Tight ends are a tricky position to manage in fantasy football.
If you're lucky enough to have a top-tier TE, then it's incredibly easy to set your lineup each week. However, most of us are not that lucky and need to search the waiver wire and soft matchups in search of a serviceable tight end that might have a chance of getting into the end zone.
To help you out, I put together this summary of our top 10 ranked tight ends for week 17.
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No teams have a bye week this week, so you have a full slate of players to choose from.
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Full Rankings
If you want to dive head-first into the full set of projections for this week, here are our rankings for each format:
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Rankings Summary
1. Mason Taylor - TE (NYJ)
Mason Taylor played against the New Orleans Saints last week. He caught zero catches, zero yards and zero touchdowns. He is playing against the New England Patriots this week. We're projecting him for 8.3 catches, 75.0 yards and 0.4 touchdowns.
2. Trey McBride - TE (ARI)
Trey McBride is up against the Bengals this week. He is projected for 8.1 catches, 66.0 yards and 0.3 touchdowns. McBride played against the Atlanta Falcons last week. He caught 4 catches, 27 yards and zero touchdowns.
3. Tyler Warren - TE (IND)
Tyler Warren is playing against the Jacksonville Jaguars this week. He is projected for 5.9 catches, 53.8 yards and 0.3 touchdowns. Against the 49ers last week, Warren caught 3 catches, 30 yards and zero touchdowns.
4. Brenton Strange - TE (JAX)
Brenton Strange faces the Colts this week. He is projected for 6.2 catches, 52.8 yards and 0.3 touchdowns. Against the Broncos last week, Strange caught 5 catches, 39 yards and 1 touchdown.
5. George Kittle - TE (SF)
Last week, George Kittle faced the Colts. He caught 7 catches, 115 yards and 1 touchdown. He faces the Chicago Bears this week. Our system projects him for 5.0 catches, 55.1 yards and 0.4 touchdowns.
6. Chig Okonkwo - TE (TEN)
Our system projects Chig Okonkwo for 5.8 catches, 48.7 yards and 0.3 touchdowns versus the Saints this week. Okonkwo played against the Kansas City Chiefs last week. He caught 6 catches, 44 yards and 1 touchdown.
7. Pat Freiermuth - TE (PIT)
Pat Freiermuth is playing against the Cleveland Browns this week. Our system projects him for 5.6 catches, 46.4 yards and 0.2 touchdowns. Last week, Freiermuth faced the Lions. He caught 4 catches, 20 yards and zero touchdowns.
8. Darren Waller - TE (MIA)
Darren Waller is playing against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week. We're projecting him for 4.7 catches, 47.0 yards and 0.3 touchdowns. Against the Bengals last week, Waller caught 3 catches, 40 yards and zero touchdowns.
9. Michael Mayer - TE (LV)
Michael Mayer faces the Giants this week. We're projecting him for 4.2 catches, 40.5 yards and 0.3 touchdowns. Mayer played against the Houston Texans last week. He caught 1 catch, 10 yards and zero touchdowns.
10. Travis Kelce - TE (KC)
Travis Kelce caught 1 catch, 6 yards and zero touchdowns versus the Tennessee Titans last week. We're projecting 4.4 catches, 36.3 yards and 0.2 touchdowns for Travis Kelce this week as he faces the Broncos.
For more, check out our full rankings here.
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