2025 Week 10 Fantasy Football Rankings: TE, K, DEF

Tyler Warren and the Colts head to Germany, fellow rookie Colston Loveland follows up a breakout effort, and David Njoku vows to keep producing for the Browns.

Other positions: Quarterback | Running Back | Receiver

Updated 11/7 at 5:30 PM ET. Added Cole Kmet and ticked Colston Loveland down. Ticked Harold Fannin Jr. down waiting on injury updates. Updated Rams and Giants kickers.

Week 10 Tight Ends

1	Brock Bowers	LV	at DEN
2	Trey McBride	ARI	at SEA
3	Oronde Gadsden II	LAC	vs. PIT
4	George Kittle	SF	vs. LAR
5	Tyler Warren	IND	vs. ATL
6	Dallas Goedert	PHI	at GB
7	Sam LaPorta	DET	at WAS
8	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	at MIA
9	Kyle Pitts Sr.	ATL	at IND
10	Zach Ertz	WAS	vs. DET
11	Mark Andrews	BAL	at MIN
12	Juwan Johnson	NO	at CAR
13	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	at NYJ
14	Cade Otton	TB	vs. NE
15	Colston Loveland	CHI	vs. NYG
16	Hunter Henry	NE	at TB
17	Mason Taylor	NYJ	vs. CLE
18	Evan Engram	DEN	vs. LV
19	Dalton Schultz	HOU	vs. JAC
20	David Njoku	CLE	at NYJ
21	Isaiah Likely	BAL	at MIN
22	Theo Johnson	NYG	at CHI
23	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	vs. BAL
24	Luke Musgrave	GB	vs. PHI
25	AJ Barner	SEA	vs. ARI
26	Jonnu Smith	PIT	at LAC
27	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	at LAC
28	Cole Kmet	CHI	vs. NYG
29	Taysom Hill	NO	at CAR
30	Tyler Higbee	LAR	at SF
31	Elijah Arroyo	SEA	vs. ARI
32	Ja’Tavion Sanders	CAR	vs. NO
33	Darnell Washington	PIT	at LAC
34	Dawson Knox	BUF	at MIA

TE Notes: One game, but it was enough for Brock Bowers to confirm he remains in a tier all by himself when healthy. … Oronde Gadsden has now caught at least five passes for 68 yards every game for the past month. The reality is this level of target competition is bound to produce a 3/30 afternoon at some point, but Gadsden’s high floor paired with his demonstrated ceiling potential lock him in as a weekly must start, regardless of format or roster size. … Don’t look now, but Kyle Pitts is fifth in tight end targets (54) even with the Falcons’ bye week mixed in. Pitts has accomplished the seemingly impossible and become a safe, if low upside, TE1. That’s the inverse of what we expected, but it is usable all the same. … With essentially every other Commander injured, Zach Ertz can keep chugging along as an undead zombie TE1. … Cade Otton is very sensitive to target competition, but if Chris Godwin (fibula) remains sidelined coming out of the Bucs’ bye week, it will be all but impossible for Otton to catch fewer than 3-4 passes.

Colston Loveland has had only one good game, but boy what a game it was. Better than any effort by fellow rookie Tyler Warren, in fact. It came in the best possible matchup in the best possible game script, but we now know spiked Loveland weeks are at least possible. That vaults him up the TE2 ranks and puts him in the TE1 mix for matchups like Sunday’s date with the Giants’ soft pass defense. … Not traded ahead of Tuesday’s deadline, David Njoku is now a spare parts veteran in an offense changing play-callers and maybe again soon changing quarterbacks. With the Browns firmly in evaluation mode, expect Harold Fannin Jr. to win the targets battle with a veteran teammate who frankly deserved better. … Trade acquisition Adonai Mitchell could eventually challenge Mason Taylor for the No. 2 spot in the Jets’ skill corps, but he will be a role player at beast for his Week 10 Jets debut. That’s if he is even active. … Juwan Johnson has revived the past few weeks while targets impediment Rashid Shaheed is now a Seattle Seahawk. Perennial nuisance Taysom Hill is running on fumes. Johnson is a high-floor, limited-ceiling TE2.

