The 2026 NFL season is quick approaching and the Yahoo Fantasy Extremely Playbook has all the things it is advisable to know to earlier than your draft, supplying you with the instruments and evaluation to crush the competitors. Amongst that evaluation is Joel Smyth’s TE participant profiles. Under is a sneak peek of a number of the 25+ tight finish profiles within the Extremely Playbook, together with a ceiling and danger meter for every. Should you subscribe to Extremely, there are almost 150 participant profiles to digest.
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Ceiling: If issues fall of their favor, how large can they hit in 2026?
Threat: A subjective rating based mostly on accidents, surrounding accidents, teaching modifications, how confirmed a participant is, age, and different elements that convey on uncertainty.
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Harold Fannin Jr., Browns (ADP: 71.4)
Seems the Bowling Inexperienced hero wasn’t depending on lesser faculty competitors. Fannin’s rookie season noticed the best prevented deal with fee of any TE since 2020, as he made performs all around the area for a struggling offense. David Njoku is out of the image, however the staff that ranked thirty second in WR fantasy factors used two high picks within the NFL Draft on the place. Even contemplating that, Fannin’s goal quantity ought to keep excessive, as his targets per route in 2025 was greater than Trey McBride’s and every other TE. The upside for a decrease tier TE1 in drafts is properly above common.
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Ceiling: 8/10
Threat: 6/10
Dallas Goedert, Eagles (ADP: 106.2)
Goedert is the prime instance of a TD regression candidate in 2026, however does that make him a foul fantasy choice? If after ending because the TE5, he was being drafted because the TE5, sure. However that is not the case. Goedert is at present going fifteenth amongst TEs, even with out A.J. Brown in Philly. Goedert will not have the insane goal share contained in the 5 as he did final season, however it may be made up elsewhere to repay his present ADP. If the offense bounces again as an entire, the Eagles TE is usually a nice punt choice in fantasy soccer.
Ceiling: 7/10
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Threat: 4/10
George Kittle, 49ers (ADP: 86.3)
The Achilles damage makes Kittle’s early manufacturing a large query mark. Not solely is it a particularly troublesome damage to return again from, however Kittle is a 32-year-old whose specialty is yards after the catch, and his damage got here in January. Final season was the primary season the place we noticed Kittle’s yards after the catch dip, however his manufacturing didn’t come down with it. If he comes again wholesome is a serious query, but when he does, he is been a top-five fantasy TE in PPG in eight straight seasons! He’s at present going because the TE9 in ADP.
Ceiling: 9/10
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Threat: 10/10
Dalton Kincaid, Payments (ADP: 98.9)
Effectivity has by no means been the difficulty, simply the quantity. Kincaid completed first amongst TEs in (breathes in) targets/route, yards/route, yards/goal, yards/rec, 1st downs/route, focused cross ranking, yards per goal over anticipated, fantasy factors/route and anticipated fantasy factors per route in 2026. When he is on the sphere, his quantity is the very best amongst TE, and his manufacturing is even higher. The problem is he had a 44% route share and 13% crimson zone goal share. DJ Moore complicates issues with no goal competitors being vacated and his previous utilization within the crimson zone. The optimistic is in video games when Kincaid was totally wholesome, his route share bumped as much as 60%. Dawson Knox and Jackson Hawes will not disappear, however Kincaid’s path to a ceiling is obvious and depends on getting on the sphere greater than previous seasons.
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Ceiling: 9/10
Threat: 8/10
Tucker Kraft, Packers (ADP: 60.8)
The ACL is the apparent worry, to not point out the Packers’ historical past of slowly ramping up gamers recovering from damage. It is a large concern, but additionally the one concern. Identical good QB, similar good coach, similar good offense, simply with much less goal competitors to compete in opposition to. His yards after catch stats look pretend, 10.0 on common since 2024, with the next-closest TE at 6.5. Kraft might have overproduced in touchdowns final season, however with 17 vacated crimson zone targets and his playmaking capacity, he ought to nonetheless be a top-five fantasy TE if his knee can maintain up.
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Ceiling: 9/10
Threat: 8/10
Kyle Pitts Sr., Falcons (ADP: 72.8)
Pitts’ greatest season got here in 2025 because the TE6, nevertheless, his end was as near the TE18 because it was the TE4. The absence of Drake London for a month carried his manufacturing, actually, Pitts ranked because the TE18 in video games with London within the lineup. Kevin Stefanski provides some good potential coming from a Cleveland offense that persistently used and produced good TE numbers over the previous couple of seasons. The previous top-five decide has grown every season, and will enhance his receiving YPG from the fourth straight yr.
Ceiling: 8/10
Threat: 5/10
Evaluation from the very best within the enterprise
The Playbook is powered by a few of fantasy soccer’s most-trusted analysts: Justin Boone (the top-ranked in-season ranker of 2025), Matt Harmon, Josh Norris, Joel Smyth, Scott Pianowski and Hayden Winks. This is not one analyst’s opinion. It is a consensus of the sharpest minds in fantasy soccer, that includes recommendation you possibly can depend on.
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