Fantasy Football Rankings - Tight Ends (TE) Week 8 Weekend Updates

Fantasy football rankings - updated tight end (TE) Week 8 rankings for 2025. Read the top-accuracy fantasy football TE PPR rankings.

A few must-start tight ends are out of action on a bye, including Brock Bowers, Sam LaPorta, and Trey McBride. The thin position gets even trickier this week, so we're here to help you decide who to start with our Week 8 fantasy football tight end rankings for 2025. In the full table of TE rankings below, fantasy managers will see where TEs on the start-sit bubble, like Cade Otton, Dalton Schultz, Zach Ertz, George Kittle, Kyle Pitts Sr., Evan Engram, and more stand for the eighth slate of fantasy football.

Our tight end fantasy football rankings for Week 8 are put together by Nick Mariano. Below the rankings, you will also find key fantasy football outlooks from our RotoBaller staff, as well as the "Who to Start?" tool. Also, be sure to check our fantasy football news for this week. There are always key injuries and developments to keep track of, so check back throughout the week for updates.

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Week 8 Tight End Rankings Outlooks

Dalton Schultz, Houston Texans

Houston Texans tight end Dalton Schultz (back, shoulder) has been removed from the final report after logging a full practice on Friday. He will play in Sunday's Week 8 contest against the San Francisco 49ers. Schultz has emerged as a top weapon for C.J. Stroud in the Texans' offense, commanding 28 targets over his last four games, including 10 in Week 7.

Over his last two games, he has 14 catches and 158 yards, moving him to the overall TE18 ranking in PPR leagues this year. Schultz continues to have top-12 tight end upside as long as he handles a significant target share every week. He should continue to impress in a negative game script this week against the 49ers, who have allowed the 13th-most receptions to opposing tight ends in 2025.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Atlanta Falcons

Atlanta Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts Sr. hauled in seven of his 10 targets for 62 yards in Week 7, which was his second seven-catch performance in six games thus far and the first time he recorded double-digit targets, now averaging just over six targets per game. The 6-foot-6 tight end owns a solid 19.3 percent target share, putting him in the low-end TE1 conversation most weeks; however, he's been able to find the end zone just one time all season, leaving him as just the 16th-overall TE in half-point PPR leagues.

Still, the 25-year-old is back in the TE1 conversation in a home game against the Dolphins, a defense that has given up 29 points per game over the last three weeks. Teams have preferred to run against Miami, but with six teams on bye and it being National Tight Ends' Day (he caught two TDs last year on that day), the former first-round draft pick sets up as a low-end TE1 again.

Cade Otton, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Cade Otton has stepped up for this offense over the last few weeks. The Bucs are down multiple offensive players, yet Otton has made a difference. Last week, Otton hauled in seven of his nine targets for 65 yards in the loss to the Detroit Lions.

The 26-year-old has finished with 50 receiving yards or more in each of the last three games. This offense is without Mike Evans (collarbone), Chris Godwin (leg), and Bucky Irving (foot, shoulder) for the Week 8 matchup against the New Orleans Saints. Given the Bucs' injuries and the number of teams on a bye this weekend. Otton should be treated as a TE1 for this favorable matchup against the Saints' defense.

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Who Should I Start? Who Should I Sit? Some common Week 8 fantasy football lineup decisions are regarding players like Cade Otton, Dalton Schultz, Zach Ertz, George Kittle, Kyle Pitts Sr., Evan Engram. But not to worry, we are here to help make these decisions and build winning lineups in Week 8.

Week 8 Player Decisions. Set your optimal fantasy football lineups for Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season. Our free Who Should I Start? tool will help make your fantasy football lineup decisions. Compare up to four NFL players, and we tell you who to start... all free! Get your winning lineups set, and make the right decisions.

Using The Tool. This is a simple tool but very powerful. The first step is to enter the player names that you want to compare. In the first box, search for the first player's name. In the second box, search for the second player's name. Compare up to four NFL players at once, and then click the Who To Start? button to see who the recommended starts are based on weekly fantasy football matchups.

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