Week 6 Fantasy TE PPR Rankings: Must-starts, sleepers, potential busts at tight end

Jacob Camenker

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It's not a fun week to be looking for a streamer tight end in PPR formats. Darren Waller, the NFL's most targeted tight end, is on a bye along with three other solid volume guys (Jared Cook, Hunter Henry, and Greg Olsen). As a result, our Week 6 fantasy PPR TE rankings are weaker than usual, and most of the sleepers to target are, unfortunately, TD-dependent.

It's not all bad news at tight end. George Kittle, Travis Kelce, and Mark Andrews all have pretty favorable matchups in Week 6. If you own one of those three players, you're in good shape as always. Beyond them, it gets dicier, but there are still a couple of solid streaming options.

WEEK 6 PPR RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver D/ST | Kicker

Notably, Eric Ebron is available and has a good matchup against a Browns team that entered Week 5 allowing the fifth-most fantasy points per game to TEs. He is owned in fewer than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues, so he's a worthwhile pickup despite his questionable hands. If not him, Jordan Akins, who is becoming more involved as a pass-catcher in the Texans' offense, could be a solid option. He is averaging 3.8 targets per game but saw seven in one contest earlier this season. If he can get that kind of volume against a Titans defense that has had issues against TEs, he could turn into a sneaky-good play. So could Trey Burton (vs. Bengals), who has seen five targets in each of his first two games with the Colts.

WEEK 6 STANDARD RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker

It's also worth noting that T.J. Hockenson (Lions) and Robert Tonyan (Packers) are returning from byes this week. Hockenson is averaging five targets per game and has grabbed a couple of TDs this season, andTonyan is an emerging threat who has scored five times in his past three games. The duo might not be "sure things," but they have relatively high floors and should have enough opportunities to make an impact in PPR formats.

WEEK 6 DFS TOURNAMENT LINEUPS: DraftKings | FanDuel

Check back for updates to these TE PPR rankings throughout the week. For individual analysis of key TEs, click here.

WEEK 6 DFS CASH LINEUPS: DraftKings | FanDuel

Week 6 Fantasy TE PPR Rankings

These rankings are for full-point PPR leagues

WEEK 6 FANTASY: Sleepers | BustsStart 'em, sit 'em

Rank Player
1 Mark Andrews, BAL @ PHI
2 Travis Kelce, KC @ BUF
3 George Kittle, SF vs. LAR
4 Evan Engram, NYG vs. WAS
5 Eric Ebron, PIT vs. CLE
6 T.J. Hockenson, DET @ JAX
7 Jonnu Smith, TEN vs. HOU
8 Zach Ertz, PHI vs. BAL
9 Mike Gesicki, MIA vs. NYJ
10 Robert Tonyan, GB @ TB
11 Hayden Hurst, ATL @ MIN
12 Tyler Higbee, LAR @ SF
13 Darren Fells, HOU @ TEN
14 Trey Burton, IND vs. CIN
15 Jimmy Graham, CHI @ CAR
16 Irv Smith Jr., MIN vs. ATL
17 Austin Hooper, CLE @ PIT
18 Dalton Schultz, DAL vs. ARZ
19 Logan Thomas, WAS @ NYG
20 Chris Herndon, NYJ @ MIA
21 Gerald Everett, LAR @ SF
22 Rob Gronkowski, TB vs. GB
23 Kyle Rudolph, MIN vs. ATL
24 Tyler Kroft, BUF vs. KC
25 Dan Arnold, ARZ @ DAL
26 Tyler Eifert, JAX vs. DET
27 Drew Sample, CIN @ IND
28 Cameron Brate, TB vs. GB
29 Ian Thomas, CAR vs. CHI
30 Jack Doyle, IND vs. CIN

Jacob Camenker

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Jacob Camenker first joined The Sporting News as a fantasy football intern in 2018 after his graduation from UMass. He became a full-time employee with TSN in 2021 and now serves as a senior content producer with a particular focus on the NFL. Jacob worked at NBC Sports Boston as a content producer from 2019 to 2021. He is an avid fan of the NFL Draft and ranked 10th in FantasyPros’ Mock Draft Accuracy metric in both 2021 and 2022.