4	20.4%
19	Kyle Pitts Sr.	ATL	22	15	169	11.3	0	3	49.9	8.3	67.6%
20	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	27	23	202	8.8	0	1	49.2	9.8	44.3%

Likely is now the TE 1 for the 2026 season, thanks in part to a league-leading 5 TDs. Efficiency without the TDs is not great; Jameis Winston didn’t help there, and I don’t believe McCarthy will either. Trey McBride has the volume to get back to and stay on top, but the depth of targets and TD rate need to increase, or Bowers will run away with the title this year. After George Kittle, Sam LaPorta, and Tyler Warren, the position is thin and is an argument for not drafting a mid-round TE in regular scoring formats. In a pinch, I cannot recommend Mayer highly enough: he only has two games below 9.2 PPR points, and, yes, while the floor is low (1.2 points in Week 5), he’s had games with 10 and 9 targets in the last three weeks. And that’s with Bowers on the field, putting a chink in the “addition by subtraction” argument. The Raiders need Mayer to be a receiver.

Looking at the red zone for Week 6:

NAME	TEAM	Tgt Rank	TGT	REC	REC YD	YD/REC	TD	PPR PTS	ROST %
George Kittle	SF	1	4	2	15	7.5	1	9.5	96.9%
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	1	4	3	11	3.7	0	4.1	89.7%
Kyle Pitts Jr.	ATL	2	3	3	25	8.3	2	17.5	67.6%
Colston Loveland	CHI	2	3	2	22	11	1	10.2	89.4%
Colby Parkinson	LAR	2	3	2	7	3.5	1	8.7	3.5%
Oronde Gadsden II	LAC	2	3	1	5	5	0	1.5	9.2%
Tommy Tremble	CAR	7	2	2	31	15.5	2	17.1	0.6%
Foster Moreau	HOU	7	2	2	7	3.5	2	14.7	1.2%
Darnell Washington	PIT	7	2	1	5	5	1	7.5	3.1%
Brock Bowers	LV	7	2	1	15	15	0	2.5	99.6%
Trey McBride	ARI	7	2	2	2	1	0	2.2	99.7%
Dalton Schultz	HOU	7	2	1	7	7	0	1.7	39.4%
Charlie Kolar	LAC	7	2	1	5	5	0	1.5	0.7%
Hunter Henry	NE	14	1	1	7	7	1	7.7	53.9%
Josh Cuevas	BAL	14	1	1	2	2	1	7.2	1.1%
Mo Alie-Cox	IND	14	1	1	1	1	1	7.1	0.6%
Nate Boerkircher	JAC	14	1	1	1	1	1	7.1	1.7%
Brevyn Spann-Ford	DAL	14	1	1	6	6	0	1.6	0.1%
Cole Kmet	CHI	14	1	1	2	2	0	1.2	1.7%
Tucker Kraft	GB	14	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	94.8%
Travis Kelce	KC	14	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	94.7%
Isaiah Likely	NYG	14	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	92.1%

I cut it off this week at Likely because I’m illustrating that while the top guys remain involved, production is variable for anyone, and Likely led Week 6 with no production in the RZ. Colby Parkinson’s presence bolsters my argument that Rams TEs are great best ball investments, but highly risky in managed leagues.

Here are the season-to-date RZ targets:

NAME	TEAM	Tgt Rank	TGT	REC	REC YD	YD/REC	RUSH YD	TD	PPR PTS	PPR P/G	ROST %
Trey McBride	ARI	1	13	8	27	3.4	0	3	28.7	4.8	99.7%
George Kittle	SF	2	10	8	67	8.4	0	4	38.7	6.5	96.9%
Isaiah Likely	NYG	3	9	8	62	7.8	0	4	38.2	6.4	92.1%
Sam LaPorta	DET	3	9	5	30	6.0	0	2	20.0	4.0	97.1%
Colston Loveland	CHI	3	9	5	51	10.2	0	1	16.1	2.7	89.4%
Brock Bowers	LV	6	8	4	52	13.0	0	3	27.2	6.8	99.6%
Juwan Johnson	NO	7	7	4	18	4.5	0	3	23.8	4.0	69.0%
AJ Barner	SEA	8	6	3	32	10.7	1	1	12.3	2.1	12.2%
Tucker Kraft	GB	8	6	5	2	0.4	3	1	11.5	1.9	94.8%
Oronde Gadsden II	LAC	8	6	3	20	6.7	0	1	11.0	1.8	9.2%
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	11	5	5	29	5.8	0	4	31.9	5.3	50.1%
Kyle Pitts Jr.	ATL	11	5	4	30	7.5	0	3	25.0	4.2	67.6%
Hunter Henry	NE	11	5	4	29	7.3	0	2	18.9	3.2	53.9%
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	11	5	4	33	8.3	0	1	13.3	2.7	44.3%
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	11	5	4	27	6.8	0	1	12.7	2.1	89.7%
Colby Parkinson	LAR	11	5	3	13	4.3	0	1	10.3	2.1	3.5%
Mark Andrews	BAL	11	5	2	9	4.5	0	1	8.9	1.5	72.6%
Darnell Washington	PIT	11	5	2	7	3.5	0	1	8.7	1.5	3.1%
Dalton Schultz	HOU	11	5	3	19	6.3	0	0	4.9	0.8	39.4%
Jake Ferguson	DAL	20	4	4	41	10.3	0	3	26.1	4.4	70.4%
Mike Gesicki	CIN	20	4	3	21	7.0	0	3	23.1	4.6	16.4%
Tyler Warren	IND	20	4	3	17	5.7	1	3	22.8	4.6	97.3%
Foster Moreau	HOU	20	4	3	8	2.7	0	3	21.8	3.6	1.2%
Darren Waller	CAR	20	4	2	19	9.5	0	2	15.9	3.2	20.0%
Eli Raridon	NE	20	4	2	2	1.0	0	1	8.2	1.6	1.4%

I raised this to a four-target minimum, as most teams have played six games and this is a good sample. Loveland finally housed one, and narrowly missed a second; he belongs in lineups, and if he makes me pay, so be it. Pat Freiermuth goes back on the bench, but I’m still holding. Guys like Oronde Gadsden II, Colby Parkinson, Darnell Washington, Foster Moreau, and Eli Raridon are nothing more than Anytime-TD darts if you partake.

And now, the top 30 for Week 7, but first:

These rankings are for Week 7 games ONLY. If you want to speak about them, hit me up in the COMMENTS.

These rankings are for base PPR leagues: 1 point per reception, 1 point for 10 yards rushing/receiving, 6 points per touchdown, and -2 points per fumble lost. No premiums or bonuses.

I’ll give player, player’s team, opponent this week, home or road game (H/R), day of game, time of game (early (E), late (L), or night (N)), current projected team total (Imp Pts) per DraftKings, opponent’s 2026 rank vs. tight ends, PPR points per game (PPG), PPR scoring rank for the season (Rank), and percent rostered per FantasyPros (Rost %).

