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It's make-or-break time for fantasy football managers. In most leagues, only two more NFL slates remain to crown your league champion. Our Week 16 TNF fantasy football tight end rankings will help you with tough start-or-sit calls at the challenging TE spot. Let's dig into the Thursday tight ends rankings to see where key players like Jonnu Smith, Tucker Kraft, Cade Otton, Dalton Kincaid, and Stone Smartt stand, among others.
Our tight end fantasy football rankings for Week 16 are put together by Nick Mariano. In addition to our staff rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important TE fantasy football injury news for this week. There are always key injuries to keep track of, so check back throughout the week for updates.
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TNF Tight End Fantasy Football News for Week 16
- Hayden Hurst Questionable, Will Dissly Ruled Out
- Cade Otton Absent From Practice On Wednesday
- Noah Fant Limited During Wednesday's Practice
- Zach Ertz Does Not Practice On Wednesday
- Brenton Strange Dealing With A Shoulder Injury
- David Njoku Not In Line To Practice On Wednesday
- Evan Engram Undergoes Shoulder Surgery
TNF Tight End Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 16
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| TE Tier |
TE Rank |
Player Name |
Pos. | Overall Rank |
| 1 | 1 | Brock Bowers | TE | 24 |
| 2 | 2 | Trey McBride | TE | 41 |
| 3 | 3 | George Kittle | TE | 53 |
| 3 | 4 | Jonnu Smith | TE | 54 |
| 3 | 5 | David Njoku | TE | 55 |
| 3 | 6 | T.J. Hockenson | TE | 70 |
| 4 | 7 | Sam LaPorta | TE | 72 |
| 4 | 8 | Mark Andrews | TE | 84 |
| 4 | 9 | Tucker Kraft | TE | 86 |
| 5 | 10 | Travis Kelce | TE | 87 |
| 5 | 11 | Hunter Henry | TE | 96 |
| 5 | 12 | Jake Ferguson | TE | 99 |
| 5 | 13 | Dalton Kincaid | TE | 101 |
| 5 | 14 | Pat Freiermuth | TE | 105 |
| 6 | 15 | Brenton Strange | TE | 111 |
| 6 | 16 | Cade Otton | TE | 113 |
| 6 | 17 | Dalton Schultz | TE | 118 |
| 6 | 18 | Stone Smartt | TE | 121 |
| 6 | 19 | Kyle Pitts | TE | 123 |
| 6 | 20 | Chig Okonkwo | TE | 127 |
| 6 | 21 | Juwan Johnson | TE | 128 |
| 6 | 22 | Cole Kmet | TE | 138 |
| 6 | 23 | Grant Calcaterra | TE | 141 |
| 7 | 24 | Mike Gesicki | TE | 143 |
| 7 | 25 | Noah Gray | TE | 146 |
| 7 | 26 | Ben Sinnott | TE | 147 |
| 7 | 27 | Tyler Conklin | TE | 153 |
| 7 | 28 | Noah Fant | TE | 156 |
| 7 | 29 | Ja'Tavion Sanders | TE | 159 |
| 7 | 30 | Isaiah Likely | TE | 160 |
| 7 | 31 | Dawson Knox | TE | 164 |
| 7 | 32 | Foster Moreau | TE | 165 |
| 7 | 33 | Austin Hooper | TE | 166 |
| 8 | 34 | Jordan Akins | TE | 169 |
| 8 | 35 | Michael Mayer | TE | 170 |
| 8 | 36 | Luke Schoonmaker | TE | 193 |
| 8 | 37 | Daniel Bellinger | TE | 199 |
| 8 | 38 | John Bates | TE | 204 |
| 9 | 39 | Darnell Washington | TE | 205 |
| 9 | 40 | Brock Wright | TE | 212 |
| 9 | 41 | Josh Oliver | TE | 213 |
| 9 | 42 | Tyler Higbee | TE | 218 |
| 9 | 43 | Tommy Tremble | TE | 220 |
| 9 | 44 | Kylen Granson | TE | 221 |
| 9 | 45 | Colby Parkinson | TE | 222 |
| 9 | 46 | Lucas Krull | TE | 223 |
| 9 | 47 | Josh Whyle | TE | 225 |
| 10 | 48 | AJ Barner | TE | 228 |
| 10 | 49 | Durham Smythe | TE | 234 |
| 10 | 50 | Drew Sample | TE | 235 |
| 10 | 51 | Drew Ogletree | TE | 239 |
| 10 | 52 | Elijah Higgins | TE | 243 |
| 10 | 53 | Greg Dulcich | TE | 245 |
| 10 | 54 | Johnny Mundt | TE | 249 |
| 10 | 55 | Nick Vannett | TE | 254 |
| 10 | 56 | Jeremy Ruckert | TE | 255 |
| 10 | 57 | Charlie Woerner | TE | 257 |
| 10 | 58 | Luke Farrell | TE | 258 |
| 10 | 59 | Pharaoh Brown | TE | 261 |
| 11 | 60 | Tucker Fisk | TE | 262 |
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