As Drake Maye has grown more comfortable targeting wide receivers, lumbering veteran Hunter Henry has struggled to keep up in the targets department. He has just 21 over his past six appearances. He maintains touchdown potential in this ascending offense, but Henry is now well outside the TE1 mix. … As expected, Isaiah Likely finally welcomed himself to the season as he and Lamar Jackson got healthy at the same time. Also as expected, he didn’t magically make Mark Andrews disappear. Likely offers spiked week potential rare for a lower-end TE2, but that is all he remains until further notice. … Theo Johnson has the right matchup (Chicago) and target competition (none). He doesn’t have the right fantasy profile as a weekly 3/30 player living off touchdowns. The scores mean Johnson is a plausible TE2, but there is little visible path to TE1 upside. … Luke Musgrave is not Tucker Kraft, to put it mildly. He’s also not just “some guy.” Reasonably productive as a 2023 second-round rookie before getting big dog’d by Baby Kittle Kraft, Musgrave offers low-end TE2 hope in this ever in-flux Packers attack.

Week 10 Kickers

1	Chase McLaughlin	TB	vs. NE
2	Cameron Dicker	LAC	vs. PIT
3	Jason Myers	SEA	vs. ARI
4	Eddy Pineiro	SF	vs. LAR
5	Matt Prater	BUF	at MIA
6	Tyler Loop	BAL	at MIN
7	Michael Badgley	IND	vs. ATL
8	Cairo Santos	CHI	vs. NYG
9	Chris Boswell	PIT	at LAC
10	Wil Lutz	DEN	vs. LV
11	Jake Bates	DET	at WAS
12	Andy Borregales	NE	at TB
13	Cam Little	JAC	at HOU
14	Brandon McManus	GB	vs. PHI
15	Will Reichard	MIN	vs. BAL
16	Jake Elliott	PHI	at GB
17	Chad Ryland	ARI	at SEA
18	Daniel Carlson	LV	at DEN
19	Zane Gonzalez	ATL	at IND
20	Matt Gay	WAS	vs. DET
21	Ryan Fitzgerald	CAR	vs. NO
22	Matthew Wright	HOU	vs. JAC
23	Andre Szmyt	CLE	at NYJ
24	Riley Patterson	MIA	vs. BUF
25	Younghoe Koo	NYG	at CHI
26	Nick Folk	NYJ	vs. CLE
27	Harrison Mevis	LAR	at SF
28	Blake Grupe	NO	at CAR

Week 10 Defense/Special Teams

1	Buffalo Bills	at MIA
2	Cleveland Browns	at NYJ
3	Denver Broncos	vs. LV
4	Detroit Lions	at WAS
5	Houston Texans	vs. JAC
6	Jacksonville Jaguars	at HOU
7	Seattle Seahawks	vs. ARI
8	Baltimore Ravens	at MIN
9	Los Angeles Rams	at SF
10	Carolina Panthers	vs. NO
11	New England Patriots	at TB
12	Los Angeles Chargers	vs. PIT
13	Indianapolis Colts	vs. ATL
14	Atlanta Falcons	at IND
15	Chicago Bears	vs. NYG
16	Pittsburgh Steelers	at LAC
17	New York Giants	at CHI
18	New York Jets	vs. CLE
19	San Francisco 49ers	vs. LAR
20	Philadelphia Eagles	at GB
21	Green Bay Packers	vs. PHI
22	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	vs. NE
23	Las Vegas Raiders	at DEN
24	Minnesota Vikings	vs. BAL
25	Arizona Cardinals	at SEA
26	New Orleans Saints	at CAR
27	Washington Commanders	vs. DET
28	Miami Dolphins	vs. BUF