Fantasy Football Rankings & Tiers: Sam LaPorta, Dalton Kincaid, Hunter Henry

Pat Fitzmaurice shares his weekly tiers and rankings to help you set your fantasy football lineups. Here is the full article including all positions. Below, Fitz dives into the tight end position for the week.

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Fitz’s Fantasy Football Week 2 Tiers & Rankings

TIGHT ENDS

Tier 1

• Travis Kelce

Tier 2

• Mark Andrews
• T.J. Hockenson
• George Kittle
• Dallas Goedert
• Darren Waller

Tier 3

• Pat Freiermuth
• Evan Engram
• Sam LaPorta
• Kyle Pitts
• Hunter Henry
• Tyler Higbee
• Dalton Kincaid
• David Njoku
• Luke Musgrave

Tier 4

• Cole Kmet
• Dalton Schultz
• Juwan Johnson
• Jake Ferguson
• Zach Ertz
• Gerald Everett
• Chigoziem Okonkwo
• Dawson Knox
• Irv Smith
• Logan Thomas
• Cade Otton
• Taysom Hill
• Hayden Hurst

Tier 5

• Durham Smythe
• Adam Trautman
• Tyler Conklin
• Isaiah Likely
• Mike Gesicki
• Noah Fant
• Noah Gray
• Austin Hooper
• Michael Mayer

Thank goodness Travis Kelce and Mark Andrews are tentatively expected to return from injuries that kept them out of action in Week 1, because the TE position is looking as gross as ever. We thought Darren Waller might offer us a safe harbor at the position this year, but now Waller is dealing with a hamstring injury. He insists he’s playing, but it’s worrisome that a player who’s missed 14 games over the last two seasons is already dinged up.

Rookie Sam LaPorta‘s 5-39-0 stat line from the Lions’ opening-night victory over the Chiefs might not have moved the needle for his fantasy teams, but his Week 1 usage bodes well for his rookie-year impact. LaPorta played 83% of the Lions’ offensive snaps and drew a target on 19.2% of his routes.

LaPorta wasn’t the only rookie tight end with exciting Week 1 usage. Bills first-rounder Dalton Kincaid had an 80% snap share in his debut and ran 39 routes. His 4-26-0 stat line won’t quicken any pulses, but what should quicken pulses is the reality that Kincaid operated as Buffalo’s primary slot receiver.

There were reports that Patriots TE Hunter Henry was Mac Jones‘ favorite target throughout training camp. Henry had 5-61-1 against the Eagles last week, playing 79% of New England’s offensive snaps. Consider him a low-end TE1 this week against the Dolphins.

Hayden Hurst put up a nice 5-41-1 stat line in Week 1, but keep him on your bench this week. He has a prohibitive Week 2 matchup against a Saints defense that allowed the fewest receiving yards to tight ends last year and opened the 2023 season by shutting out Titans TE Chig Okonkwo.