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Matt's tight end (TE) fantasy football start 'em, sit 'em picks for Week 10 of 2025. His TE lineups advice for Week 10 fantasy football start/sit decisions.
Did you listen last week and start Colston Loveland? If so, you absolutely nailed it. Loveland was a full-sized fantasy candy bar, not some knock-off candy corn substitute. We also saw the return of Brock Bowers, who put the league on notice with his 43.3-point performance. Then we were reminded that we can't have nice things and lost Tucker Kraft in the same week.
This week, fantasy managers will also be without Jake Ferguson, Travis Kelce, and Noah Fant. Laugh all you want about Fant's inclusion, but since the arrival of Joe Flacco, Fant has averaged 9.8 fantasy points per game and has posted 10 or more fantasy points in half of those contests.
Here are your starts and sits at the tight end position for Week 10 of the fantasy football season.
Week 10 Starts - Fantasy Football Booms
Kyle Pitts Sr. - TE, Atlanta Falcons at Indianapolis Colts
Last week was the Drake London show as the star receiver caught nine passes for 118 yards and a trio of touchdowns against the New England Patriots. Kyle Pitts was an afterthought in that contest, hauling four of seven targets for 38 yards and 7.8 fantasy points.
So, why are there high hopes for one of fantasy's more maligned options at the tight end position? It's all about the matchups, and the Indianapolis Colts are as good a matchup as any for fantasy tight ends, ask Pat Freiermuth, Gunnar Helm, Oronde Gadsden, and Trey McBride, who all reached the end zone in consecutive weeks.
Catch made by Pat Freiermuth to give Pittsburgh the lead following the INT!
INDvsPIT on CBS/Paramount+https://t.co/HkKw7uXVnt pic.twitter.com/e0DDu5RvX2
— NFL (@NFL) November 2, 2025
Although Ptts hasn't been great in recent weeks, he's still averaged 10.2 fantasy points per game over his last four contests in PPR formats and a respectable 10.9 fantasy points per game this season, which has been good enough to be sitting as the TE12 through nine weeks.
Here's where opportunity meets production. Since Week 5, only the Bengals have allowed more receiving touchdowns to opposing tight ends than the Colts have surrendered. In contrast, the 25.4 fantasy points per game they have allowed over their previous four contests have only been topped by the Bengals and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Mark Andrews - TE, Baltimore Ravens at Minnesota Vikings
After a slow start to his season, Mark Andrews has seemingly returned to form. Since Week 3, the Ravens pass-catcher has been averaging 11.8 fantasy points per game and has seen six or more targets in three of his last six outings. Last week, Andrews only had two targets, but he caught both of them, and they were both in the end zone, which always helps. Lamar Jackson returned to the Ravens lineup last week and targeted his tight ends 21.7% of the time.
Lamar Jackson and Mark Andrews are in elite company 🔥 pic.twitter.com/xfyLc1lVdw
— NFL on Prime Video (@NFLonPrime) October 31, 2025
This week, Andrews faces a Minnesota defensive unit that has allowed 283 receiving yards and four touchdowns to the tight end position since Week 5—the 19.3 fantasy points per game in which the Vikings have conceded over that period are the fifth-most, which makes this an attractive matchup for Andrews and fantasy managers.
While Andrews is no Sam LaPorta, given his advanced experience, it is worth noting that LaPorta caught six of the nine intended targets thrown in his direction, resulting in 97 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now, 41.3% of that yardage came on one play, but considering that Andrews has always been a favorite target of Jackson's, especially down inside the red zone and the Vikings' recent struggles in defending the position, the matchup is too good to pass up.
Dalton Schultz - TE, Houston Texans vs Jacksonville Jaguars
Last week, we witnessed a scary moment when C.J. Stroud took a hit while sliding. The hit resulted in Stroud's head slamming hard off the turf and exiting the arena with a concussion. I'm no doctor, but it's hard to imagine that Stroud can return to the lineup this week as the Texans host the Jacksonville Jaguars.
