Week 16 TE Rankings 2026 (Updated)

By Draft Sharks Team @DraftSharks Reviewed By Jared Smola Jul 18, 2026 at 4:00am

Week 16 TE Rankings are here for you. So if you're facing a tough starting tight end decision this week, take a few minutes to check out these rankings.

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2026 Rankings

RK	Player	Matchup	SOS	Bye	Floor Proj	Consensus ProjCons Proj	DS Proj	Ceiling ProjCeil Proj	3D Proj
1	LVR 1	TEN	0.5%	13	9.2	9.4	9.2	9.2	9.2
2	CHI 2	GB	-8.3%	10	9.1	4.5	9.1	9.1	9.1
3	ARI 3	@NO	-5.6%	14	8.7	8.5	8.7	8.7	8.7
4	IND 4	CIN	54.2%	13	8.4	5.6	8.4	8.4	8.4
5	GB 5	@CHI	-1.1%	11	8.2	6.0	8.2	8.2	8.2
6	SF 6	@KC	-13.7%	8	7.5	8.9	7.5	7.5	7.5
7	DET 7	NYG	-12.2%	6	7.3	6.8	7.3	7.3	7.3
8	CLE 8	@BAL	-20.5%	11	7.1	2.7	7.1	7.1	7.1
9	ATL 9	TB	17.8%	11	6.5	5.2	6.5	6.5	6.5
10	KC 10	SF	2.8%	5	6.4	6.9	6.4	6.4	6.4
11	BAL 11	CLE	-8.2%	13	6.2	7.0	6.2	6.2	6.2
12	BUF 12	@DEN	8.4%	7	5.9	4.6	5.9	5.9	5.9
13	PHI 13	HOU	-11.8%	10	5.7	6.1	5.7	5.7	5.7
14	NE 14	@NYJ	16.4%	11	5.7	4.8	5.7	5.7	5.7
15	JAC 15	@DAL	-0.2%	7	5.7	4.5	5.7	5.7	5.7
16	DAL 16	JAC	9.1%	14	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.5	5.5
17	NYG 17	@DET	3.1%	8	5.5	1.2	5.5	5.5	5.5
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18	NO 18	ARI	28%	8	5.3	3.8	5.3	5.3	5.3
19	NYJ 19	NE	4.8%	13	5.3	0	5.3	5.3	5.3
20	HOU 20	@PHI	-35.4%	8	5.0	4.1	5.0	5.0	5.0
21	WAS 21	@MIN	-18.2%	7	5.0	4.5	5.0	5.0	5.0
22	MIN 22	WAS	31.4%	6	5.0	5.7	5.0	5.0	5.0
23	LAC 23	@MIA	30.1%	7	4.8	0.7	4.8	4.8	4.8
24	PIT 24	CAR	1%	9	4.7	4.4	4.7	4.7	4.7
25	TB 25	@ATL	-23.4%	10	4.5	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.5