Top 24 Tight End Rankings & Tiers - 2024 Fantasy Football

Introduction [Music] greetings and salutations everyone my name is ang kof and welcome to my YouTube channel today I'm going to be talking about my updated top 24 tight end rankings for the 2024 fantasy football season now over the course of today's episode I'm going to be talking about each of these tight ends on an individual basis sharing with you guys my thought process and opinions and of course presenting statistics in order to justify their overall rankings because many of you will be drafting this upcoming weekend so I want to present this so that you can make the most form decisions in your upcoming drafts so with 24 tight ends to talk about let's begin with our number one and still my Travis Kelce number one tight end going into the season Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs I understand that Travis Kelce in 2023 wasn't up to his normal standard if you compare his 2022 statistics to his 2023 statistics sure it was a huge drop off but he was still able to manage from weeks 2 through 22 8.31 targets per game and 12.78 half PPR fantasy points per game now one of the primary reasons why Travis Kel's numbers dropped so significantly was because of the lack of touchdowns scored when we look at Travis Kel's touchdowns from 2020 to 2023 his total numbers consisted of 11 10 12 but most recently only five touchdowns had himself a lack of utilization within the Red Zone primarily because the offense for the Kansas City Chiefs weren't finding much success within the Red Zone over the course of the entire season in fact when you look at the 2022 Chiefs they scored 59 total offensive touchdowns in comparison to 2023 which was 20 two less total touchdowns scored when the Kansas City Chiefs get back on track this season with more weapons surrounding Patrick Mahomes and they're far more capable of getting into the Red Zone and of course Patrick Mahomes finding his number one target I mean he's throwing behind the back passes to Travis Kelce in preseason games he trusts him wholeheartedly and going into the season I do anticipate to see Travis Kelce get back to the top of the conversation at the tight end position moving to our number two the only other player within the S tier of course is Sam LaPorta Sam lorta the reigning number one overall tight end in fantasy football half PP are he came off of a season in which many of us expected him to get utilization but did not anticipate as a rookie that he'd put together the greatest tight end rookie performance of all time so going into year two the expectation is that Sam leapor should only improve getting himself a greater rapport with Jared gof which should lead to more opportunities within this passing game and continue to build upon being the number two receiving option within this offense now the reason why Sam loraa had himself such a huge workload in 2023 primarily revolves around the idea that Dan Campbell the head coach of this team was a former tight end in the National Football League additionally used to be a former tight end's coach prior to becoming a head coach in the National Football League so the expectation is that the tight end Position will continue to be focused on he will get himself more opportunity and from what we have seen in each of the last two seasons with the Detroit Lions whether Sam lorta has been there or not tight ends for the Detroit Lions have scored eight or more receiving touchdowns within the Red Zone in each of the last two seasons leapor should continue to benefit from that overall factor and maintain within the S tier now before I move on to the a tier and begin talking about Mark angel I want to remind you guys if you have not yet already be sure to subscribe to the channel we're making daily fantasy football content for the entirety of the 2024 season in order to help you capture a Fantasy Football Championship so in order to give yourself an edge besides these videos you can also travel down to the description and get your hands on 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patreon link is down in the description you can find all that content and much more thank you very much for the support all right let's Mark Andrews begin the a tier by talking about Mark Andrews from 2019 to 2022 Mark Andrews had always ranked as a top five tight end in fantasy football unfortunately last season had his you know Season cut shorts due to an injury but prior to the season ending injury from weeks two through 10 he was averaging 6.56 targets per game and 12.18 fantasy points per game that's number three overall in terms of fantasy points scored and fantasy points per game on average throughout that span of time but if you expand those Statistics over the the course of a 17 Game season he would have been on Pace for 111 targets 81 receptions 984 receiving yards 11 receiving touchdowns and 27.0 two fantasy points which would have made him the number one overall tight end in fantasy football in 2023 and it wasn't long ago that he was the number one tight end in fantasy football you just have to look back