Top 5 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Tight Ends (Week 14)

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Tight End

TIGHT ENDS

Written by Derek Brown

Will Dissly (LAC): 42% rostered

Next Opponents: @KC, TB, DEN
True value: $3
Desperate Need: $5
Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Yes, I know the goose egg from Dissly hurt last week, but that’s not a good reason to hop off the train. Prior to the horrible game last week, he had been quite good in fantasy. In Weeks 7-12, Dissly had a 19.1% target share, 19.3% first-read share and 2.01 yards per route run (per Fantasy Points Data). He averaged 48 receiving yards per game and had two TE1 weeks (TE7, TE6). This week, he gets back into the TE1 good graces against a Kansas City pass defense that has allowed the fourth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.

Dawson Knox (BUF): 8% rostered

Next Opponents: @LAR, @DET, NE
True value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: If Dalton Kincaid misses Week 14, Knox should be on the streaming radar for every fantasy team without a locked-in top 5-7 TE option. Over the last two weeks, Knox has had a 14% target share. The Rams have bled out fantasy points to tight ends all year. Los Angeles has allowed the eighth-most fantasy points per game to the position.

Juwan Johnson (NO): 3% rostered

Next Opponents: @NYG, WAS, @GB
True value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Injuries suck. In Week 13, Taysom Hill was likely lost for the rest of the season with a knee injury. This moves Juwan Johnson up the target pecking order for a Saints team that is having trouble fielding a complete team of pass catchers at the moment. While I don’t love any of his upcoming matchups until he faces Green Bay in Week 16, Johnson should draw enough targets to put himself on the streaming radar. Last week, he finished tied for the team lead with an 18.9% target share and was one yard off the team lead in receiving yards with 36.

Noah Gray (KC): 11% rostered

Next Opponents: LAC, @CLE, HOU
True value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Since Week 11, Gray has been heavily involved in the Chiefs’ offense with a 52.2% route share, a 12.9% target share, 2.10 yards per route run, 49 receiving yards per game and four touchdowns (per Fantasy Points Data). During that three-game stretch, Gray has also had three end-zone targets and a 15.4% first-read share. None of his upcoming matchups are jumping off the page, putting him in the must-stream category, but if he continues to see this type of volume weekly, Gray could be the stretch-run version of what people were hoping to get from Isaiah Likely earlier this season.

Cole Kmet (CHI): 46% rostered

Next Opponents: @SF, @MIN, DET
True value: $0
Desperate Need: $1
Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Since Thomas Brown has been calling plays for Chicago, Kmet has had a 13.6% target share, 1.35 yards per route run, and an 11.9% first-read share (per Fantasy Points Data). He’s had more than 40 receiving yards in two of those three games, which puts him in the low-end streaming category, but he’s not much more than that over the next three games. The 49ers, Vikings and Lions have all held tight ends in check this season, allowing the fifth-fewest, 10th-fewest and the fewest fantasy points per game to the position, respectively.