Fantasy football managers have been hit hard with a lot of injuries to key players this season, and Week 6 wasn’t any kinder with players like Christian McCaffrey, Justin Fields, Deebo Samuel, and more heading to the locker room.
What does the tight end landscape look like for Week 7 with all of these injuries, plus six teams on bye? Here are our early Week 7 TE rankings to help answer that very question!
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Which TE Should You Start in Fantasy Football?
1) Travis Kelce | KC (vs. LAC)
2) Mark Andrews | BAL (vs. DET)
3) Sam LaPorta | DET (at BAL)
4) T.J. Hockenson | MIN (vs. SF)
5) Evan Engram | JAX (at NO)
6) Dallas Goedert | PHI (vs. MIA)
7) George Kittle | SF (at MIN)
8) Darren Waller | NYG (vs. WAS)
9) Luke Musgrave | GB (at DEN)
10) Jonnu Smith | ATL (at TB)
11) Cole Kmet | CHI (vs. LV)
12) Kyle Pitts | ATL (at TB)
13) Logan Thomas | WAS (at NYG)
14) Gerald Everett | LAC (at KC)
15) Zach Ertz | ARI (at SEA)
16) Taysom Hill | NO (vs. JAX)
MORE: Early Week 7 Rankings — QB | RB | WR |Â K | DST
17) David Njoku | CLE (at IND)
18) Tyler Higbee | LAR (vs. PIT)
19) Dalton Kincaid | BUF (at NE)
20) Cade Otton | TB (vs. ATL)
21) Hunter Henry | NE (vs. BUF)
22) Michael Mayer | LV (at CHI)
23) Noah Fant | SEA (vs. ARI)
24) Dawson Knox | BUF (at NE)
25) Kylen Granson | IND (vs. CLE)
26) Trey McBride | ARI (at SEA)
27) Durham Smythe | MIA (at PHI)
28) Mike Gesicki | NE (vs. BUF)
29) Donald Parham Jr. | LAC (at KC)
30) Adam Trautman | DEN (vs. GB)
31) Noah Gray | KC (vs. LAC)
Top TEs To Start in Week 7
Jonnu Smith, Atlanta Falcons
With still one game left to be played on Monday night, Jonnu Smith is currently the TE9 on the season in half-PPR scoring formats! He’s been a steady fantasy asset up to this point, and Desmond Ridder is looking his way often.
The passing volume has slowly ticked up in this Atlanta Falcons offense recently, and the TEs are the main beneficiaries. You can start Smith as a TE1 moving forward.
Logan Thomas, Washington Commanders
After being steadily hyped up all last week after a big performance in Week 5, Logan Thomas fell flat with just one target. This is what it’s like playing tight ends in fantasy football, though, when you don’t have one of the top options!
In a plus matchup in Week 7 against the New York Giants, especially considering the bye-week landscape, Thomas is a fine option to plug back into your starting lineups.
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