Getty George Kittle #85 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints.
Welcome to our Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings for Week 9 of the 2020 NFL regular season. This week we examine the fallout of George Kittle’s injury. Plus, a former Pro Bowler looks to be resurrecting his fantasy value in Pittsburgh.
* If you’re looking for more information on how to best set your lineup this coming week check out our Week 9 TE Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em.
Reminder: These rankings are based on full-PPR scoring formats.
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Tight End Outlook Week 9
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, George Kittle will miss eight weeks with a broken bone in his foot. While an obvious loss for fantasy owners, Kittle had not been the dominant week-in, week-out presence this year that he had in years past. Kittle has had two monster performances this season, a 40.10 point outing and a 23.9 point performance. However, toss those two showings aside and he averages just 8.53 points and totaled zero TDs on the year. Plenty of that has to do with the team’s QB play, which isn’t likely to receive much of a boost anytime soon. Schefter also reported that Jimmy Garoppolo is expected to be “out indefinitely” after re-aggravating his ankle injury this past week. In return, either Nick Mullens or C.J. Beathard (or both) will be pressed into starting duty on a short week.
The Packers defense has allowed the fourth-fewest points to the position this season, allowing just one TD to an opposing TE all year. They’ve also held all TEs to 51 receiving yards or fewer in all but two games this year. With Kittle out, Ross Dwelley (TE21) gets a slight bump, especially in an offense that has been devastated by injuries across their skill positions. Still, the situation makes Dwelley nothing less than a bye week/injury replacement flyer.
Eric Ebron (TE12) has now scored 11-plus points in back-to-back weeks and looks to be building a solid rapport with QB Ben Roethlisberger. While Ebron’s opponents, the Dallas Cowboys, are just middle of the pack when it comes to points surrendered to TEs, their secondary as a whole is extremely poor, allowing 18 passing TDs (3rd-most in NFL). Owned in just 45% of Yahoo leagues, Ebron is a must-add at a position extremely thin with top-end talent.
Week 9 Fantasy Rankings: Tight End
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– NOTABLE TE BYE WEEKS: Drew Sample (CIN), Austin Hooper (CLE), Harrison Bryant (CLE), David Njoku (CLE), Dallas Goedert (PHI), Richard Rodgers (PHI), Gerald Everett (LAR), Tyler Higbee (LAR)
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Tight End TEAM Opp.
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Travis Kelce KC vs. CAR
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Darren Waller LV @ LAC
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Mark Andrews BAL @ IND
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Noah Fant DEN @ ATL
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T.J. Hockenson DET @ MIN
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Rob Gronkowski TB vs. NO
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Jared Cook NO @ TB
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Hayden Hurst ATL vs. DEN
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Evan Engram NYG @ WAS
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Hunter Henry LAC vs. LV
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Trey Burton IND vs. BAL
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Eric Ebron PIT @ DAL
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Robert Tonyan GB @ SF
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Logan Thomas WAS vs. NYG
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Dalton Schultz DAL vs. PIT
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Jimmy Graham CHI @ TEN
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Darren Fells HOU @ JAC
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Jonnu Smith TEN vs. CHI
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Jack Doyle IND vs. BAL
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Albert Okwuegbunam DEN @ ATL
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Ross Dwelley SF vs. GB
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Mike Gesicki MIA @ ARI
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Anthony Firkser TEN vs. CHI
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Irv Smith Jr. MIN vs. DET
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Dan Arnold ARI vs. MIA
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Mo Ali-Cox IND vs. BAL
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Kyle Rudolph MIN vs. DET
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Cameron Brate TB vs. NO
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Chris Herndon IV NYJ vs. NE
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Greg Olsen SEA @ BUF
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Jace Sternberger GB @ SF
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Jordan Akins HOU INJ @ JAC
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Tyler Eifert JAC INJ vs. HOU
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Adam Shaheen MIA @ ARI
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Ryan Izzo NE @ NYJ
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Tyler Kroft BUF vs. SEA
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Ian Thomas CAR @ KC
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Will Dissly SEA @ BUF
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Dawson Knox BUF COV vs. SEA
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Jake Butt DEN @ ATL
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James O’Shaughnessy JAC vs. HOU
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Nick Vannett DEN @ ATL
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Charlie Woerner SF vs. GB
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Adam Trautman NO @ TB
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Nick Boyle BAL @ IND
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Vance McDonald PIT @ DAL
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Durham Smythe MIA @ ARI
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Jesse James DET @ MIN
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Ryan Griffin NYJ vs. NE
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Kaden Smith NYG @ WAS
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Jacob Hollister SEA @ BUF
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Tanner Hudson TB vs. NO
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Blake Bell DAL vs. PIT
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Darrell Daniels ARI vs. MIA
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Cole Kmet CHI @ TEN
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Trevon Wesco NYJ vs. NE
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Jaeden Graham ATL vs. DEN
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Chris Manhertz CAR @ KC
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Nick Keizer KC vs. CAR
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Demetrius Harris CHI @ TEN
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Luke Stocker ATL vs. DEN
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Devin Asiasi NE @ NYJ
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MyCole Pruitt TEN vs. CHI
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Lee Smith BUF vs. SEA
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Tyler Conklin MIN vs. DET
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Levine Toilolo NYG @ WAS
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Jeremy Sprinkle WAS vs. NYG
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