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Matt's tight end (TE) fantasy football start 'em, sit 'em picks for Week 14 of 2025. His TE lineups advice for Week 14 fantasy football start/sit decisions.
The tight end position has become one of the most challenging positions to predict every week. Trey McBride, Brock Bowers, and Travis Kelce have become staples of the position much of the season. However, each week we see players inside the top 12 who were afterthoughts the week before.
Last week was no different as Cole Kmet, Isaiah Likely, and Harold Fannin Jr. reintroduced themselves to the top tier of fantasy tight ends, even if for just one week. Brenton Strange has now produced back-to-back top-7 finishes since returning from injury, making a case that he belongs as a weekly TE1 the rest of the season.
Here are your starts and sits at the tight end position for Week 14 of the fantasy football season.
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Week 14 - Potential Fantasy Football Booms
Dalton Kincaid - TE, Buffalo Bills vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Despite not taking reps in pregame last week, Dalton Kincaid wasn't officially ruled out until just before the Bills' Week 13 contest, meaning he has as good a chance at returning to the lineup this week as anyone. If Kincaid is unavailable, then Dawson Knox inherits a great fantasy matchup and could easily be inserted into those lineups.
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Buffalo desperately needs to get Kincaid back in the lineup to give Josh Allen another option in the passing game. In the seven games Kincaid played before his Week 11 injury, the Bills tight end was averaging 11.9 fantasy points per game, which was the TE8 through 10 weeks. He was also leading all tight ends in targets per route run (0.27) and yards per route run (2.95).
Sure, Allen had a huge Week 11 (44.7 fantasy points), but in the two contests to follow, Allen has averaged 188 passing yards and thrown just one touchdown to three interceptions (13.6 fantasy points per game).
If there is a week to come back, this is the week. Cincinnati's ability to defend opposing tight ends this season has been nonexistent. On the season, no team is allowing more production to the position than the 22.89 fantasy points per game that the Bengals have yielded (25.7 fantasy points allowed over the last four weeks). In fact, it is 5.58 more fantasy points per game than the next closest team.
Even wilder, the 5.58-point difference between the Bengals and Jaguars is roughly the same as the production the Bills have allowed this season (5.84). The most predominant reason why ... the 13 touchdowns surrendered.
Dalton Schultz - TE, Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs
Dalton Schultz may be a difficult tight end to trust this week, considering the 8.3 fantasy points per game that he has averaged over his last three contests. But what is undeniable is that over his last seven games, Schultz has seen eight or more targets and produced 50 or more receiving yards in five of those contests, whether it was Davis Mills or C.J. Stroud under center.
As good as the Chiefs have been on the defensive side of the ball, an Achilles' heel has shown itself in recent weeks. Last week, Jake Ferguson caught five of his six targets for 36 yards. Those numbers were a bit below the four-week average that saw the Chiefs surrendering 19.40 fantasy points per game (fourth most in the NFL), thanks to a pair of touchdown grabs over that span.
Teams have identified the tight end matchup to be among the most favorable, as they have targeted their tight end five times per game on average over the previous five contests. If the fantasy math checks out, fantasy managers should expect at least five receptions from Schultz this week, which could set him up for a top-12 finish here in Week 14.
Kyle Pitts Sr. - TE, Atlanta Falcons vs. Seattle Seahawks
One of the most outstanding examples of untapped potential never living up to lofty fantasy expectations is the story of Kyle Pitts Sr. Every once in a while, the talent flashes, as was the case in Week 13 when Pitts would catch seven of the eight targets thrown his way, resulting in 82 receiving yards and 15.2 fantasy points.
Not being talked about enough is the career-high 60 yards after the catch. Pitts had four or more yards on every reception last week. In today's tight end economy, you take it when you can get it.
Pitts' production in the pass game came out of necessity as Drake London was notably absent. Still, a 24.4% target share is something fantasy managers can work with when a solid matchup presents itself, much like it does again this week as Atlanta hosts the Seattle Seahawks.
