Rest-of-Season Tight End Rankings — Standard

By Red Zone Rank engine · Rankings as of Tue, Oct 13, 5:32 AM ET (v6)

Brock Bowers is our TE1 for the rest of the season in Standard, ahead of Sam LaPorta and Isaiah Likely. The biggest riser since the last publish is Isaiah Likely (TE15→TE3); the biggest faller is T.J. Hockenson (TE7→TE19).

Rest of season boardsQB RB WR TE Flex K DST OverallAlsoWeek 6 Tight End (live)

Rankings table

Rest of season (Weeks 6–17) TE · Standard · Proj = expected points over the horizon (each week's mean line scored × P(active), byes at zero) · Range = 20th–80th percentile of the summed weekly outcomes · each future week uses that week's opponent; an injured player's return is priced by P(active)
Rank	Player	Team	Proj	Verdict	Note
Tier 1 · Must start
1	Brock Bowers LV	LV	110.5	Start	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 13; expected 111 points · 20–80 range 87–133.
Tier 2 · Start
2	Sam LaPorta DET · up 2 4→2	DET	89.2	Start	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 6; expected 89 points · 20–80 range 69–107.
3	Isaiah Likely NYG · up 12 15→3	NYG	89.0	Start	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 8; expected 89 points · 20–80 range 68–107.
4	Trey McBride ARI · down 1 3→4	ARI	87.0	Start	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 14; expected 87 points · 20–80 range 66–104.
5	George Kittle SF · down 3 2→5	SF	85.3	Start	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 8; expected 85 points · 20–80 range 65–104.
Tier 3 · Sit
6	Tyler Warren IND · up 5 11→6	IND	73.5	Start	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 13; expected 73 points · 20–80 range 56–90.
7	Dallas Goedert PHI · up 2 9→7	PHI	72.6	Start	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 10; expected 73 points · 20–80 range 55–90.
8	Pat Freiermuth PIT · up 12 20→8	PIT	71.4	Start	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 9; expected 71 points · 20–80 range 53–89.
9	Tyler Higbee LA · up 4 13→9	LA	71.0	Start	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 11; expected 71 points · 20–80 range 55–88.
10	Juwan Johnson NO · down 5 5→10	NO	70.6	Start	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 8; expected 71 points · 20–80 range 54–86.
11	Brenton Strange JAX · up 3 14→11	JAX	66.4	Start	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 7; expected 66 points · 20–80 range 51–82.
12	Mike Gesicki CIN · down 4 8→12	CIN	65.9	Start	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 6; expected 66 points · 20–80 range 48–81.
13	Tucker Kraft GB · down 3 10→13	GB	65.4	Flex	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 11; expected 65 points · 20–80 range 50–80.
14	Harold Fannin Jr. CLE · down 8 6→14	CLE	61.8	Flex	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 11; expected 62 points · 20–80 range 45–78.
15	Dalton Kincaid BUF · up 1 16→15	BUF	58.4	Flex	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 7; expected 58 points · 20–80 range 45–72.
16	Hunter Henry NE · up 11 27→16	NE	57.8	Flex	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 11; expected 58 points · 20–80 range 42–74.
17	Kyle Pitts ATL · new	ATL	55.2	Flex	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 11; expected 55 points · 20–80 range 39–69.
18	Cade Otton TB · up 4 22→18	TB	53.6	Flex	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 10; expected 54 points · 20–80 range 40–66.
19	T.J. Hockenson MIN · down 12 7→19	MIN	52.8	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 6; expected 53 points · 20–80 range 37–67.
20	Dalton Schultz HOU · up 3 23→20	HOU	51.6	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 8; expected 52 points · 20–80 range 37–64.
21	Greg Dulcich MIA · up 5 26→21	MIA	49.7	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 6; expected 50 points · 20–80 range 35–63.
22	Mark Andrews BAL · up 2 24→22	BAL	49.7	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 13; expected 50 points · 20–80 range 35–62.
23	Colston Loveland CHI · down 2 21→23	CHI	49.2	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 10; expected 49 points · 20–80 range 35–63.
24	Jake Ferguson DAL · up 1 25→24	DAL	49.1	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 14; expected 49 points · 20–80 range 34–64.
25	Michael Mayer LV · down 7 18→25	LV	48.4	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 13; expected 48 points · 20–80 range 34–62.
26	Chig Okonkwo WAS · new	WAS	48.3	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 7; expected 48 points · 20–80 range 34–61.
27	Noah Fant NO · up 1 28→27	NO	46.2	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 8; expected 46 points · 20–80 range 32–60.
28	Kenyon Sadiq NYJ · down 9 19→28	NYJ	46.0	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 13; expected 46 points · 20–80 range 33–59.
29	Eli Raridon NE · new	NE	44.3	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 11; expected 44 points · 20–80 range 31–56.
30	Evan Engram DEN · new	DEN	44.1	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 10; expected 44 points · 20–80 range 31–56.
31	Darnell Washington PIT · down 2 29→31	PIT	43.4	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 9; expected 43 points · 20–80 range 30–56.
32	Matthew Hibner BAL · new	BAL	42.6	Sit	Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 13; expected 43 points · 20–80 range 30–54.

