Tight end PPR rankings for Week 8 fantasy football

Final injury report

Out: Austin Hooper (abdomen)
Doubtful:
Questionable: Mo Alie-Cox (knee), Jake Butt (hamstring), Tyler Higbee (hand), Adam Shaheen (shoulder), Dalton Keene (knee)

Thursday injury report

Dallas Goedert continues to get practices in, but the nature of his ankle injury may push the team to hold him out through the Week 9 bye. He still has a chance to play if he can prove he’s 100 percent though.

Mo Alie-Cox returned to a limited practice on Thursday. Trey Burton has taken over the lead role at tight end, but would be better off for fantasy if Alie-Cox isn’t active this week.

Robert Tonyan got in a full practice on Thirsday and is set to go this week against the Vikings.

Noah Fant was a full participant

Wednesday injury report

Austin Hooper is reportedly out this week, so we’ll see Harrison Bryant take the lead again.

Dallas Goedert was able to practice, but isn’t on the injury report yet since he hasn’t been officially activated. It looks like he has a chance to play this week though.

Mo Alie-Cox missed practice again with a knee injury. If he can’t get back this week, Trey Burton would be in line for the bulk of the tight end targets again.

DNP: Mo Alie-Cox (knee), Austin Hooper (abdomen), Gerald Everett (illness), Eric Ebron (elbow)
Limited: Adam Shaheen (shoulder), Marcedes Lewis (knee), Robert Tonyan (ankle, knee), Cole Kmet (back), Noah Fant (ankle), Tyler Higbee (hand)
Full: David Njoku (knee)

Week 7 was a down week for tight ends, as Richard Rodgers led in yardage with 85, Albert Okwuegbunam led in receptions with seven and Harrison Bryant led in PPR fantasy points with 21.6 due to his two touchdown receptions. That means we had down games from our usual studs, George Kittle and Travis Kelce. A reminder that tight ends are about as annoying as kickers and D/STs.

Injury news

Tyler Higbee appeared set to play last week with a hand injury, but was held out. It would seem that he has a better shot to play this week but we’ll need to wait to see.

Austin Hooper had an appendectomy and his status for Week 8 is up in the air. If he can’t go, Harrison Bryant will get another shot as the lead with David Njoku behind him.

Bye weeks

Washington Football Team, Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars

Logan Thomas, Dan Arnold, Darren Fells and Tyler Eifert aren’t going to make or break your fantasy week thankfully. Thomas does have a touchdown in his last two games, but his upside remains low most weeks.

Streaming options

Richard Rodgers, Eagles

Rodgers isn’t a player you can count on to make that remarkable grab and get extra yards, but as we saw last week, he can catch the ball and the Eagles need players who can catch the ball right now. He also will get a Dallas defense that hasn’t been near competent this season.

Robert Tonyan, Packers

Davante Adams had an amazing 20 targets last week and went ballistic against a bad Texans defense. Adam’s tough to stop, but with few other options on the field, teams will find ways to slow him down, even if just a little. Tonyan should be someone to benefit from the extra help Adams will demand and he should be healthier this week after two weeks of nursing a tweaked ankle. The Vikings defense is nothing to worry about either.