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Fantasy Football Week 17 Tight End Preview: Projections, Numbers to Know, DFS Plays and More
Imagn Images Welcome to Fantasy Football Championship Week. Congratulations if you are still alive. This will be the last week of my position preview; Let’s get a championship! While there’s plenty of content for those trying to win it all this week, I plan to also take a look at this time of year through 2026. So you’ll still find waiver transfer additions, numbers to know, and Week 17 DFS is replayed below as normal. But to start, I’d like to offer a brief overview of what the position will look like in 2026. This year’s tight end was phenomenal, unlike any year I can remember. After all those false starts saying “tight end looks deep this year” and then looking foolish, this actually happened in 2025. Through Week 16, there are 12 tight ends averaging at least 11 PPR FPPG and another four averaging double digits. Outside of that pace are two guys who we hope will be better next year: Oronde Gadsden II and Colston Loveland. I’m already excited about the options we will have next year. That being said, there are several tight ends that were good this year that could disappear. At the top of the list is Travis Kelce, who would surprise no one if he decided to retire. I also have no idea if Darren Waller will return. And George Kittle won’t retire, but he will turn 33, so we have to at least consider a withdrawal. Jake Ferguson will likely be in trouble if George Pickens returns; he has had much less success when Pickens and CeeDee Lamb are available. And Dallas Goedert will be the poster boy for touchdown regression. With little doubt that the position will be deep, the question becomes about level breaks. Are Brock Bowers and George Kittle on the same level as Trey McBride? How big of a jump do we project for sophomores Tyler Warren, Harold Fannin and Colston Loveland? And what roles do Sam LaPorta and Tucker Kraft claim in their returns? These are the questions we will address this offseason. For now, let’s win a championship. Here’s everything else you need to know about the tight end in Week 17: Week 17 TE Preview TE Preview Numbers to Know 11 – Harold Fannin is the 11th player to catch at least 70 passes and record at least 700 yards in his age-21 season. He is the first tight end.16.46 – Brock Bowers averaged 16.46 PPR FPPG in his nine healthy games. He is certainly elite and could be even better next year if the offensive environment is better. 38% – Dalton Kincaid played 38% of the offensive snaps in Week 16. He hasn’t surpassed 40% since Week 5. It’s very difficult to trust a player who plays so little; he’s clearly not healthy.19.1% – Juwan Johnson has a 19% target share in Week 16. With Devaughn Vele out, Johnson is the number two option and a top-eight tight end this week.31.8% – Darren Waller has nearly a third of the Dolphins’ end zone targets this season. He played eight games.Week 17 Streamers (TE Preview) Projections provided by Sportsline Projections provided by Sportsline TE Preview Heath Projections My complete set of Week 17 Fantasy Football projections for every position is now available on SportsLine. You can find them here. Find out which of my favorite plays are projected to score higher than the consensus rankings and which don’t live up to the draft hype, at least in Week 17. Projected stats for all starting tight ends are available, so be sure to check out the full set of projections at SportsLine.
Published: 2025-12-23 21:08:00
source: www.cbssports.com