Showing 24 of 32 · tiers 3+ below

Key changes since the previous publish

Isaiah Likely up 12 to TE3
Pat Freiermuth up 12 to TE8
Hunter Henry up 11 to TE16
Tyler Warren up 5 to TE6
Greg Dulcich up 5 to TE21
Trey McBride down 1 to TE4
Darnell Washington down 2 to TE31
Colston Loveland down 2 to TE23
George Kittle down 3 to TE5
Tucker Kraft down 3 to TE13
5 new to the board.

Generated from the diff between published versions; reasons are the engine's.

The engine's read on the rest of the season

Engine byline · no human author

Engine-generated rest-of-season board: the same projection sources as the weekly boards, rolled forward week by week with each week's opponent, byes at zero and P(active) from the injury report, summed to the fantasy playoffs' end. No analyst has reviewed it yet.

Tiers 1–2 in depth

Brock BowersTE1 · LV

Median 110.5 · 20–80 range 86.8–133.3. Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 13; expected 111 points · 20–80 range 87–133.

player page

Sam LaPortaTE2 · DET

Median 89.2 · 20–80 range 69.3–107.2. Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 6; expected 89 points · 20–80 range 69–107.

player page

Isaiah LikelyTE3 · NYG

Median 89.0 · 20–80 range 67.8–107.5. Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 8; expected 89 points · 20–80 range 68–107.

player page

Trey McBrideTE4 · ARI

Median 87.0 · 20–80 range 66.4–104.4. Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 14; expected 87 points · 20–80 range 66–104.

player page

George KittleTE5 · SF

Median 85.3 · 20–80 range 65.1–104.4. Weeks 6–17: 11 games, bye Week 8; expected 85 points · 20–80 range 65–104.

player page

Common questions about rest-of-season TE rankings

Who is the top tight end in Standard?

Brock Bowers, our TE1 with a 110.5-point median; Sam LaPorta is TE2.

How this board is built

Projectionsens-fit-2026w05-mkt-2026-w6-2026-10-13+mkt-2026-w06-2026-10-13-09+ros-w6-17

Marketmasked

Simulation10,000 outcomes per player

Accuracyscored after the week flips

Rankings versionv6 · Tue, Oct 13, 5:32 AM ET

Ranks tagseed-ros-2026-w6-20261013T0932

Projection sources are blended by weights fitted on the forecast ledger; ranges come from simulated outcomes with injury status priced in. Every number on this page is the engine's. Data credits

More rankings

Rest of season · other positionsQuarterback Running Back Wide Receiver Flex Kicker Defense Overall

TE · other formatsRest of season TE — PPR Rest of season TE — Half-PPR

TE · other weeksWeek 6 Tight End (live)

This weekAsk about this board Waiver wire Injury report

VersionsRankings v0850ba1e· projections ens-fit-2026w05-mkt-2026-w6-2026-10-13+mkt-2026-w06-2026-10-13-09+ros-w6-17· lines 2026-w06-2026-10-16-20· injuries 2026-10-15T22:45:25Z· engine build aabb2e5· Report a problem with this version