Week 8 TE rankings and TE tiers: Ian Hartitz ranks his top 24 tight ends for Week 8 of fantasy football and sorts them into three tiers. Trey McBride is Mr. TE1 with at least seven catches in every game this season, T.J. Hockenson is the TE7 in the single best matchup of the week against the Lions, and Chigoziem Okonkwo is the TE11 and streamer of the week, with his route share up from 61% to 68% to 85% since returning from injury. After every tier Ian stops for a bigger question about the position.
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Week 8 TE rankings and TE tiers: Ian Hartitz ranks his top 24 tight ends for Week 8 of fantasy football and sorts them into three tiers. Trey McBride is Mr. TE1 with at least seven catches in every game this season, T.J. Hockenson is the TE7 in the single best matchup of the week against the Lions, and Chigoziem Okonkwo is the TE11 and streamer of the week, with his route share up from 61% to 68% to 85% since returning from injury. After every tier Ian stops for a bigger question about the position.
TIER 1: THE BIG SIX
Trey McBride, Brock Bowers, Dalton Kincaid, Colston Loveland, Dallas Goedert, Tucker Kraft.
Key question: who have been the tight end position's best per-route receivers this year? T.J. Hockenson, Dallas Goedert and Kenyon Sadiq stand out in yards and targets per route run.
TIER 2: LOW-END TE1s WITH A PULSE
T.J. Hockenson, Sam LaPorta, Kyle Pitts, Hunter Henry, Chigoziem Okonkwo, Harold Fannin Jr.
Key question: what tight ends have the best overall game environments this week? The Patriots stand out with a good offense and a good matchup, a big reason Hunter Henry got a bump.
TIER 3: THE TE2 MINEFIELD
Brenton Strange, Travis Kelce, Michael Mayer, Mike Gesicki, Pat Freiermuth, Tyler Higbee, Colby Parkinson, Darren Waller, AJ Barner, Mason Taylor, Kenyon Sadiq, Greg Dulcich.
Key question: who should bye-week-needy tight end teams look to stream? Chigoziem Okonkwo first, Michael Mayer second.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:23 Tier 1: The big six
5:34 Key question: the best per-route TEs
7:10 Tier 2: Low-end TE1s with a pulse
14:04 Key question: the best game environments
16:01 Tier 3: The TE2 minefield
23:56 Key question: bye-week TE streamers
24:42 Wrapping up
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