Fantasy Football Week 5 TE Rankings: Is Dalton Schultz the Real Deal?

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings for Week 5 of the 2020 NFL regular season. In this week’s column, we discuss the brilliant return of George Kittle. Plus, Dalton Schultz continues to emerge as a bonafide option at the position.

* If you’re looking for more information on how to best set your lineup this coming week check out our Week 5 TE Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em.

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

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Tight End Outlook Week 5

George Kittle (TE1) is good at football. After a two week absence, the star pass-catcher racked up an absurd 15 receptions in Week 4 on his way to an eye-popping 40.10 point outing. While those numbers may be difficult to replicate in Week 5, the potential return of his starting quarterback, as well as a matchup against the Dolphins (fifth-worst ranked pass defense) makes him the top-play a the position.

Dalton Schultz (TE11) is officially a thing. With Dallas’ secondary most likely not improving anytime soon, it’s looking as if Dak Prescott will need to continually air the ball out to compete. Prescott has attempted 57-plus passes in each of the past two weeks and now outpaces the next closest quarterback in pass attempts this season by 24.

The added volume in the aerial attack has worked wonders for Schultz. The former Stanford Cardinal has accumulated 24 targets over the past three weeks. His 15.9 points per game average over that span ranks within the top-six at the position.

Believe it or not, Schultz’s opponents this week, the Giants, are actually quite stout against tight ends. Big Blue surrenders the ninth-fewest points at the position this season. However, they haven’t seen a passing attack with this type of volume. Schultz should show well against a defense that ranks within the bottom half of the league in red-zone defense.

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Week 5 Fantasy Rankings: Tight End

1. [QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DEF | Ks]

1. • Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough

2. #	Tight Ends TEAM	Opp.
   1	George Kittle SF	vs. MIA
   2	Mark Andrews BAL	vs. CIN
   3	Travis Kelce KC	vs. LV
   4	Zach Ertz PHI	@ PIT
   5	Jonnu Smith TEN	vs. BUF
   6	Hunter Henry LAC	@ NO
   7	Darren Waller LV	@ KC
   8	Mo Alie-Cox IND	@ CLE
   9	Evan Engram NYG	@ DAL
   10	Tyler Higbee LAR	@ WAS
   11	Dalton Schultz DAL	vs. NYG
   12	Mike Gesicki MIA	@ SF
   13	Noah Fant DEN INJ	@ NE
   14	Jared Cook NO INJ	vs. LAC
   15	Jimmy Graham CHI	vs. TB
   16	Eric Ebron PIT	vs. PHI
   17	Rob Gronkowski TB	@ CHI
   18	Austin Hooper CLE	vs. IND
   19	Greg Olsen SEA	vs. MIN
   20	Hayden Hurst ATL	vs. CAR
   21	Trey Burton IND	@ CLE
   22	Chris Herndon IV NYJ	vs. ARI
   23	Drew Sample CIN	@ BAL
   24	Dan Arnold ARI	@ NYJ
   25	Richard Rogers PHI	@ PIT
   26	Nick Vannett DEN	@ NE
   27	Adam Trautman NO	vs. LAC
   28	Cameron Brate TB	@ CHI
   29	Dawson Knox BUF INJ	@ TEN
   30	Kyle Rudolph MIN	@ SEA
   31	Logan Thomas WAS	vs. LAR
   32	Tyler Kroft BUF	@ TEN
   33	Jack Doyle IND	@ CLE
   34	Tyler Eifert JAC	@ HOU
   35	Darren Fells HOU	vs. JAC
   36	Gerald Everett LAR	@ WAS
   37	Ian Thomas CAR	@ ATL
   38	Jordan Akins HOU INJ	vs. JAC
   39	Vance McDonald PIT	vs. PHI
   40	Ross Dwelley SF	vs. MIA
   41	Jason Witten LV	@ KC
   42	J. O’Shaugnessy JAC	@ HOU
   43	Anthony Firkser TEN	vs. BUF
   44	Irv Smith Jr. MIN	@ SEA
   45	Will Dissly SEA	vs. MIN
   46	Blak Bell DAL	vs. NYG
   47	Kaden Smith NYG	@ DAL
   48	Jacob Hollister SEA	vs. MIN
   49	Ryan Izzo NE	vs. DEN
   50	Cole Kmet CHI	vs. TB
   51	Nick Boyle BAL	vs. CIN
   52	Jeremy Sprinkle WAS	vs. LAR
   53	Maxx Williams ARI	@ NYJ

1. *Check out our Week 5 Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Ems to further optimize your lineups
2. Start-Sit [QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DEF | Ks]

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