to 2021 he has been a consistent option in fantasy every year he continues to maintain as Lamar Jackson's number one option and the number one Red Zone threat of this offense in regards to the passing game which of course we know how successful the Baltimore Ravens offense has been over the course of Lamar Jackson's tenure and as we approach the future Mark Anders is only going to continue to benefit from that our number four we have Trey McBride of the Arizona Trey McBride Cardinals last season he began the year as the second string tight end of the Arizona Cardinals behind zackerz obviously because of Zack her's overall experience skill you know we expected Trey McBride to take a back seat once again but due to the season ending injury that took place early within the year for Zack ZZ it allowed Trey McBride to really have a shot within this offense and from weeks 10 through 18 with Kyler Murray he was a dominant Force for fantasy teams again many of us led to our championships because of the efforts of Trey McBride throughout those weeks he averaged 8.25 targets per game and 11.54 fantasy points per game while being able to Garner a 25.5% Target rate meaning one out of every four routes that he ran led to a Target the Arizona Cardinal in 2023 targeted their tight ends the most amongst all teams in the National Football League with 179 total targets the primary reason that took place was because of their offensive coordinator Drew petk who came over from the Cleveland Browns and was a former Cleveland Browns tight ends coach this is something very similar to what we talked about with Dan Campbell being a former tight ends coach and then of course now being the head coach of the Detroit Lions when there is a tight end Coach overall influence and you have a talent such as Trey McBride of course we're anticipating to continue to see a high level of success they're going to continue to feed him the ball the only primary target competition he has is Marvin Harrison Jr and as the number two receiving option of the Arizona Cardinal offense has a lot of value going into 2024 to close out the E TI we're going Dalton Kincaid to talk about the thumbnail of today's episode dton King Kade of the Buffalo Bills very similar to Trey McBride he started the 2023 season slow primarily because he was still trying to find his role within this offense but Dawson Knox early within the year had an injury he went to the injured reserve and in the absence of daon Knox dton King K really took over this offense from weeks 8 through 12 without Dawson Knox 7.4 Target per game and 10.72 fantasy points per game now once Dawson Knox did return from weeks 14 through 20 unfortunately all of his numbers decreased not primarily because Dawson Knox was garnering all of the utilization but it really began to focus on running the ball between James Cook and of course Josh Allen throughout that span of time dton canc only 5.4 targets per game and 6.97 fantasy points per game going into 2024 we've all heard the potential of dton conc being the number one receiving option of this offense and I truly do believe that the the bills are trying to emulate their offense based on what the Kansas City Chiefs have done over the course of the last couple years in the absence of Tyreek Hill being able to just fnal Target their Travis Kelce dton K Kade is going to be the Travis Kelce of this offense in terms of Target vacancies going into 2024 without Diggs Davis Hardy and sherfield there is a 50% vacancy in total offensive targets receptions receiving yards and receiving touchdowns again when half of your offense is missing because of those four players again there's a lot of potential for players to step up and we're anticipating that to be the case for dton concade who honestly is a wide receiver in a tight end's body that is going to continue to find success in 2024 moving on to the B tier we have Kyle pittz which Speaking of wide Kyle Pitts receivers in a tight end body we have Kyle Pitts who over the course of the last couple Seasons really hasn't been able to find himself much success with Marcus Mariota only 6.2 fantasy points per game Desmond Ritter 6.5 two fantasy points per game again not a lot of success but that's mainly because of the quarterback play it isn't his overall Talent you got to remember he's one of the highest drafted tight ends in NFL history and the talent level is certainly there but can a quarterback come in and unlock that Talent level well that remains to be seen can Kurt Cousins immediately enter this offense and Elevate the level of someone like Kyle pittz because we saw most recently T.J hackinson go from being a Detroit Lion and joining the Minnesota Vikings and his overall potential of play increased tfold I mean we saw T.J hackinson in 2022 as soon as he joined the Minnesota Vikings from weeks 9 through 17 averaging 9.4 targets per game and 10.87 fantasy points per game and imagine they had him practice all season long it was a mid-season trade he immediately came in and KT cousins continued to give him targets the following year while Kirk Cousins was healthy from