If you didn't already feel like there were no great options at the tight end position, here's the bye week to drill that unfortunately reality into your face. Jimmy Graham, Vance McDonald, and Jared Cook are all staying home this Sunday. But fear not, I've found some very respectable fill-ins to get you through Week 7. Onto the rankings!

Target Monsters

Over the last two weeks, David Njoku has 23 targets, more than any other tight end over that span. Njoku and Baker Mayfield have become BFFs (Buds in Fantasy Football) over the last few week, and their connection could ramp up even more this week against a withered Bucs defense.

Is Austin Hooper the real deal? His 10 targets last week were impressive, as was his 90% catch percentage and his 71 yards. I'd still temper expectations a bit this week, as the Giants are much better against tight ends than the last two teams Hooper's faced.

Despite heading into their last two matchups as favorites, the Packers have found themselves playing from behind an awful lot as of late. That's good news for anyone rostering Jimmy Graham. Graham picked up 9 targets against San Francisco. He also had his first 100-yard game since November of 2016.

Jordan Reed also had 9 targets, but it wasn't the bounce back performance most were hoping for. Reed caught 5 passes for just 36 yards and no touchdowns. Ouch, you guys. His target volume still makes him a good play against Dallas this week, mostly because so many of the best tight ends are on bye.

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Rank Player Team Opponent 1 Zach Ertz PHI CAR 2 Travis Kelce KC CIN 3 George Kittle SF LAR 4 David Njoku CLE @TB 5 Rob Gronkowski NE @CHI 6 Austin Hooper ATL NYG 7 Eric Ebron IND BUF 8 Jordan Reed WAS DAL 9 Evan Engram NYG @ATL 10 C.J. Uzomah CIN @KC 11 Trey Burton CHI NE 12 O.J. Howard TB CLE 13 Kyle Rudolph MIN @NJY 14 Cameron Brate TB CLE 15 Greg Olsen CAR @WAS 16 Ricky Seals-Jones ARI DEN 17 Benjamin Watson NO @BAL 18 Geoff Swaim DAL @WAS 19 David Grinnage JAC HOU 20 Jeff Heuerman DEN @ARI 21 Vernon Davis WAS DAL 22 Charles Clay BUF @IND 23 Hayden Hurst BAL NO 24 Dallas Goedert PHI CAR 25 Chris Herndon NYJ MIN 26 Ryan Griffin HOU @JAC 27 Nick O'Leary MIA DET 28 Mike Gesicki MIA DET 29 Gerald Everett LAR @SF 30 Mark Andrews BAL NO