Best Dynasty Draft Values: Tight Ends (2025 Fantasy Football)

Nothing brings dynasty fantasy football managers out of hibernation like rookie draft season. After months of radio silence, every single dynasty league I am in has seen at least one trade in the weeks since the NFL Draft. In this period of heightened activity, now is a great time to look to trade for some undervalued players, especially undervalued veterans relative to the shiny new rookies.

Today, I’ll offer some of the best dynasty draft values. These can also be viewed as potential trade targets. To find these players, I’ll use KeepTradeCut’s (KTC) crowdsourced Dynasty rankings and FantasyCalc’s trade-based rankings. I’ll also occasionally reference FantasyPros’ expert consensus rankings (ECR), but the previous two sources are the most accurate reflection of the dynasty market, given that they are directly sourced from community opinions and community trades, respectively. With that in mind, let’s get right into it.

Best Dynasty Fantasy Football Draft Values

Mark Andrews (TE – BAL)

This isn’t a cozy take. Even ignoring the constant rumors that he is about to be traded or cut, Mark Andrews will be 30 by the time the season starts and is coming off the worst year of his career. But even in that down 2024, the three-time Pro Bowler ranked fourth among tight ends in PFF receiving grade, sixth in yards per route run and fifth in half-PPR points. This was even despite weirdly limited usage to start the season, perhaps related to his 2023 broken ankle or the car crash he was in during training camp.

Elite tight ends can play until well into their 30s, and Andrews is one of a small number of players at the position to have shown a truly difference-making fantasy ceiling. Targeting him now is risky, but the price isn’t bad at all — KTC and FantasyCalc have him ranked as the TE13 and TE10, respectively. The potential upside of multiple more years of elite production at a scarce position is worth the risk for tight end-needy competing teams.

Hunter Henry (TE – NE)

There’s nothing sexy about this one. Hunter Henry isn’t some hidden talent, nor is he likely to break out with a difference-making season. What he is likely to do is provide another season of borderline TE1 production, and that’s not worth nothing (unless you’re in a shallow, 1-TE league).

The Patriots did add weapons, but the veteran tight end is still their second-most reliable target… and even that is assuming Stefon Diggs returns to full health. If Drake Maye can take a step forward, Henry’s role as a red-zone threat and underneath safety blanket will become much more valuable.

At the very least, the fact that he is behind confirmed backups like Noah Gray, Michael Mayer and Ben Sinnott (LOL) is a bridge too far, especially when we consider that being 30 years old is much less of a red flag at tight end than other positions.

Zach Ertz (TE – WSH)

Take everything I said about Hunter Henry and repeat it here for Zach Ertz. The veteran tight end can barely move at this point, and I’m not predicting a surprise career resurgence at age 34. But he finished as the TE8 last season and is back for another year as one of the top targets for an ascending superstar in Jayden Daniels.

At the very least, the fact Ertz is ranked well below his backup Ben Sinnott is laughable. To be fair, that issue has more to do with Sinnott (who has been more of a fullback than a tight end so far in his NFL career) being absurdly overrated, but Ertz is still clearly ranked too low given his chances of providing at least one more year of usable production.

Ted Chmyz is a fantasy football contributor for FantasyPros.com. Find him on Twitter and Bluesky @Tchmyz for more fantasy content or to ask questions.