weeks 1 through eight TJ hackinson averaging 8 and a half targets per game 11.29 fantasy points per game now over the course of the last couple years from 2021 to 2023 throughout Kyle pitts's career he's only had 10 games of eight or more targets 10 games out of his eligible 44 healthy games he has played in those contest where he's getting eight or more targets 11.13 fantasy points per game we have seen over the course of Kurt cousin's career that he can support tight end I mean you can even go back to his early days within the Washington organization where he was able to support Jordan Reed being the number two overall tight end and the number nine overall tight end from 2015 to 2016 he was able to support Kyle Rudolph in the first year that he you know ended up with the Minnesota Vikings in 2018 Kyle Rudolph was the top eight fantasy tight end again we have seen Kurt Cousins love to utilize his Titans on a consistent basis and with Kyle pittz having so much talent we're going to continue to see that in 2024 number seven we have George KD who again plain and simple does not get George Kittle enough utilization within this offense but quite frankly no one gets enough utilization outside of Christian mcaffrey you know guys like Brandon auk Debo Samuel barely vying for six plus targets per game on average which again isn't a lot of opportunity so when we have George K within this mix trying to compete with auk Debo and Christian mcaffrey it's difficult nonetheless George KD still maintained being a top five fantasy tight end since 2018 in all of his healthy seasons over the course of the last two years with Brock py as a starting quarterback throughout the regular season averaging 5.68 targets per game again not a great number but still 11.65 fantasy points per game we can absolutely thank all the touchdowns but of course the level of skill that George KD has after the catch among all tight ends last season he was number one in terms of yards per route run and number three in terms of yards after the catch he makes plays after the catch and of course as long as you get the ball in his direction is going to continue to dominate like I mentioned earlier his overall Target share is not enough 20% is not going to cut it in comparison to some of these other tight ends that are getting within the 30% range we'd love to see George K utilize as such but considering the entire scheme of the 49ers offense it's not going to lead in that direction maybe he'll lead to more touchdowns this year which will continue to help him Elevate but amongst all of the receiving options of that offense he was number three in terms of Red Zone targets behind Debo behind Christian mcaffrey and just barely head of Brandon auk but still going into 2024 has a lot of value considering he's associated with the top offense in the league Evan Engram moving on to the seat here we have Evan Ingram many have been confused about my overall ranking for Evan Ingram so listen closely I understand that he has been the number five and the number two overall tight end in each of the last two years and a half PPR scoring format within the Jaguars organization and prior to that found himself a lot of struggles and a lot of injuries within the New York Giants organization but since joining this team Doug Peterson the head coach and the primary play caller of this team really elevated him because of what Doug Peterson has done with tight ends in the past there's a reason why the Jacksonville Jaguars over the course of the last two seasons have been number six amongst all teams in terms of total tight end targets if we travel back to 2018 to 2020 the Philadelphia Eagles were number one amongst all teams in tight end targets Doug Peterson has always had a top 12 ranked tight end in every single offense that he has coached since 2016 the expectation is that of course Evan Ingram will continue to maintain as a tight end one but will he improve upon the stats that he produced last season my biggest concern is the fact that with Christian Kirk in the lineup it absolutely siphons away a lot of the slot receiving upside that Evan Ingram presents if we look at ever Ingram's overall receiving statistics from the slot position in comparison from 2022 in 2023 the number increased dramatically and the reason why that took place was because of course Christian Kirk had a season ending injury throughout weeks 1 through 12 of the 2023 season with Christian Kirk in the lineup Evan Ingram was averaging 7.45 targets per game and only 7.49 B points per game now once in fact Christian Kirk left the lineup due to his injury from weeks 13 through 18 Evan Ingram averaging 10.2 targets per game and 15.15 fantasy points per game was able to save his season throughout the final stretch because of the absence of Christian Kirk going into this year yes Evan Ingram is going to continue to be a featured option and perhaps maybe even the number one option of this offense but nonetheless the presence of Christian Kirk is absolutely going to limit his overall upside of potential on number nine the to continue to see tier is Jake Ferguson