Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Tight Ends (Week 4)

We will have you covered throughout the fantasy football season with our bevy of tools, including our Waiver Wire Assistant. Find the top available players and get detailed analysis on how potential fantasy football waiver wire adds will impact your team. Of course, our team of analysts will also have written advice each week. Check out some of our top fantasy football waiver wire tight ends to target for the week below. And here is all of our fantasy football waiver wire advice for Week 4.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Tight Ends

Tight Ends

Written by Derek Brown

Harold Fannin Jr. (TE – CLE): 47% Rostered

Next Opponents: @DET, MIN, @PIT
True Value: $8
Desperate Need: $13
Budget-Minded: $4

Analysis: Yes, I’m as surprised as you, but Harold Fannin Jr. has dropped below 50% rostership on Yahoo, so he gets a mention here in the waiver wire article, though I acknowledge that he is rostered in many leagues. Fannin entered Week 3 as the TE9 in fantasy points per game, drawing a 15.1% target share (58.6% route share) with 55.5 receiving yards per game, 1.91 yards per route run and a 20.8% first-read share (second on the team), per Fantasy Points Data. He had a quieter Week 3, with an 11.1% target share, 25 receiving yards and a 64% snap rate. The Browns remain committed to being a pass-first team, so Fannin should have better days moving forward as a borderline TE1.

Mason Taylor (TE – NYJ): 6% Rostered

Next Opponents: @MIA, DAL, DEN
True Value: $2
Desperate Need: $4
Budget-Minded: $1

Analysis: If you’re hurting at tight end and have the bench space to grab Mason Taylor, do it. He has been a full-time starter for the Jets every week, playing 72% to 88% of the snaps. In Week 3, he had a season-high 16.6% target share. While Taylor’s 18 receiving yards won’t cause a bidding war in any league, Taylor has the talent and a clear runway to earn a lot more volume in this passing attack moving forward. That could manifest itself as early as Week 4 against the Dolphins, who have allowed the fifth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.

Cole Kmet (TE – CHI): 2% Rostered

Next Opponents: @LV, BYE, @WSH
True Value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: With Colston Loveland dealing with a hip issue and leaving Chicago’s Week 3 game, Cole Kmet played 55 out of a possible 59 snaps. While he only drew one target, he made it count with a 10-yard score. The Bears’ passing attack is a congested mess for targets behind Rome Odunze, but Kmet will be on the streaming radar this week as a full-time starter in an ascending offense facing a pass defense that has allowed the fifth-most yards per reception to tight ends.

Brenton Strange (TE – JAX): 25% Rostered

Next Opponents: @SF, KC, SEA
True Value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: Entering Week 3, Brenton Strange was the TE21 in fantasy points per game. He had a 64.9% route share, a 12.3% target share, 1.52 yards per route run, 38 receiving yards per game and a 13.6% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Against the Texans in Week 3, Strange had a team-leading 61 receiving yards with a 17.5% target share. Strange is back on the streaming radar.

Cade Otton (TE – TB): 7% Rostered

Next Opponents: PHI, @SEA, SF
True Value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: Yes, I know you’re probably eye-rolling seeing Cade Otton’s name on this list after a goose egg in Week 3, where he didn’t even draw a target. Otton also finished with zero receiving yards in Week 1. But Otton should see more volume moving forward with Mike Evans dealing with a significant hamstring injury. Considering Evans’ history of hammy issues, this could put the 32-year-old receiver on the shelf for a few games. With Chris Godwin still not 100% from the ankle injury that ended his 2024 season, Otton could be the No. 2 option in the passing attack behind rookie Emeka Egbuka until Godwin hits the field or Evans is back in the lineup. I know it was with a different offensive coordinator, but we have seen Otton step up before as a high-volume option in the passing attack when the depth chart in Tampa was depleted. It could happen again.