If it’s been a rough start to the season for you, by all means, feel free to shake your fist at the heavens and curse the fantasy gods for smiting you. But fight on, friends. None of us have been mathematically eliminated from the fantasy playoffs yet. Miracles do happen.
Fight on.
Here are my tiers and rankings for the week. Below we dive into a few notable players.
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Dallas Goedert finally jump-started his season with an 8-117-1 performance against the Rams last week. Now he gets a plum matchup against a Jets defense that has allowed the most fantasy points to opposing TEs. The Jets boast a terrific pair of outside cornerbacks in Sauce Gardner and D.J. Reed, so it makes sense for opponents to use their tight ends heavily. Expect Jalen Hurts to look to Goedert early and often on Sunday.
I’m starting to think that Logan Thomas could have low-end TE1 value or even midrange TE1 value the rest of the way. As noted in the wide receiver section above, Commanders QB Sam Howell hasn’t been throwing to WRs Terry McLaurin and Jahan Dotson as much as we expected. Thomas has drawn a 14% target share so far. He had 9-77-1 on 11 targets last week against the Bears, and I think Thomas will continue to see nice target totals since Howell seems more comfortable throwing to the middle of the field than to the boundaries. Thomas gets a juicy Week 6 matchup against a Falcons defense that has allowed the second-most fantasy points per game to TEs.
If I were a Darren Waller investor — and I’m not, since I thought the Darren Waller hype got wildly overheated during fantasy draft season — I would be looking for excuses not to use him this week against a Buffalo defense that has yielded 19 catches, 156 yards and zero touchdowns to TEs so far this season. Not only is the matchup daunting, but Waller is dealing with a groin injury (although he was able to practice on Thursday).
After being nearly invisible in Weeks 1-3, Dalton Schultz has scored a touchdown in each of the last two weeks and has been TE4 in PPR scoring over that span. But this is a good week to disembark from the Schultz bandwagon. He’ll face the Saints, who pose a skull-and-crossbones matchup for opposing TEs. New Orleans is the only team to have allowed fewer than 100 receiving yards to tight ends this season. The Saints have yielded 14-99-1 to TEs so far.
-Pat Fitzmaurice
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