Week 5 Fantasy Football TE Ranks and Tiers: Isaiah Likely TE6, Tyler Higbee TE13, MORE

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TE rankings and TE tiers: Ian Hartitz ranks his top 30 tight ends for Week 5 of fantasy football and sorts them into four tiers. Isaiah Likely is the TE6 with 36 targets, nine more than Malik Nabers, Tyler Higbee is the TE13 with a full-time role and a Monday night shootout against the Bills, and Mike Gesicki is the TE15 in a revenge game that still feels a little trappy. After the first three tiers Ian stops for a bigger question about the position.

TIER 1: THE BIG FIVE
Trey McBride, Brock Bowers, George Kittle, Sam LaPorta, Dalton Kincaid.
Key question: how special have these hot starts been? McBride's 69.2 PPR points are the most by a tight end through four weeks in at least five years, and Bowers' 24.1 per game is the best single-season mark in NFL history (small sample).

TIER 2: TE1S WITH A QUESTION MARK
Isaiah Likely, Tucker Kraft, Juwan Johnson, Kenyon Sadiq, Harold Fannin Jr., Tyler Warren, T.J. Hockenson.
Key question: who have been the best and worst defenses against tight ends? Spoiler: it is the Lions, with the Chiefs not far behind.

TIER 3: STREAMERS AND POTENTIAL FLEX PLAYS
Tyler Higbee, Colston Loveland, Mike Gesicki, Jake Ferguson, Michael Mayer, Brenton Strange, AJ Barner, Greg Dulcich, Mark Andrews, Pat Freiermuth.
Key question: who has the best and worst upcoming matchups? Through Week 10 the Steelers, Rams, 49ers, Jets and Vikings have the easiest TE schedules; the Raiders, Bills, Commanders, Jaguars and Colts the toughest.

TIER 4: THE OTHER GUYS
Kyle Pitts, Cade Otton, Oronde Gadsden II, Chig Okonkwo, Dalton Schultz, Hunter Henry, Darnell Washington, Zach Ertz.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:29 Tier 1: The big five
3:58 Key question: How special are these hot starts?
5:11 Tier 2: TE1s with a question mark
12:31 Key question: Best and worst defenses vs. TEs
13:21 Tier 3: Streamers and potential FLEX plays
20:59 Key question: Best and worst upcoming matchups
22:45 Tier 4: The other guys
25:06 Wrapping up

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