Fantasy Football Week 17 TE Rankings: Zach Ertz Injury Fallout

Welcome to our fantasy football tight end rankings for Week 17 of the 2019 NFL regular season. This week, we take a look at repercussions of Zach Ertz’s injury and what that may mean for his backup Dallas Goedert vs. the New York Giants.

Reminder: These rankings are based on full-PPR scoring formats.

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Tight End Outlook Week 17

All-world tight end Zach Ertz (TE4) suffered a fractured rib in the first half of the Eagles crucial Week 16 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Yet, Ertz fought through the pain and played the entirety of the second-half with the injury. While his production was underwhelming from a fantasy perspective, what was not was the output put up by his “backup” Dallas Goedert (TE7).

Goedert saw 12 targets come his way vs. Dallas, hauling in nine of them for a season-high 91 receiving yards, and one touchdown. Goedert’s efforts were good enough to make him the TE3 in fantasy for the week with 24.1 points.

Since returning from a Week 10 bye, Ertz and Goedert rank first and eighth overall in scoring by a tight end, respectively.

In a normal situation, you would think a team would just sit a player of Ertz’s caliber to heal up in time for the playoffs, especially with a tremendous backup option like Goedert. However, this is no normal situation. When a former college quarterback who is just weeks removed from the practice squad is operating as your WR1, you need all the pass-catching help you can get.

The Eagles opponents this week, the Giants, have been fairly stingy at defending the tight end position, allowing the 15th fewest points to them this season. However, Ertz did beat up on the G-Men’s safeties and linebackers to the tune of 30.10 points back in Week 14.

If Ertz is a go come Sunday, he and Goedert are both top-10 plays. However, if Ertz is ruled inactive Goedert climbs into the top-echelon of tight ends for Week 17.

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Week 17 Fantasy Rankings: Tight Ends

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• Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough

#	Tight Ends TEAM	Opp.
1	George Kittle SF	@ SEA
2	Tyler Higbee LAR	vs. ARI
3	Travis Kelce KC	vs. LAC
4	Zach Ertz PHI	@ NYG
5	Darren Waller OAK	@ DEN
6	Mark Andrews BAL	vs. PIT
7	Dallas Goedert PHI	@ NYG
8	Jared Cook NO	@ CAR
9	Austin Hooper ATL	@ TB
10	Hunter Henry LAC	@ KC
11	Jonnu Smith TEN	@ HOU
12	Kaden Smith NYG	vs. PHI
13	Noah Fant DEN	vs. OAK
14	OJ Howard TB	vs. ATL
15	Jacob Hollister SEA	vs. SF
16	Mike Gesicki MIA	@ NE
17	Kyle Rudolph MIN	vs. CHI
18	Greg Olsen CAR	vs. NO
19	Jack Doyle IND	@ JAC
20	Dawson Knox BUF	vs. NYJ
21	Irv Smith Jr. MIN	vs. CHI
22	Gerald Everett LAR	vs. ARI
23	Blake Jarwin DAL	vs. WAS
24	Ryan Griffin NYJ INJ	@ BUF
25	Jason Witten DAL	vs. WAS
26	Jordan Akins HOU	vs. TEN
27	Hayden Hurst BAL	vs. PIT
28	Cameron Brate TB	vs. ATL
29	Darren Fells HOU	vs. TEN
30	Jimmy Graham GB	@ DET
31	Tyler Eifert CIN	vs. CLE
32	JP Holtz CHI	@ MIN
33	Jeff Heuerman DEN	vs. OAK
34	Matt LaCosse NE	vs. MIA
35	TJ Hockenson DET	vs. GB
36	Nick Boyle BAL	vs. PIT
37	Ian Thomas CAR	vs. NO
38	Josh Hill NO	@ CAR
39	Ben Watson NE	vs. MIA
40	Jesper Horsted CHI	@ MIN
41	Charles Clay ARI	@ LAR
42	Vance McDonald PIT	@ BAL
43	CJ Uzomah CIN	vs. CLE
44	Nick O’Leary JAC	vs. IND
45	Demetrius Harris CLE	@ CIN
46	Jeremy Sprinkle WAS	@ DAL
47	R. Seals-Jones CLE	@ CIN
48	Ross Dwelley SF	@ SEA
49	Mercedes Lewis GB	@ DET
50	Maxx Williams ARI	@ LAR
51	Jaeden Graham ATL	@ TB
52	Logan Thomas DET	vs. GB
53	Nick Vannett PIT	@ BAL

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