of the Dallas Cowboys Jake Ferguson here's the fact of the matter the Dallas Cowboys in each of the last three seasons have supported a top 10 tight end in fantasy football Dalton Schultz in 2021 and 2022 ranked as number nine and number three most recently of course Jake Ferguson as his first year as a starting tight end in the National Football League finishes the number eight overall tight end so going into this upcoming season we should continue to anticipate not only the similar numbers he produced last year from weeks 1 through 19 6.33 targets per game 9.66 fantasy points per game but potentially an improvement upon that considering this will be the second year within this offense he'll continue to gain a rapport with Dak Prescott they haven't brought in any additional Target competition he is still competing with CD lamb and of course Brandon Cooks but he is going to be clearing away the number two receiving option within this offense and considering he was number five amongst all players in the National Football League last season in Red Zone Targets number 13 in terms of Red Zone receiving touchdowns if we continue to see the Dallas Cowboys utilizing lamb and Jake Ferguson at a similar capacity within the Red Zone this season and potentially even in more negative game scripts considering the fact that their defense is going to take a step down this season and their running game certainly won't be as crisp as it was in seasons's past the expectation is that there should be far more utilization and an improvement from Jake Ferguson this year number 10 David Njoku we have David and joku to close out the C tier David and joku is a player that again with great quarterbacks can absolutely be unlocked and dominate last season from weeks 14 through 19 with Joe Flo 17.22% points per game throughout those five games with Joe Flaco as a starting quarterback but unfortunately with DeShaun Watson over the course of the last two seasons has only been able to average 6.83 fantasy points per game but luckily he has had jacobe brette he has had Joe Flaco to really Elevate his game you know after the fact that Deshawn Watson has tried to bury his lead Within These given Seasons yet he still finishes the number 12 and the number seven overall tight end and we'll take that but going into this year there is a little bit of concern as to what his overall upside is if deshun Watson continues to his value due to a lack of opportunity and of course potential touchdowns within the offense considering they're not able to score as much because of DeShaun Watson's overall efforts what we have heard all offseason from Kevin stefansky the primary play caller and head coach of this team he said that every game that they go into there are specific guys they are trying to force feed the ball and David aoku is at the top of that list and as long as they continue to give him those opportunities as fantasy football managers we should be happy with the potential that going into this upcoming year what David and Jo who was able to represent and demonstrate from weeks 14 through 19 of last year will continue to be their main state of the offense and they're going to continue to make him the number two receiving option only behind Amari Cooper but at times perhaps even ahead of Amari Cooper so considering the head coach primary play caller is all in on that idea we should have confidence going into 2024 to begin Dallas Goedert the D tier we have Dallas Goddard our number 11 so Dallas G primarily benefits from the fact that the new offensive coordinator K Moore is going to immediately allow him to step up in terms of his overall utilization and the potential for fantasy points because of the yardage and receptions that he's going to get now when we talk about touchdowns receiving options within the Philadelphia Eagles offense have not been relevant within the Red Zone in quite some time so we're not even anticipating an uptick of receiving touchdowns we're just primarily talking about receptions and receiving yards really allowing him to step up now when we see what Kell Moore has done as an offensive coordinator over the course of the last three seasons 2021 2022 and 2023 he has been an offensive coordinator two those season for the Dallas Cowboys one of those seasons for the Los Angeles Chargers in those last three years those tight ends within those specific teams combined for a total of 179 189 and 207 fantasy points within those given years considering Dallas SCD is quite literally the only tight end that they utilize within the passing game and as long as he is healthy he's on the field the entire time within 11 personnel sets or even 12 Personnel sets if they want to have another tight end in there for blocking we're anticipating to see Dallas SCD with a lot of utilization and considering dton Schultz associated with Kell Moore back in 2020 and 2022 with the Dallas Cowboys offense was the number nine and the number three overall tight end within those given years the expectation is that Dallas SCD should get back into being within the top 12 conversation at the tight end position