TE rankings and TE tiers: Ian Hartitz ranks his top 24 tight ends for Week 6 of fantasy football and sorts them into three tiers. Ian keeps believing in Dalton Kincaid at TE8, Brenton Strange climbs to TE12 as one of the league's most efficient receiving tight ends since 2025, and Darren Waller is the TE15 with real waiver wire upside. After every tier Ian stops for a bigger question about the position.
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TE rankings and TE tiers: Ian Hartitz ranks his top 24 tight ends for Week 6 of fantasy football and sorts them into three tiers. Ian keeps believing in Dalton Kincaid at TE8, Brenton Strange climbs to TE12 as one of the league's most efficient receiving tight ends since 2025, and Darren Waller is the TE15 with real waiver wire upside. After every tier Ian stops for a bigger question about the position.
TIER 1: THE BIG FIVE
Brock Bowers, Trey McBride, George Kittle, Isaiah Likely, Tucker Kraft.
Key question: what offenses have gotten the most out of their tight ends?
TIER 2: LOW-END TE1s
Travis Kelce, Juwan Johnson, Dalton Kincaid, Tyler Warren, Dallas Goedert, Pat Freiermuth, Brenton Strange, Harold Fannin Jr.
Key question: who have been the league's most efficient receiving tight ends since 2025?
TIER 3: BYE WEEK FILLERS AND DESPERATE FLEX OPTIONS
Tyler Higbee, Darren Waller, Chigoziem Okonkwo, Hunter Henry, Kyle Pitts Sr., Colston Loveland, Michael Mayer, AJ Barner, Dalton Schultz, Jake Ferguson, Mark Andrews.
Key question: who is the best bye week filler option at tight end? This week only: Pat Freiermuth, Tyler Higbee, Darren Waller, Chig Okonkwo.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:20 Tier 1: The big five
6:10 Key question: offenses getting the most out of their TEs
7:34 Fantasy Hoops draft week
8:02 Tier 2: Low-end TE1s
18:39 Key question: most efficient receiving TEs since 2025
19:55 Sling
20:31 Tier 3: Bye week fillers and desperate FLEX options
26:22 Key question: best bye week filler at TE
27:46 Wrapping up
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