Rank	Name	Team	Opp	H/R	W/L	Day	Time	Imp Pts	Opp Rk	PPR PTS	Sc Rank	Rost %
1	Brock Bowers	LV	LAR	H	L	SUN	L	22.0	2	82.2	4	99.6%
2	Trey McBride	ARI	DEN	H	L	SUN	E	19.5	18	103.1	2	99.7%
3	George Kittle	SF	ATL	R	W	SUN	E	26.3	22	89.7	3	96.9%
4	Sam LaPorta	DET	GB	H	W	SUN	L	28.3	6	76.6	5	97.1%
5	Isaiah Likely	NYG	HOU	R	L	SUN	E	16.0	10	109.3	1	92.1%
6	Juwan Johnson	NO	PIT	H	L	SUN	E	20.5	14	65.8	7	69.0%
7	Travis Kelce	KC	SEA	R	L	SUN	L	20.0	3	61.9	9	94.7%
8	Colston Loveland	CHI	NE	H	W	THU	L	26.8	7	42.5	25	89.4%
9	Kyle Pitts Sr.	ATL	SF	H	L	SUN	E	23.3	4	49.9	19	67.6%
10	Tucker Kraft	GB	DET	R	L	SUN	L	25.3	32	56.4	13	94.8%
11	Dallas Goedert	PHI	DAL	H	L	SUN	L	20.0	17	47.0	21	81.4%
12	Darren Waller	CAR	TB	H	W	SUN	E	23.8	23	39.8	27	20.0%
13	Michael Mayer	LV	LAR	H	L	SUN	L	22.0	2	60.6	10	9.2%
14	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	NO	R	W	SUN	E	24.0	27	63.4	8	50.1%
15	Mike Gesicki	CIN	BAL	R	W	SUN	E	25.0	8	51.9	17	16.4%
16	Tyler Warren	IND	MIN	R	L	SUN	E	17.5	1	69.9	6	97.3%
17	Hunter Henry	NE	CHI	R	L	THU	L	23.8	9	53.5	16	53.9%
18	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	TEN	R	W	SUN	E	19.5	11	53.6	15	90.8%
19	Mark Andrews	BAL	CIN	H	L	SUN	E	23.5	25	45.1	22	72.6%
20	Dalton Schultz	HOU	NYG	H	W	SUN	E	26.5	16	55.7	14	39.4%
21	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	IND	H	W	SUN	E	24.0	19	49.2	20	44.3%
22	Jake Ferguson	DAL	PHI	R	W	SUN	L	24.5	13	44.5	23	70.4%
23	Kenyon Sadiq	NYJ	MIA	H	W	SUN	E	22.0	29	41.1	26	35.2%
24	AJ Barner	SEA	KC	H	W	SUN	L	22.5	30	34.9	31	12.2%
25	Cade Otton	TB	CAR	R	L	SUN	E	20.8	24	37.6	29	7.5%
26	Darnell Washington	PIT	NO	R	W	SUN	E	24.0	27	42.6	24	3.1%
27	Tyler Higbee	LAR	LV	R	W	SUN	L	26.5	26	50.6	18	20.4%
28	Evan Engram	DEN	ARI	R	W	SUN	E	24.0	28	31.4	33	3.5%
29	Colby Parkinson	LAR	LV	R	W	SUN	L	26.5	26	20.5	41	3.5%
30	Noah Fant	NO	PIT	H	L	SUN	E	20.5	14	34.3	32	1.3%

It’s a little funny to me that Buffalo did a better job on Bowers than New England did. The Raiders face another defense that’s tough on TEs, and Bowers was limited in practice on Wednesday with hamstring and calf injuries. I’m not worried.

Kittle has a nice matchup, but Mike Evans’ Achilles injury is a concern. The 49ers depth at WR is gone, and they might have to rush Christian Kirk back. This ranking is precarious.

Travis Kelce has a tough matchup, and Rashee Rice did not practice Wednesday.

After Kelce, things get murky: Loveland, Pitts, Tucker Kraft, and Dallas Goedert are practically interchangeable this week. Kraft’s yards per target and per completion are at career lows, and he’s no longer a guaranteed top ten option to me. Goedert was fine with Tanner McKee under center.

Darren Waller could be in for a good day. The Buccaneers are currently 23^rd against TEs in PPR, but shutting down the Vikings and Cowboys TEs isn’t impressive.

I’ll be interested if Mayer and Bowers are either, neither, or both propositions this week. Mayer needs to be rostered; if he’s available in your league, evaluate whether he adds value to your team.

Freiermuth could be a top ten guy any week, but a 3.1-point performance against a plus opponent is discouraging, especially considering Aaron Rodgers had 49 attempts.

Warren is a risky proposition this week: he popped up on the Week 6 injury report on Friday with a groin issue and missed the game. He also did not practice on Wednesday. Monitor this situation.

Dalton Schultz also missed practice Wednesday as he battles a quad injury. He’s not startable right now regardless.

If you’re truly strapped this week, AJ Barner and Cade Otton have plus matchups. Tampa may get Baker Mayfield back for Week 7; he was a full participant on Wednesday.

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