again all he has to do is stay healthy Brock Bowers number 12 to close out the tight end one conversation we have Brock Bowers so when we talk about the history of success of rookie tight ends coming into the league and being immediate impact players especially those who are firstr selections there isn't really many when we talk about the last nine firstr drafted tight ends since 2014 so this since the last decade of football there have only been three tight ends that finish as tight end ones within their rookie campaign those tight ends being Evan Ingram Kyle pittz and dton K Kade now we've already mentioned all three of those players thus far this video and hopefully Brock Bowers can get himself within that conversation and continue the streak of success for tight ends who were given ample opportunity within their rookie year primarily because Evan Ingram Kyle pittz and dton King Kate all within their rookie year were giv 90 targets minimum so if in fact the new offensive coordinator of the Las Vegas Raiders Luke getsy is going to come in and immediately make you know an impact by getting the ball to their first round selection Luke getsy formerly of the Chicago Bears as their offensive coordinator in the last two years in the last two years he has helped Elevate coat to being a top seven fantasy tight end in each of those two seasons primarily in 2023 kkat had 90 targets so the opportunities are going to be there for Brock Bowers he is far too talented within this offense to be anything less than a top 12 tight end he should be the number two receiving Target behind Devonte Adams if in fact he's still the number three receiving option after jacobe Meers he can still find himself top 12 value all he has to do is score himself five to six touchdowns within the given year which he is certainly capable of doing so with gner mshu at quarterback our number 13 to begin the E Dalton Schultz tier is doton Schultz doltan Schultz is ranked as a top 12 tight end and fantasy football in each of the last three seasons and even though I'm projecting him as number 13 it suits him primar merely because of the target competition within the Houston Texans organization we've all seen it we've all talked about it Diggs Collins Dell on top of it Joe Mixon shouldn't be slept on as a receiving threat within this offense but nonetheless when we look at 2023 doltan Schultz within his first year in this offense only 5.7 targets per game honestly those numbers are probably going to stay very similar this year and only 8.12 fantasy points per game which again those numbers should look very similar going into 2024 the only reason I feel confident that he's going to maintain his value is because of the offensive coordinator Bobby slowick he's a former 49ers passing game coordinator in Seasons past we know that of course the 49ers Kyle Shanahan the influences there within that offense always have George KD on the field Dalton Schultz is going to be the George KD of this offense he's always going to be on the field he's always going to be utilized and even though he is going to be the you know the fourth receiving option of this offense similar in the way in which you know George kill is behind auk dbo Samuel and Christian mcaffrey that's the situation that dton Schultz is the number four re leaving option behind Dell Collins and Diggs is there enough opportunity I believe so this is going to be a pass heavy offense in 2024 Pat Freiermuth number 14 we have Pat fmuth who primarily benefits from the fact that we have a change at quarterback and offensive coordinator now in season's past Pat fry mouth has proven that he can be a top 12 fantasy just most recently in 2022 but over the course of the last three seasons hasn't really been given a lot of opportunity last season dealt with a lot of injuries and inconsistency at play in regards to the quarterback position last year I mean we had guys like trabitz picket and Rudolph that obviously weren't great but when you give him ample opportunity since 2021 five or more targets per game Pat fry mouth is averaging 9.37 fantasy points per game so hopefully the new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith coming in from the Atlanta Falcons the former you know play caller of that organization I mean the Falcons targeted their tight ends 174 times last year third amongst all teams in the National Football League both John new Smith and Kyle pittz had over 50 reception options in 2023 so if all those targets are going to be funneled in a singular direction of Pat fmuth as the number two receiving option only behind George pickings within this offense Russell Wilson should absolutely be looking in the direction of PA Routh especially considering this offensive line is falling apart and Russell Wilson is going to have to get the ball out of his hands as quickly as he possibly can to protect himself number 15 we have Tamm Hill I think this overall ranking is relatively fair but I would not be Taysom Hill surprised if he outpaces it the last two seasons he has finished as tied at number five and number 10 So based on his overall Fantasy