I hate to be "that guy" again, but why do tight ends hate fantasy football players? There could not be a better week to demonstrate the difference between the haves and the have-nots for tight end production. If you had George Kittle, you were obnoxiously happy. If you had Kyle Rudolph, you were expectedly depressed. But hey, we have to do this. So let's get into it.

Target Monsters

The Panthers did not miss Greg Olsen. Rookie tight end Ian Thomas looked like the future for Carolina, absorbing 11 targets en route to a productive, 9 reception, 77 yard day. The Saints are tough on opposing tight ends, but the overall lack of volume coming out of the position makes Thomas a bit o' gold you need to horde.

Jared Cook, I wish I knew how to quit you! Cook has averaged the 5th-most targets for tight ends, and is subsequently the TE5 on the season. Targets matter, people! Oakland has started a mini-surge lately, and Cook is still the primary offensive weapon. If he's on your roster, you need to start him this week against Cincinnati.

Hey, Rob Gronkowski is back! Despite whiffing on a tackle that ultimately cost the Patriots the game, Gronk put up a real nice stat line against Miami. He caught all 8 of his targets for 107 yards and a touchdown, looking like the Gronk of old.

Blake Jarwin invested heavily in Stickum this week, reeling in all 7 of his targets for 56 yards against Philly. Coming into that game, Jarwin had 7 total career receptions. So don't get too excited, is what I'm saying.



Jacob Trowbridge Travis Kelce, KC, vs. LAC 1 Zach Ertz, PHI, at LAR 2 George Kittle, SF, vs. SEA 3 Rob Gronkowski, NE, at PIT 4 Eric Ebron, IND, vs. DAL 5 Jaylen Samuels, PIT, vs. NE 6 Jared Cook, OAK, at CIN 7 David Njoku, CLE, at DEN 8 Cameron Brate, TB, at BAL 9 Vance McDonald, PIT, vs. NE 10 C.J. Uzomah, CIN, vs. OAK 11 Austin Hooper, ATL, vs. ARI 12 Ian Thomas, CAR, vs. NO 13 Evan Engram, NYG, vs. TEN 14 Vernon Davis, WAS, at JAC 15 Kyle Rudolph, MIN, vs. MIA 16 Jimmy Graham, GB, at CHI 17 Gerald Everett, LAR, vs. PHI 18 Chris Herndon IV, NYJ, vs. HOU 19 Trey Burton, CHI, vs. GB 20 Jordan Thomas, HOU, at NYJ 21 Benjamin Watson, NO, at CAR 22 Mark Andrews, BAL, vs. TB 23 Dallas Goedert, PHI, at LAR 24 Antonio Gates, LAC, at KC 25 Ricky Seals-Jones, ARI, at ATL 26 Dan Arnold, NO, at CAR 27 Jesse James, PIT, vs. NE 28 Nick Vannett, SEA, at SF 29 Matt LaCosse, DEN, vs. CLE 30 Tyler Higbee, LAR, vs. PHI 31 Ryan Griffin, HOU, at NYJ 32 Blake Jarwin, DAL, at IND 33 Mike Gesicki, MIA, at MIN 34 Anthony Firkser, TEN, at NYG 35 James O'Shaughnessy, JAC, vs. WAS 36 Hayden Hurst, BAL, vs. TB 37 Charles Clay, BUF, vs. DET 38 Ed Dickson, SEA, at SF 39 Levine Toilolo, DET, at BUF 40 Josh Hill, NO, at CAR 41 Michael Roberts, DET, at BUF 42 Virgil Green, LAC, at KC 43 Demetrius Harris, KC, vs. LAC 44 Adam Shaheen, CHI, vs. GB 45 Dalton Schultz, DAL, at IND 46 Jordan Akins, HOU, at NYJ 47 Luke Willson, DET, at BUF 48 Erik Swoope, IND, vs. DAL 49 Jordan Reed, WAS, at JAC 50

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