2026 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings Tiers | Biggest Draft Values, Sleepers & Busts

The final episode in the Season-Long Fantasy Football Rankings Tier Series! Pat Mayo, Ian Hartitz (RotoWire), and Tony Squares break down the 2026 Tight End Rankings, Tiers, Sleepers, and Draft Strategy.

How high should you take Brock Bowers and Trey McBride? Is Colston Loveland in the elite tier? Should you fade middle-round TEs for deep sleeper darts like Kenyon Sadiq or Terrence Ferguson? We cover every viable TE for your 2026 fantasy drafts!

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Season-Long Fantasy Tight End Rankings
1:55 - Tier 1: Brock Bowers & Trey McBride (Is Bowers the Next Peak Travis Kelce?)
4:30 - 2026 TE ADP Analysis
7:15 - Tier 2 Debate: Coulson Loveland & Tyler Warren vs. McBride
10:15 - Indianapolis Colts Offense & Daniel Jones Achilles Concerns
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15:00 - Rounding Out TE5: Tucker Kraft vs. Sam LaPorta, Kyle Pitts & Harold Fannin
20:15 - Mid-Tier Tight End Opportunity Cost & Value Draft Strategy
22:45 - Finalizing Tight End Tier List Strategy + Is George Kittle Being Severely Undervalued at Pick 105?
29:40 - Late-Round Targets: Dalton Kincaid, Isaiah Likely & Chig Okonkwo
31:45 - Evaluating Dallas Goedert & Travis Kelce's ADP
33:50 - Deep Sleepers & Late-Round Darts: Juwan Johnson, Kobe Parkinson & Terrence Ferguson
37:20 - Rookie Dart Throw: Kenyan Sadiqi's Ceiling in Frank Reich's Offense
40:09 - Hypothesizing Backup Values: Jake Tonges, David Njoku, Charlie Kolar & Greg Dulcich
44:53 - Wrap-Up: Final Rankings

2026 TE RANKINGS TIERS
Brock Bowers
Trey McBride
Colston Loveland

Tyler Warren
Tucker Kraft

George Kittle
Sam Laporta
Kyle Pitts
Harold Fannin

Chig Okonkow
Dallas Goedert
Isaiah Likely
Travis Kelce
Dalton Kincaid
Jake Ferguson
Juwan Johnson
Brenton Strange
Greg Dulcich
Terrance Ferguson

Mark Andrews
Hunter Henry

A.J. Barner
Kenyon Sadiq
Dalton Schultz

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