Fantasy Football: Week 7 TE Rankings

Check out Kevin Hanson's top 35 tight ends for Week 7 of the 2019 season.

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Kevin Hanson joins SI for the 2019 season. His fantasy rankings have placed him in the Top 20 in each of the past two seasons among all the industry experts tracked by FantasyPros.com, and he has been in the Top 25 in six of the past eight years.

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TE Start of the Week: Gerald Everett, Los Angeles Rams (vs. ATL)

I considered listing New York Giants tight end Evan Engram here since it's the first time this season I have someone other than Kansas City’s Travis Kelce listed as my weekly TE1⁠—but Engram is an obvious must-start, so I’m going back to the well with Gerald Everett this week.

With Jared Goff throwing for only 78 yards in Week 6, the entire passing offense was a disappointment. Everett was no exception, with the third-year tight end finishing Sunday with two catches for nine scoreless yards on five targets.

Before last week, however, Everett had back-to-back productive outings—5/44/1 vs. Tampa Bay and 7/136 at Seattle—and the passing offense gets a favorable matchup in Week 7 vs. Atlanta. In those two games, Goff threw for a combined 912 yards.

The Falcons have the 27th-ranked pass defense (271.2 YPG allowed) this season and only Arizona (16) has allowed more passing touchdowns than Atlanta (15). In addition, the Falcons have allowed the 10th-most fantasy points to opposing tight ends while three of the other top 10—Tampa Bay, Cleveland and Pittsburgh—are on bye this week.

TE Sit of the Week: Eric Ebron, Indianapolis Colts (vs. HOU)

Tied with Davante Adams for the second-most receiving touchdowns (13) last season, Ebron has two touchdowns through five games this year. With a 45% catch rate this season, Ebron has just nine receptions in his five games and one catch in back-to-back games.

Houston’s pass defense has been one of the league’s worst, but has done well at slowing down opposing tight ends. So far this season, the Texans have allowed the fourth-fewest fantasy points (3.8 per game) to the position.

Ebron remains a touchdown-dependent option, like many of the tight ends outside the top 10, but there is a good chance he has a quiet game in Week 7.

Week 7 fantasy football tight end rankings (half-PPR scoring):

• TE1: Evan Engram, NYG vs ARI

• TE2: Travis Kelce, KC @ DEN

• TE3: George Kittle, SF @ WAS

• TE4: Zach Ertz, PHI @ DAL

• TE5: Austin Hooper, ATL vs LAR

• TE6: Mark Andrews, BAL @ SEA

• TE7: Darren Waller, OAK @ GB

• TE8: Hunter Henry, LAC @ TEN

• TE9: Delanie Walker, TEN vs LAC

• TE10: Gerald Everett, LAR @ ATL

• TE11: Jimmy Graham, GB vs OAK

• TE12: Jason Witten, DAL vs PHI

• TE13: T.J. Hockenson, DET vs MIN

• TE14: Dallas Goedert, PHI @ DAL

• TE15: Dawson Knox, BUF vs MIA

• TE16: Eric Ebron, IND vs HOU

• TE17: Jack Doyle, IND vs HOU

• TE18: Noah Fant, DEN vs KC

• TE19: Darren Fells, HOU @ IND

• TE20: Tyler Eifert, CIN vs JAC

• TE21: Trey Burton, CHI vs NO

• TE22: Jordan Akins, HOU @ IND

• TE23: Tyler Higbee, LAR @ ATL

• TE24: Luke Willson, SEA vs BAL

• TE25: Kyle Rudolph, MIN @ DET

• TE26: Rhett Ellison, NYG vs ARI

• TE27: Mike Gesicki, MIA @ BUF

• TE28: Hayden Hurst, BAL @ SEA

• TE29: Irv Smith Jr., MIN @ DET

• TE30: Jeremy Sprinkle, WAS vs SF

• TE31: Chris Herndon IV, NYJ vs NE

• TE32: Josh Hill, NO @ CHI

• TE33: Ryan Griffin, NYJ vs NE

• TE34: C.J. Uzomah, CIN vs JAC

• TE35: Blake Jarwin, DAL vs PHI

Week 7 fantasy football tight end rankings (non-PPR scoring):

• TE1: Evan Engram, NYG vs ARI

• TE2: Travis Kelce, KC @ DEN

• TE3: George Kittle, SF @ WAS

• TE4: Mark Andrews, BAL @ SEA

• TE5: Zach Ertz, PHI @ DAL

• TE6: Austin Hooper, ATL vs LAR

• TE7: Darren Waller, OAK @ GB

• TE8: Hunter Henry, LAC @ TEN

• TE9: Gerald Everett, LAR @ ATL

• TE10: Delanie Walker, TEN vs LAC

• TE11: Jimmy Graham, GB vs OAK

• TE12: Dallas Goedert, PHI @ DAL

• TE13: T.J. Hockenson, DET vs MIN

• TE14: Eric Ebron, IND vs HOU

• TE15: Jason Witten, DAL vs PHI

• TE16: Dawson Knox, BUF vs MIA

• TE17: Darren Fells, HOU @ IND

• TE18: Noah Fant, DEN vs KC

• TE19: Tyler Eifert, CIN vs JAC

• TE20: Jack Doyle, IND vs HOU

• TE21: Trey Burton, CHI vs NO

• TE22: Jordan Akins, HOU @ IND

• TE23: Tyler Higbee, LAR @ ATL

• TE24: Kyle Rudolph, MIN @ DET

• TE25: Luke Willson, SEA vs BAL

• TE26: Rhett Ellison, NYG vs ARI

• TE27: Hayden Hurst, BAL @ SEA

• TE28: Mike Gesicki, MIA @ BUF

• TE29: Chris Herndon IV, NYJ vs NE

• TE30: Jeremy Sprinkle, WAS vs SF

• TE31: Irv Smith Jr., MIN @ DET

• TE32: Josh Hill, NO @ CHI

• TE33: Ryan Griffin, NYJ vs NE

• TE34: Blake Jarwin, DAL vs PHI

• TE35: C.J. Uzomah, CIN vs JAC

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