Fantasy Football Week 11 TE preview: Who to start, sit, stream and DFS

The tight end position continues to be entertaining, if not reliable. This week, in things we didn’t think we’d ever say, it looks like Cade Otton and Dalton Schultz are both go-to tight ends. In my early Week 11 projections, they both project as top-five tight ends. In our tight consensus rankings from early in Week 11, they are both in the top eight. What could go wrong?

This question is probably easier to answer for Schultz. The last time we got really excited about Schultz starting, he scored 4.4 PPR Fantasy points. We all felt ashamed and immediately dropped him in the rankings. We should have ignored it. In his last two games, he averaged 16 PPR Fantasy points. In fact, Week 8 is the only game in his last five where he scored fewer than 10 PPR Fantasy points. His game against the Titans doesn’t look great on paper, but we’re starting him anyway.

Otton is an easier case to present. With Mike Evans and Chris Godwin out, Baker Mayfield doesn’t have many picks to throw to Otton. He scored 12 goals last week and has 37 in his last five games. His lowest point total during this stretch is eight PPR Fantasy points. Like Schultz, Otton has a poor matchup on paper, but you won’t find anyone on the waiver wire that we prefer.

We don’t just throw the hot hand to the tight side. We return to the just-released icy Jake Ferguson, we start Travis Kelce against a defense that has obliterated Ferguson and Brock Bowers in recent weeks, and we ignore Kyle Pitts’ disappointing Week 10. The only guy we don’t want to start is TJ Hockenson, he’s not a tight top 15 for any of our rankings.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Week 11 tight end:

Week 11 TE Preview

• 22.7 — THE The Bengals are giving up 22.7 PPR FPPG to tight ends, the highest mark in the league. Good luck guessing which Steelers tight end it will be this week. We love Pat Freiermuth the most.
• 10.6 – Travis Kelce has the most points of any tight end against the Bills this year, 10.6. Let’s hope Cade Otton is in the lead.
• 16.7% –Brenton Strange had a 16.7% target share through the first month of the season. He is eligible to come off injured reserve and could play an even bigger role if Brian Thomas and Travis Hunter are out.
• 84 – George Kittle had 84 receiving yards in Week 10. That’s more than in his last three games combined. He’s back.
• 20.4 – Travis Kelce scored 20.4 PPR Fantasy points the last time he faced the Broncos.
• 21.9% — Harold Fannin had a disappointing Week 10, but he still had a 21.9% target share. We come straight back to him.
• 51.2% – David Njoku barely ran half the routes for the Browns. He is the undisputed TE2 in Cleveland.
• 11.9 – Since Jaxson Dart took over as starter, Theo Johnson has averaged 11.9 PPR FPPG, good enough for TE10 over this stretch.

My complete set for week 11 Fantasy football projections for every position are now available at SportsLine. You can find them here. Find out which of my favorite games are expected to score higher than the consensus rankings and which aren’t living up to their hype, at least through Week 11. Projected stats for all starting tight ends are available, so be sure to check out the full set of projections at SportsLine.