In Stroud's absence, the offense was turned over to Davis Mills, who may not be a great NFL quarterback but is good enough to get the most out of fantasy-relevant players. Nico Collins and Dalton Schultz played significant roles in a game where the Texans had 216 passing yards. We know Mills is going to pepper Collins, but Schultz had a good outing despite being questionable heading into the week, hauling six of eight targets for a team-best 77 receiving yards.
Fast-forward to Week 10, and much of the same should be expected from this Texans offense, which will once again emphasize getting the ball into the hands of Collins and Schultz. Since Week 5, Jacksonville has allowed 26.4 fantasy points per game to opposing tight ends and has conceded 401 receiving yards and five touchdown receptions. In those four contests, the Jaguars have also allowed a league-worst 35 receptions, that's 8.75 receptions per game to go along with 8.53 yards per target.
Week 10 Sits - Potential Fantasy Football Busts
Pat Freiermuth - TE, Pittsburgh Steelers at Los Angeles Chargers
Sure, Aaron Rodgers is tossing touchdowns at an unprecedented level, and sure, Pat Freiermuth has been the beneficiary of three of those 17 passing touchdowns, but that is no reason to get cute and insert Freiermuth into your fantasy lineups.
The matchup alone should be a red flag. With some fantasy options off the table this week due to their byes, Freiermuth may look attractive coming off another performance in which he found the endzone. Still, the data suggests that it is unlikely to happen this week, facing a Chargers defensive group that has allowed just 18 receptions and 191 receiving yards to the position since Week 5. The 9.8 fantasy points per game the Chargers have allowed over the previous five contests is the fourth-fewest in the NFL.
During the season, the Steelers' tight end is TE25, averaging 7.5 fantasy points per game, which was inflated mainly by a 28.2-point performance in Week 7. Looking at the full sample of Freiermuth's work, fantasy managers will see that he has just two double-digit fantasy outings over eight contests. The other six games all had fewer than 6.5 fantasy points.
Zach Ertz - TE, Washington Commanders vs Detroit Lions
Zach Ertz is one of the greatest tight ends ever to lace them up. In fact, Ertz is one of just six tight ends in NFL history to record more than 800 career receptions, but he is also now without Jayden Daniels and has averaged 9.6 fantasy points per game this season (TE16).
Over the Lions' previous four contests, they have allowed the seventh-fewest fantasy points to tight ends, 11.3 per contest, and have surrendered just one touchdown and 193 receiving yards on 20 receptions.
Ertz is a fantasy Hall of Famer, but with the current state of this Commanders' offense and facing one of the premier defenses in opposing tight ends, you can't risk inserting Ertz into your lineup this week. Other options are in the same production tier as Ertz, with more favorable situations. Players such as Harold Fannin Jr., Juwan Johnson, and AJ Barner are tight ends I would put ahead of Ertz this week.
George Kittle - TE, San Francisco 49ers vs Los Angeles Rams
Start your studs, even when the matchups aren't as favorable. You have gotten to this point in the season without George Kittle in your lineups and likely have a serviceable option. Since returning to the 49ers lineup in Week 7, Kittle has weekly fantasy finishes of 0, 10.3, and 2.9. Average that out, and it works out to 4.4 fantasy points per game. Kittle's target share in three games has been 8.7%,16.1%, and 17.4%. Last season, Kittle saw a target share of less than 20% just five times.
The good news is that Brock Purdy will likely return this week, a positive for Kittle's fantasy outlook. However, he was targeted 11 times, caught eight passes over three contests, and was inserted into an offense without Ricky Pearsall. There is a chance Pearsall returns in Week 10, which could cut into Kittle's opportunities.
Also limiting Kittle's potential production is a Los Angeles Rams unit that has allowed 12.2 fantasy points per game since Week 5, the eighth fewest. Over the Rams' previous five contests, they have allowed 20 receptions and 51.4 receiving yards per game to the tight end position, while Kittle is averaging just 37.5 yards per game over his last two.
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