Week 16 Tight End Rankings: Evan Help Us

The time is now. This is for all the marbles. And folks, I'm here to provide you with some hungry, hungry hippos at the tight end position. So let's not waste any time. Here are your tight end rankings for Week 16.

Target Monsters

What can I say about Evan Engram except "Yikes!" I really should have had more confidence in his target share going into last week's game with Odell Beckham sitting out. Engram saw a league-high 12 targets last week. Granted, Odell also sat out in Week 14 and Engram only saw 5 targets that week. Still, if Odell misses this week's contest against the Colts, you probably don't have a better option than Engram in your roster.

Ricky Seals-Jones put up his second-highest target total of the year with 8, but so long as Josh Rosen is his quarterback, I'm not putting any faith into Seals-Jones to deliver in the championship week.

Zach Ertz had a respectable 7 in the target column this week, but that really doesn't tell the whole story. Ertz had only one worse fantasy outing this year -- in Week 11 against New Orleans -- and it looks like Nick Foles has crippled his value. You may not have a better option available, but I wouldn't be surprised if Foles continues to spread the ball around, making Ertz a low-end TE1 when you need him the most.

This is painful to type, but Blake Jarwin and Gerald Everett might actually be respectable plays in your championship-seeking rosters. Both tight ends have back-to-back weeks with 7 targets apiece, and even against somewhat tough defenses, their steady volume could give you what you need out of the volatile position.

	Composite	Jacob Trowbridge	Kurt Turner
Travis Kelce, KC, at SEA	1	1	1
George Kittle, SF, vs. CHI	2	3	3
Eric Ebron, IND, vs. NYG	3	2	4
Zach Ertz, PHI, vs. HOU	4	5	2
Jared Cook, OAK, vs. DEN	5	7	6
Evan Engram, NYG, at IND	6	6	7
Rob Gronkowski, NE, vs. BUF	7	8	5
Cameron Brate, TB, at DAL	8	10	8
David Njoku, CLE, vs. CIN	9	9	9
Austin Hooper, ATL, at CAR	10	11	11
Trey Burton, CHI, at SF	11	13	10
Vance McDonald, PIT, at NO	12	12	12
Jaylen Samuels, PIT, at NO	13	4	22
Chris Herndon IV, NYJ, vs. GB	14	15	13
Gerald Everett, LAR, at ARI	15	14	15
Kyle Rudolph, MIN, at DET	16	17	14
C.J. Uzomah, CIN, at CLE	17	16	17
Jimmy Graham, GB, at NYJ	18	18	18
Ian Thomas, CAR, vs. ATL	19	20	16
Dallas Goedert, PHI, vs. HOU	20	22	19
Matt LaCosse, DEN, at OAK	21	21	21
Blake Jarwin, DAL, vs. TB	22	19	23
Jordan Thomas, HOU, at PHI	23	23	20
Benjamin Watson, NO, vs. PIT	24	24	24
Nick Vannett, SEA, vs. KC	25	25	26
Vernon Davis, WAS, at TEN	26	27	25
Ricky Seals-Jones, ARI, vs. LAR	27	26	27
Anthony Firkser, TEN, vs. WAS	28	28	28
Tyler Higbee, LAR, at ARI	29	30	29
Antonio Gates, LAC, vs. BAL	30	29	30
James O'Shaughnessy, JAC, at MIA	31	31	32
Mark Andrews, BAL, at LAC	32	32	31
Jesse James, PIT, at NO	33	33	33
Lance Kendricks, GB, at NYJ	34	34	34
Levine Toilolo, DET, vs. MIN	35	36	35
Mike Gesicki, MIA, vs. JAC	36	35	37
Ed Dickson, SEA, vs. KC	37	37	36
Charles Clay, BUF, at NE	38	39	38
Adam Shaheen, CHI, at SF	39	38	41
Ryan Griffin, HOU, at PHI	40	41	39
Hayden Hurst, BAL, at LAC	41	40	42
Dan Arnold, NO, vs. PIT	42	42	43
Virgil Green, LAC, vs. BAL	43	43	44
Josh Hill, NO, vs. PIT	44	44	45
Jordan Reed, WAS, at TEN	45	50	40
Mo Alie-Cox, IND, vs. NYG	46	45	47
Luke Stocker, TEN, vs. WAS	47	47	46
Demetrius Harris, KC, at SEA	48	46	48
Dalton Schultz, DAL, vs. TB	49	48	49
Lee Smith, OAK, vs. DEN	50	-	50
Rhett Ellison, NYG, at IND	51	49	52
Jermaine Gresham, ARI, vs. LAR	52	-	51
Garrett Celek, SF, vs. CHI	53	-	53
Logan Paulsen, ATL, at CAR	54	-	54
Derek Carrier, OAK, vs. DEN	55	-	55
Marcedes Lewis, GB, at NYJ	56	-	56
Luke Willson, DET, vs. MIN	57	-	57
Maxx Williams, BAL, at LAC	58	-	58
Darren Fells, CLE, vs. CIN	59	-	59
Dwayne Allen, NE, vs. BUF	60	-	60