Point production it would not surprise me that if in 2024 he's able to continue his you know streak of success he's going going to be a top 12 tight end once again and he is one of my favorite tight ends to take as my tight end two in almost every single one of my drafts outside of TJ hackinson primarily because again his value is dropping even further than number 15 but over the course of last season tasm Hill on a per game average 8.44 fantasy points per game in games in which he had 10 snaps or more with within the game again we're not asking for much he just needs to be on the field a couple times last season in games in which he had five rushing attempts or more 13.57oz role he has already gone ahead and defined his role purely he's a running back he's a fullback and he's a tight end he's running the ball out of the back field he's getting fullback Dives for you know Red Zone touchdowns and he's running routes as a tight end you know at the end of the line of scrimmage the fact of the matter is he's going to continue to get himself a high level of utilization with Jawan Johnson still dealing with an injury tesm Hill is not just the primary number one tight end of this offense but the Swiss army knife that is going to continue to benefit from the overall utilization and of course his skill number 16 to close out the etier I've moved down TJ T.J. Hockenson hackinson quite a bit primarily because again he is going to miss a significant amount of time and we talked about the level of you know success T.J hawson has had when we talked about KY pitch just moments ago the relationship the cow pit should be able to increase his overall play based on Kurt cousin's overall you know presence but when we talk about what hackinson did last season prior to his injury weeks 1 through 15 the number two overall tighted in terms of fantasy points number three in terms of fantasy points per game on average 11.69 fantasy points per game and a lot of those games were without Kurt Cousins from weeks 9 through 15 was averaging 9.12 targets per game and 12.23 fantasy points per game without kurk cousins in the lineup the quarterbacks were Josh dos and Nick Mullen throughout that span of time but unfortunately after week 15 Torres ACL season ending injury so going into 2024 considering he had his surgery completed on January 29th 20124 and there is a 9-month recovery process the expectation is that he should not be on the field until November so if he's going to miss the first 7even to 8 weeks let's say he's ahead of schedule let's say he only misses seven games going into the upcoming season they have a week n buy so unless you have a tight end already on roster that has a you know byee after week nine the selection of T.J hackinson is a little sketchy already because then you're going to have to get a third tight end on roster outside of that this investment is purely for the final six games of the season in terms of regular season fantasy football going into the fantasy playoffs if you're able to make it it's an investment you put on on your IR spot as soon as you're done with your draft you're hitting the waiver wire and you're picking up another player because he immed imediately slots in within the IR again he is a long-term investment but one I think is certainly of value even with Sam darnold that quarterback he is going to be heavily utilized because Kevin oconnell deems it to be so number 17 to begin the F tier is Hunter Hunter Henry Henry there's been a lot of conversation regarding Hunter Henry his health this offseason and him you know getting utilization within training camp but the fact of the matter is regardless of who's going to play quarterback he really does not have much Target competition and the fact that we have a new offensive coordinator CH change bringing in Alex Van Pelt the former OC of the Cleveland Browns from 2021 to 2023 with Alex velt as the OC of the Browns they were number three in terms of tight end Targets in Cleveland therefore the expectation is that Hunter Henry without Mike Kiki in his back pocket should be dominating this is a tight end that just back in 2021 was the number nine overall tight end with 50 receptions 603 receiving yards and nine receiving touchdowns last year obviously had to deal with the fact that he had unfortunately some uh some poor quarterback play but poor play calling over the course of the entire season so with a dysfunctional offense now being improved upon with a new OC with new quarterbacks the expectation is that Hunter Henry should be the number one receiving Target of this offense going into 2024 and additionally she'll be the number one receiving threat for the New England Patriots they're not going to score often but when they do it will be to Hunter Henry benefiting from that number 18 we have cole Kat speaking of Cole Kmet benefiting from touchdowns recently Cole KT over the course of the last two seasons caught himself seven touchdowns and has gotten himself to be the number seven overall tight end in each of the last two seasons minimum so if we're going to continue that pace if he's going to