It’s been a good year for playing matchup ball with tight ends. There are a handful of defenses that can’t seem to defend the position, and the points have been flowing.
The Cardinals, Browns and Bucs in particular. If you get a tight end with some pass-catching ability aligned against one of those defenses, things are looking pretty good.
As luck would have it, all three of these defenses will play good tight ends this week. So things are looking promising in Week 6 for Austin Hooper (at Arizona), Will Dissly (at Cleveland) and Greg Olsen (Tampa Bay in England).
The league has some great tight ends, including Travis Kelce, Zach Ertz and George Kittle. But with the way the matchups are aligned this week, this second tier should outproduce some of those top-level performers.
| ARIZONA AGAINST TIGHT ENDS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Score | Tgt | No | Yds | Avg | TD |
| T.J. Hockenson, Det. | T 27-27 | 9 | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 1 |
| Mark Andrews, Balt. | W 23-17 | 9 | 8 | 112 | 14.0 | 1 |
| Greg Olsen, Car. | W 38-20 | 7 | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 2 |
| Will Dissly, Sea. | W 27-10 | 8 | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 1 |
| Tyler Eifert, Cin. | L 23-26 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Austin Hooper, Atl. | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| CLEVELAND AGAINST TIGHT ENDS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Score | Tgt | No | Yds | Avg | TD |
| Delanie Walker, Ten. | W 43-13 | 6 | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 2 |
| Ryan Griffin (?), NYJ | L 3-23 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Gerald Everett, LAR | W 20-13 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 |
| Mark Andrews, Balt. | L 25-40 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 1 |
| George Kittle, S.F. | W 31-3 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 1 |
| Will Dissly, Sea. | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| TAMPA BAY AGAINST TIGHT ENDS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Score | Tgt | No | Yds | Avg | TD |
| George Kittle, S.F. | W 31-17 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 0 |
| Greg Olsen, Car. | L 14-20 | 9 | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 0 |
| Evan Engram, NYG | W 32-31 | 8 | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 1 |
| Gerald Everett, LAR | L 40-55 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 1 |
| Jared Cook, N.O. | W 31-24 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 1 |
| Greg Olsen, Car. | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
—Ian Allan