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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Tight End
TIGHT ENDS
Written by Derek Brown
Hunter Henry (NE): 24% rostered
- Next Opponents: @NYJ, @SF, MIA
- True value: $4
- Desperate Need: $8
- Budget-minded: $2
Analysis: Henry blew up with the best game of his career in Week 2, recording a career-best 12 targets and 109 receiving yards. That target volume amounted to a ridiculous 44.4% target share for Henry against Seattle. Jacoby Brissett finished with only 144 passing yards, and 76% of that yardage went in Henry’s direction. None of Henry’s upcoming matchups are mouth-watering, but if he continues to see this large a market share of New England’s passing attack (or anything close to it), he will flirt with low-end TE1 fantasy status.
- Next Opponents: @CIN, @ARI, CLE
- True value: $3
- Desperate Need: $6
- Budget-minded: $1
Analysis: Ertz might not be dust after all. In Week 1, among 22 qualifying tight ends, he was sixth in separation and seventh in route win rate (per Fantasy Points Data). He followed that performance up with a 13.7% target share in Week 2 and led the team with 62 receiving yards. Ertz has two glorious streamable matchups upcoming. Last year, Cincy allowed the second-most fantasy points to tight ends. Arizona gave up the fourth-most yards per reception and the second-most receiving touchdowns to tight ends last year. If you’re hurting at tight end, Ertz is the best streaming option you can pick up for the next two games.
Colby Parkinson (LAR): 50% rostered
- Next Opponents: SF, @CHI, GB
- True value: $2
- Desperate Need: $4
- Budget-minded: $1
Analysis: Parkinson remains the Rams’ starting tight end. He should see an elevated role with Puka Nacua and now possibly Cooper Kupp out. In Week 2, Parkinson only managed a 7.4% target share and 12 receiving yards. Parkinson reminds me of Cade Otton last year: a league-average talent who could fall backward into some streamable weeks. Fortunately for us fantasy nerds, his upcoming schedule could allow for just that. Last year, Chicago allowed the fifth-most fantasy points to tight ends, while Green Bay gave up the second-most yards per reception and the sixth-most receiving touchdowns to the position.
Tucker Kraft (GB): 4% rostered
- Next Opponents: @TEN, MIN, @LAR
- True value: $2
- Desperate Need: $4
- Budget-minded: $1
Analysis: Kraft may have the most rest-of-season upside of any tight end on this week’s list. Last year, we got a glimpse of his upside as a weekly TE1. Sadly, Kraft can’t realize that upside again until Jordan Love is back under center. Green Bay leaned heavily on its ground game in Week 2 and will continue to do so until Love is back. Malik Willis only attempted 14 passes in Week 2. Kraft had an 80% route share and a 14.2% target share, which meant he only had two targets. Grab Kraft now while you can, because if his route share holds, he will resume TE1 production when Love returns.
Mike Gesicki (CIN): 4% rostered
- Next Opponents: WSH, @CAR, BAL
- True value: $1
- Desperate Need: $2
- Budget-minded: $0
Analysis: Gesicki’s Week 2 production will be difficult to sustain unless his snap share grows. Gesicki had a 25% target share and finished with 91 receiving yards in Week 2, but he did so while only playing 47% of the snaps. That’s not repeatable with his snaps capped like that in a three-way tight-end committee with Drew Sample and Erick All. The current pass-catching situation in Cincinnati could force the team’s hand, though. Cincy is starving for pass catchers opposite Ja’Marr Chase, so we could see Gesicki’s snap rate trend upward out of necessity until Tee Higgins returns or Andrei Iosivas steps up. If that happens, Gesicki could become a borderline TE1 option.
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