score himself a lot of touchdowns get himself what 90 targets like he did last year then of course he'll be in the mix and he'll continue to be a tight end one but I don't anticipate to see that once again this year primarily because of the target competition of DJ Moore Keenan Allen romad dun DeAndre Swift and also the fact that Shane Waldren is bringing in Gerald Everett a former tight end that he has coached in Seattle and with the Los Angeles Rams so with that all Tak into account and the fact that Shane Waldron's Seattle Seahawks offenses over the course of 2021 to 2023 have targeted their tight ends the 15th most time throughout that span of time again not the greatest overall numbers but Noah faint back in 2022 the best overall ranking he had and the best overall tight end ranking Shane walin has supported as a Seahawks OC was number 18 overall tight end in 2022 with Noah offense playing 17 games I understand colem Kat is coming off of a season that between weeks 4 through 16 was averaging 10.26 fantasy points game but I think those days are over based on the target competition number 19 we have Tyler Conlin Tyler Conlin has been very lowkey Tyler Conklin but very consistent for Fantasy purposes as a tight end 2 over the course of the last three years he is ranked as tight end 20 16 and 18 he never misses time due to injury and he gets a massive upgraded quarterback with Aaron Rogers now leading the New York Jets offense last season within this offense with Zach Wilson of course a quarterback sometimes of course Trevor Simeon just depending on what week it was but nonetheless in games in which Tyler conin was given five or more targets per game with still averaging 6.88 fantasy points per game I understand that's a low number but Tyler Conlin did not score a single touchdown last year primarily because the Jets were historically bad in 2023 in terms of total offensive touchdown score they were last in the National Football League with Aaron Rogers that's no longer going to be the case there will be more utilization hopefully within the red zone for Tyler Conlin in which he can be a spot start or a solid tight end too that may have upside as the season progresses moving on to the G tier we have k dton i I thought about putting K Cade Otton dton within the F tier because he certainly could put up very similar numbers to Hunter Henry Cole Kat in the idea that he's going to be a main benefactor within the red zone for touchdowns now again he's a big Target but he's going to have to compete with Mike Evans Chris Godwin and of course Rashad white so I thought within this overall tier he's safe and he's still a solid tight end to primarily because last year he finishes tight end number 19 overall and now he gets a bump in terms of his overall offensive coordinator they bring in Liam Cohen who is a former offensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Rams back in 2022 within that season Tyler higgy finishes the number nine overall ranked tight end in fantasy football Tyler higgy That season 108 targets 72 receptions 620 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns with 116.0 fantasy points now you have to understand the 2022 Los Angeles Rams outside of Cooper cup they had nobody and after Cooper cup left it was the Tyler Higg show so Kate Aon as much as I love him to be able to get into that top 12 conversation and be one of these tight ends who's able to accomplish that for the first time in his career I'd love to see that in 2024 unfortunately it is really a long shot for that to take place a couple of the factors that keep him within the conversation is still being a tight end to is the fact that last season he never left the field he played 90% of the offensive snaps in every single game and he shouldn't leave the field anytime soon maybe if in fact Baker Mayfield starts to favor him as a Target going into this season there's a chance for him to you know climb the rankings but outside of that just a saw low end tight end to number 21 we have Jonnu Smith John new Smith I've talked about John new Smith at nauseum over the course of the last couple live streams many of you guys have asked me what are players that you are you know really trusting in terms of deep sleepers I like you know guys like John new Smith I like guys like Joshua Palmer guys that are underrated but certainly have a potential going into this upcoming season with a lot of uncertainty within their offenses to find Value John new Smith last season finished as the number 17 overall rank tight end in games in which he had five or more targets last year was averaging 9.14 fantasy points per game what we have witnessed from the Miami Dolphins offense over the course of the last couple years is that they do not like to utilize the tight end position in fact last season they were dead last in tight end targets with only 52 so why sign jnu Smith why sign a receiving capable tight end unless Mike McDaniel had in his mind a scheme that he was going to implement in 2024 that was going to heavily utilize the tight end position if you look at 20122 when Mike mcdel joined the