Top 5 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Tight Ends (Week 6)

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 6.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Tight Ends

Tight Ends

Written by Derek Brown

Mason Taylor (TE – NYJ): 13% Rostered

Next Opponents: DEN, CAR, @CIN
True Value: $11
Desperate Need: $15
Budget-Minded: $6

Analysis: Mason Taylor finally had the breakout game I’d been waiting for in Week 4. He followed it up with a monster outing in Week 5. In Week 4, Taylor was the TE11 in fantasy, soaking up a 25.9% target share with 65 receiving yards (2.50 yards per route run) and a 33.3% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In Week 5 against Dallas, he had a 26% target share with nine receptions and 67 receiving yards. He led the Jets in targets, cementing his status as the team’s clear No. 2 option in the passing game behind Garrett Wilson. Taylor offers TE1 plug-and-play value. Yes, this week’s matchup against Denver is tough, but he follows that up with cakewalks against Carolina and Cincinnati before the Jets’ bye week. If you are dealing with some frustrating veteran such as T.J. Hockenson or Mark Andrews at tight end, you should be rostering Taylor. He could be a more consistent volume earner and producer moving forward.

Harold Fannin Jr. (TE – CLE): 27% Rostered

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

Analysis: Harold Fannin Jr. entered Week 5 with a 14% target share, 1.62 yards per route run (40 receiving yards per game) and a 17.6% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Against the Vikings on Sunday, he had only a 12.1% target share with 13 receiving yards and a touchdown. The score saved his fantasy day. Fannin could enjoy a nice run in the next three weeks, with dates against the Steelers, Dolphins and Patriots. Each of these defenses comfortably sits inside the top eight teams for most fantasy points per game allowed to tight ends.

Brenton Strange (TE – JAX): 49% Rostered

Next Opponents: SEA, LAR, BYE
True Value: $2
Desperate Need: $4
Budget-Minded: $1

Analysis: Brenton Strange entered Week 5 as the TE14 in fantasy points per game with one TE1 finish this season (TE7). Strange has a 16% target share with 45.5 receiving yards per game (1.80 yards per route run) and a 15.7% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Strange is at the top of the streaming tight end heap this week against a Seattle defense that has allowed the most fantasy points per game and 11th-most receiving yards to tight ends.

Theo Johnson (TE – NYG): 11% Rostered

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

Analysis: Theo Johnson has scored three touchdowns over his last two games. Will he keep up that pace the rest of the season? Of course not, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be a strong streaming option at tight end moving forward. Over the last two weeks, Johnson has had a 20% target share while averaging 4.5 receptions and 20 receiving yards. His role in this offense is growing, and his rapport with Jaxson Dart looks good.

AJ Barner (TE – SEA): 2% Rostered

Next Opponents: @JAX, HOU, BYE
True Value: $0
Desperate Need: $1
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: The Seahawks had to take to the air in Week 5 to try to keep pace with the Buccaneers. AJ Barner had the best game of his career, securing all seven of his targets (21.8% target share) for 53 receiving yards and a score. Barner has played at least 80% of the snaps in four out of five games this season, so he is clearly the Seahawks’ starting tight end. He’ll be game script sensitive moving forward, as the Seahawks do not want to pass a ton unless their hand is forced. Barner could still return streaming value, as his touchdown equity in this offense is real, with four scores in his last four games.