Tight ends

Week 7 was a productive one for tight ends as a group. A whopping 16 tight ends, including Dallas' Jason Witten, who we've highlighted below, eclipsed 50 receiving yards, the most in a single week since Week 12 of the 2015 season. We probably will not see a repeat of that number in Week 8, primarily because Week 8 features a season-high six teams on a bye. One of those teams is the New York Giants, which immediately takes two elite tight end options off the board - Giants rookie Evan Engram and whoever the Giants’ opponent…

Tight ends were heavily involved in the action in Week 6. There was a dozen tight ends who had at least seven targets, and fourteen tight ends who caught at least one touchdown pass. Rob Gronkowski returned from his Week 5 absence and showed why he’s the best in the business, as he torched the New York Jets for 83 yards and two touchdowns. His counterpart in that game, Austin Seferian-Jenkins, finished tied for seventh in standard leagues in Week 6. Of course, he would’ve finished second behind Gronkowski had he not had a…

In Week 4, Ed Dickson had 62 receiving yards. It was his highest total in any game since 2012. Despite becoming the de facto starting tight end for the Carolina Panthers in the wake of Greg Olsen breaking his foot, Dickson’s Week 4 output seemed a bit unsustainable. About that … not only did Dickson improve upon his Week 4 production in Week 5, he nearly tripled it. He recorded a career-high 175 receiving yards. Not only was it a career-high for Dickson, it was the sixth-most receiving yards by a tight end in a single game…

Here is a complete list of tight ends who caught touchdown passes in Week 4: Tyler Kroft (two), Travis Kelce, Cameron Brate, A.J. Derby, O.J. Howard, James Hanna, Hunter Henry, Rhett Ellison, and Luke Willson. Not exactly a who’s who of tight ends, is it? Tight ends are more touchdown dependent than any other position in fantasy football. Ellison finished as a TE1 despite finishing tied for 44th among tight ends in yardage. Only Willson failed to finish as a TE1 after scoring a touchdown in Week 4. No one can predict who…

Here’s all you need to know about the fantasy tight end landscape last week: Marcedes Lewis was fantasy’s leading scorer among tight ends with 24.2 fantasy points in Week 3. That might not sound so strange until you consider that Lewis had more fantasy points in Week 3 than he had in either of the past two seasons. Lewis was joined as a TE1 in Week 3 by such obvious names as Ryan Griffin, Vernon Davis, Luke Willson, and Lance Kendricks. Oh, and Jason Witten and Travis Kelce, top-3 tight ends through the first two weeks of…