It was a bittersweet Week 9 for those who love tight ends, as Tucker Kraft’s season ended after a great stretch of football to start the season and Brock Bowers season just took flight after returning from a long absence due to a knee injury. These aren’t the kinds of trade offs we like to make for our tight end fandom!
We did get a big game from first round rookie TE Colston Loveland, as he went over 100 yards and caught two touchdowns, including the game winner for the Bears to eke out a win in Cincinnati. The hope that Loveland would follow in the footsteps of Sam Laporta under Ben Johnson is starting to look like a much better bet than it did just a couple weeks ago.
Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati Bengals, Tennessee Titans, Dallas Cowboys
Travis Kelce, Noah Fant, Chig Okonkwo, Jake Ferguson
Kraft is out for the season with a torn ACL. Luke Musgrave should take over the lead role in his absence, but he won’t be as efficient. We’ll see how much they incorporate him into the offense, but he is worth a pickup in case he can step up in a big way.
Kmet suffered a concussion in Week 9, which ended up helping rookie Colston Loveland to his breakout game. Loveland may have won more snaps moving forward, but as long as Kmet is healthy enough to play, he will continue to cut into his upside.
Bellinger suffered a neck injury in Week 8 and was doubtful and didn’t play in Week 9. Keep an eye on the news this week, especially if you’d like to use Theo Johnson as a tight end streamer once again.
Rams at 49ers (49.5)
Lions at Commanders (49.5)
Patriots at Buccaneers (48.5)
Giants at Bears (48.5)
Falcons at Colts (48.5)
Browns at Jets (37.5)
Jaguars at Texans (38.5)
Saints at Panthers (39.5)
Highest implied individual team totals
Bills (29.5)
Lions (29)
Colts (27.5)
Rams (26.5)
Lowest implied individual team totals
Raiders (16.5)
Saints (17)
Browns (18)
Jaguars (18.5)
Bills (-9.5) at Dolphins
Raiders at Broncos (-9.5)
Lions (-8.5) at Commanders
Falcons at Colts (-6.5)
Cardinals at Seahawks (-6.5)
