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Tight End Week is off to the races, just like Tyler Higbee is gonna be in 2021. Below, you’ll find our half-PPR rankings for the safety blankets, highlighted by a few ties that you guys—the greater fantasy football populace—can help us settle.
Who would you rather have—T.J. Hockenson (floor) or Kyle Pitts (upside)?
Robert Tonyan or Noah Fant?
Cole Kmet or Gerald Everett? Of course, the presence of Jimmy Graham is a complication (for real, more on that later this week).
Austin Hooper or Rob Gronkowski? Both guys seems buried on their respective offenses. But one plays with a Hall-of-Fame quarterback, so...
Top 40 Tight Ends for 2021
RANK | NAME | TEAM | Heath | Skyler | Mark | Average |
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RANK | NAME | TEAM | Heath | Skyler | Mark | Average |
1 | Travis Kelce | KC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
2 | George Kittle | SF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.33 |
3 | Darren Waller | LV | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3.00 |
4 | Mark Andrews | BAL | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3.67 |
5 | Kyle Pitts | ATL | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6.67 |
6 | T.J. Hockenson | DET | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6.67 |
7 | Robert Tonyan | GB | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8.00 |
8 | Noah Fant | DEN | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8.00 |
9 | Tyler Higbee | LAR | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8.33 |
10 | Dallas Goedert | PHI | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9.33 |
11 | Mike Gesicki | MIA | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10.33 |
12 | Logan Thomas | WAS | 8 | 14 | 12 | 11.33 |
13 | Jonnu Smith | NE | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13.00 |
14 | Irv Smith Jr. | MIN | 13 | 13 | 16 | 14.00 |
15 | Cole Kmet | CHI | 19 | 16 | 14 | 16.33 |
16 | Gerald Everett | SEA | 17 | 15 | 17 | 16.33 |
17 | Blake Jarwin | DAL | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17.00 |
18 | Evan Engram | NYG | 16 | 19 | 20 | 18.33 |
19 | Austin Hooper | CLE | 23 | 21 | 15 | 19.67 |
20 | Rob Gronkowski | TB | 18 | 20 | 21 | 19.67 |
21 | Jared Cook | LAC | 21 | 17 | 22 | 20.00 |
22 | Hunter Henry | NE | 20 | 22 | 19 | 20.33 |
23 | Adam Trautman | NO | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22.67 |
24 | Eric Ebron | PIT | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24.67 |
25 | Anthony Firkser | TEN | 24 | 24 | 30 | 26.00 |
26 | Hayden Hurst | ATL | 26 | 28 | 26 | 26.67 |
27 | Zach Ertz | PHI | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27.67 |
28 | Dawson Knox | BUF | 27 | 26 | 32 | 28.33 |
29 | O.J. Howard | TB | 30 | 30 | 28 | 29.33 |
30 | Dan Arnold | CAR | 28 | 29 | 34 | 30.33 |
31 | David Njoku | CLE | 40 | 31 | 25 | 32.00 |
32 | Will Dissly | SEA | 34 | 33 | 29 | 32.00 |
33 | Jack Doyle | IND | 32 | 34 | 31 | 32.33 |
34 | Jordan Akins | HOU | 31 | 35 | 33 | 33.00 |
35 | Jimmy Graham | CHI | 33 | 36 | 35 | 34.67 |
36 | Mo Alie-Cox | IND | 37 | 32 | 39 | 36.00 |
37 | Pat Freiermuth | PIT | 36 | 37 | 36 | 36.33 |
38 | Chris Herndon IV | NYJ | 35 | 38 | 38 | 37.00 |
39 | Kyle Rudolph | NYG | 38 | 40 | 37 | 38.33 |
40 | Ian Thomas | CAR | 39 | 39 | 40 | 39.33 |