If you read the sleeper article from last year, you could have ended up with Sam LaPorta, Dalton Kincaid, or David Njoku. That feels pretty good. This year, the pickings are more slim but there are still options to keep you out of purgatory. Let’s find some sleeper tight ends for 2024.
Note – ADP is pulled from ESPN ADP live as of 24 August.
Five Tight End Sleepers – Fantasy Football 2024
Pat Freiermuth – TE15
How often is the number two passing option available in the 12th round or later of drafts? If the Steelers don’t make a move for another veteran wide receiver, Freiermuth could be looking at a career-high in usage. Arthur Smith will find a way to make Darnell Washington a thing, but the Muth is a viable bye-week option. As gross as it is, the combination of Russell Wilson and Justin Fields may be the best quarterback Freiermuth has ever played with.
Taysom Hill – TE17
Dennis Allen talks about Kendre Miller like he’s his ex-wife. If Miller is cut, Taysom Hill will be the RB2, QB2, and WR3 for the New Orleans Saints but for some reason, fantasy sites list him as a tight end. Use the cheat code, and enjoy the unpredictable Hill spike weeks. I hate to say it, but Taysom Hill has been a top-12 tight end for the past two seasons.
Tyler Conklin – TE18
In the last three seasons, Conklin quietly has the eighth most targets among tight ends. The reason it’s been quiet is because of the QB monstrosity. Aaron Rodgers turned Robert Tonyan into a viable tight end, and the WR2 for the Jets is Mike Williams coming off of his millionth injury.
Tyler Conklin has had exactly 87 targets in the past three seasons. If he hits that number again in 2024, he’s due for some touchdown and efficiency regression to help his ranking.
Ben Sinnott – TE22
The Commanders just traded away Jahan Dotson to a division rival. Dyami Brown is making some serious noise about being the WR2 for the team. What does that mean? The tight end is probably the real WR2. The ghost of Zach Ertz is still holding down the top spot for now, but we could see a similar arc to Trey McBride’s breakout for Ben Sinnott this season.
The last time we saw Kliff Kingsbury lead an offense, the tight end was targeted over 110 times. It will be a heavy dose of Ertz early in the season, but as the season goes on, Sinnott could help our fantasy teams tremendously.
Luke Musgrave – TE24
Musgrave’s promising rookie season was quickly forgotten due to injury. Before he was hurt, he had four or more targets in 70% of his games played. That’s not normal for a rookie tight end, and if he takes a step forward this season he could be closer to TE10 than TE30.
The team is loaded with young offensive talent but lacks a true number one wide receiver. While the team and fantasy managers try and sort it out, grabbing any piece this cheap is a win.
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