organization as a former Run game coordinator of the 49ers he immediately impacted the offense in 2022 by getting a lot of utilization at a Tyreek Hill and of course jayen W everybody else suffered in 2023 he maintained the receiving utilization of those guys but then focused on the running game getting Raheem moer and Devon Anan within the top tier of the conversation now going into 2024 very similar to the way that Kyle Shanahan runs his offenses besides getting himself a lot of utilization with his running backs elevating his wide receivers within the overall scheme he has a stud tight end by the name of George KD and I think the George k of this offense going into 2024 is going to be JN new Smith he's going to get himself a lot of utilization I promise you that the Miami Dolphins will not be last in tight end targets once again they're going to continue to get this young athletic tight end the ball in open space and allow him to make plays I mean we've even seen JN new Smith take snaps out of the backfield over the course of the last couple years within different offenses he is a very capable player and quite frankly I expect him to be one of the sleeper options at the tight end position moving on to Luke Musgrave are number 22 Luke Musgrave has Luke Musgrave potential to begin last season in games in which he played 60% or more of the offensive snaps was averaging 6.22 fantasy points per game and even though those aren't the greatest numbers the fact of the matter is there is a lot of Target competition within the Green Bay Packers offense we still don't know who the number one receiving Target is and quite frankly there may not be a number one receiving Target so if we're going to just value Luke Musgrave on the idea that anybody can score in any given week for the Green Bay Packers and maybe we want to take advantage of the idea that he has a pretty decent upcoming strength of schedule Luke Musgrave may be in fact on a route to where he could find himself a lot of success now the biggest risk that revolves around Musgrave is the fact that Tucker craft is also within this offense and after Musgrave had his midseason injury Tucker craft really did show that he is just as good at the tight end position number 23 we Chigoziem Okonkwo have Chim okono who last season I thought was going to be far better than he was over the course of the last couple years he's been a decent tight end wi given opportunity but quite frankly the Tennessee Titans offense last last year wasn't really in a position to give their tight ends opportunity but maybe in 2024 with Brian Callahan their new primary play caller the former OC of the Cincinnati Bengals I mean the Cincinnati Bengals over the course of the last three seasons have been able to produce the number 19 the number 23 and the number 29 overall tight end in fantasy football they targeted their tight ends last season 115 total times so if chuim Mo cono is going to be given ample opportunity I mean last season in games in which he was given five or more targets per game 7.35 fantasy points per game there is a potential within a lot of 11 personnel sets for him to be on the field almost all the time and of course be the primary receiving tight end of the Tennessee Titans offense to close out today's video we have Ben s the rookie tit end of the Washington commanders the Ben Sinnott primary reason he jumps into this conversation has to do with the most recent tradeit of Johan Dawson going to the Philadelphia Eagles and opening up more receiving you know usage for a guy like Ben sonat now I understand zackers is still within this lineup but Zack Herz has found himself injured in a lot of scenarios over the course of the last couple years and the primary reason you know Zack Herz was brought into this offense is because he already has a rapport with Cliff kingsberry Cliff kingsberry traded for Zack Herz back in 2021 he helped Zack ZZ accomplish a top five tight end standing within the given year but since then Zs of course has been getting injured every year so if sonat going to come in a second round draft pick and he's going to already take first team reps away from Zack hers within training camp and we no longer have Johan doson playing within the slot receiving role within this offense and they're going to run a lot of 12 Personnel sets there is is a lot of potential in which Ben sonat can very easily overtake Zack Herz become the primary slot receiving option of this offense and find himself to be the security blanket of the rookie quarterback Jaden Daniels which honestly would not surprise me that's why I have him in this conversation and going into 20124 I'm hoping he can find himself a lot of success all right guys that's going to cover for my top 24 tie rankings for the 2024 fantasy football season hope you guys enjoyed today's content if you did click the like button down below support the channel if you guys have not yet already by you know of course subscribing we are on our way to 100,000 subscribers thank you very much additionally if you guys want my all 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