Week 3 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings

Week 3 ranks: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | Team D | Flex
The first two weeks of the fantasy football season are in the books, and with them have come more than their fair share of surprising statistical player developments.
Big-name tight ends such as Colston Loveland, Tucker Kraft, Kyle Pitts Sr. and Harold Fannin Jr. have had slow starts in the stat sheets, while upstart pass catchers like Dalton Kincaid and Isaiah Likely have outplayed their preseason expectations early in the new campaign.
With two weeks of data—it’s not a lot, but it’s a start—the value of players and their upcoming fantasy matchups, favorable or unfavorable, has begun to take shape. You’ll see that in this week’s rankings: a few players you picked as borderline starters or backups have moved up (hello, Kincaid and Likely), while projected starters like Loveland, Kraft, and Pitts Sr. have moved down. They’re still in the fantasy starters range, but much lower on the list.
So, here are my fantasy tight end rankings as we head into Week 3. Check back on a regular basis for updates, especially after the final team injury reports come out!
Week 3 Fantasy Tight End Rankings
RK | Player | TM | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Trey McBride | ARI | at SF |
2 | Dalton Kincaid | BUF | vs. LAC |
3 | Brock Bowers | LV | at NO |
4 | Tyler Warren | IND | vs. HOU |
5 | George Kittle | SF | vs. ARI |
6 | Travis Kelce | KC | at MIA |
7 | Sam LaPorta | DET | vs. NYJ |
8 | Isaiah Likely | NYG | vs. TEN |
9 | Dalton Schultz | HOU | at IND |
10 | Tucker Kraft | GB | vs. ATL |
11 | Mark Andrews | BAL | at DAL |
12 | Juwan Johnson | NO | vs. LV |
13 | Harold Fannin Jr. | CLE | vs. CAR |
14 | Colston Loveland | CHI | vs. PHI |
15 | Jake Ferguson | DAL | vs. BAL |
16 | Kyle Pitts Sr. | ATL | at GB |
17 | Oronde Gadsden II | LAC | at BUF |
18 | Darren Waller | CAR | at CLE |
19 | Pat Freiermuth | PIT | vs. CIN |
20 | Hunter Henry | NE | at JAC |
21 | Brenton Strange | JAC | vs. NE |
22 | T.J. Hockenson | MIN | at TB |
23 | Terrance Ferguson | LAR | at DEN |
24 | AJ Barner | SEA | at WAS |
25 | Kenyon Sadiq | NYJ | at DET |
26 | Cade Otton | TB | vs. MIN |
27 | Mike Gesicki | CIN | at PIT |
28 | Greg Dulcich | MIA | vs. KC |
29 | Evan Engram | DEN | vs. LAR |
30 | Johnny Mundt | PHI | at CHI |
31 | Gunnar Helm | TEN | at NYG |
32 | Colby Parkinson | LAR | at DEN |

Michael Fabiano is a fantasy football analyst for Sports Illustrated. His weekly rankings and Start 'Em, Sit 'Em articles are must-reads for fantasy players. Before joining SI in August 2020, he worked for CBS Sports, NFL Network and SiriusXM. He also contributes to Westwood One Radio and the Locked on Dynasty Podcast. Fabiano was the first fantasy analyst to appear on one of the four major TV networks and is a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame.
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