Seattle has been relatively predictable in terms of fantasy success to opposing tight ends this season. This year, Seattle has allowed 16.53 fantasy points per game, having allowed more than 850 receiving yards and seven touchdowns to date. In the last four weeks, it has been much the same. The Seahawks defense has yielded 18.75 fantasy points per game, the sixth most during this span.
Regardless of where you stand on the Pitts spectrum, the matchup this week is too good to pass up. If London were to return this week, it would obviously limit Pitts' ceiling. Still, considering how well Seattle has defended the wide receiver position, Kirk Cousins may find his best course of action to be targeting Pitts early and often.
Week 14 Sits - Potential Fantasy Football Busts
Pat Freiermuth - TE, Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
If you are box-score scouting, then last week you may have thought that Pat Freiermuth was injured. He wasn't. He was held to zero catches, zero yards, and wasn't even targeted. Considering that Freiermuth is second on the Steelers in receiving yards (298), this is gross negligence on the behalf of OC Arthur Smith.
Over the last seven weeks, Freiermuth has been a top-12 fantasy tight end in PPR formats on three occasions, so it's not like he can't be a focal point on an atrocious Steelers passing attack. Diving deeper into the snap share against the Bills, Darnell Washington earned a 79% snap share, Jonnu Smith was second amongst Steelers tight ends at 53%, while Freiermuth's 40% snap share placed him third.
Suppose Freiermuth can't get more snaps than Washington, Smith, or even Calvin Austin III (49%) and Roman Wilson (44%). In that case, his fantasy production is going to be limited regardless of the matchup, and the matchup this week was already one that is not favorable for opposing tight ends.
Baltimore has seemingly figured things out on the defensive side of the ball after early season struggles and has been limiting opposing tight ends to 6.03 fantasy points over the last four weeks.
Evan Engram - TE, Denver Broncos at Las Vegas Raiders
You can attack the Las Vegas Raiders defense on multiple fronts, but one area where teams have not found success is deploying their tight ends against this Raiders unit. Even with the Los Angeles Chargers scoring 31 points last week, Oronde Gadsden II was only responsible for one catch and 27 yards.
As much as Sean Payton wants Evan Engram to be a thing, it still has yet to materialize. Last week was only the second time this season in which Engram finished with 10 or more fantasy points in a week, resulting in his second top-12 weekly finish in 11 contests. In an overtime victory, Engram had his most productive game to date, registering six receptions on nine targets for 79 yards.
Here's the thing: those 79 receiving yards bested his previous season high by 37 yards. Could last week be a preview of things to come, or is it more of an outlier based on the data we have already collected this year?
The last time Engram faced the Raiders, he was contained to 12 receiving yards on two receptions and finished Week 10 as the TE36 in fantasy. At best, you are getting 79 receiving yards, which is likely the outlier if fantasy managers are being honest with themselves. At worst, you are getting a tight end who could tank your matchup this week.
Colston Loveland - TE, Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
When you start getting excited for the fantasy prospects that Colston Loveland offers, reality comes back to kick us in the backside once more. Back in Week 9, Loveland had a breakout performance in which he finished with 29.8 fantasy points, only to follow that up with performances of 9.5 fantasy points and seven fantasy points.
Then, in Week 12, the Bears tight end hauled in his third touchdown grab of the season, propelling him to 14.9 fantasy points and finishing the week as the third-highest-scoring tight end. Last week, we cautioned fantasy managers with Loveland's inclusion on the "Sit List" facing a stout Eagles defense, and Philadelphia limited Loveland to 5.8 fantasy points.
As tough a matchup as Philadelphia was last week, the Green Bay Packers present an even more daunting challenge. The Packers have allowed 5.92 fantasy points per game over their previous four contests before facing the Lions duo of Anthony Firkser and Ross Dwelley (seven yards receiving on two receptions).
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