Week six at the tight end position was highlighted by the continued emergence of tight ends Eric Ebron, Vance McDonald and Austin Hooper.
After years of disappointing fantasy owners as a member of the Detroit Lions it took a switch from Matthew Stafford to the tight end friendly Andrew luck at quarterback for Ebron to finally break out. Per playerprofiler Ebron ranks first in hog rate at 19.5 percent, end zone target share at a whopping 45 percent and touchdowns with six. Ebron also is top three in targets with 52, red zone receptions with six and red zone target share with 29.2 percent all evidence that Ebron will continue to have a large role when Jack Doyle and TY Hilton return.
Austin Hooper has been inconsistent but is making the most of his opportunities as he ranks eighth among tight ends with 0.51 fantasy points per target and is fourth overall in both receptions and red zone receptions.
The tight end playerprofiler compares Hooper to in Vance McDonald ranks first among tight ends with an impressive 205 yards after catch which helped propel him to fifth with 11 yards per target and sixth with 2.10 fantasy points per target.
The above storylines and more helped dictate our rankings for week seven and as always we will be updating until kickoff on Sunday so be sure to check back often for our latest thoughts and ranks.
