Trey McBride caught 41 more passes than any other tight end in 2025, so why is fantasy's TE1 debate still open? Is Brock Bowers, drafted more than 20 picks ahead of the No. 3 tight end on the board, the only name with a real path to overtaking him? Or was McBride's season built on volume nobody else at the position can sustain?
We cover all this, plus Colston Loveland and the rest of the 2026 tight end board, in a rapid-fire ranked rundown hosted by PFN's Jacob Infante. Every spot on this list is built off current ADP inside the PFN Fantasy Football Mock Draft Simulator, so the rankings reflect what these tight ends actually cost you on draft night — not where a preseason list wishes they went. That matters most in the middle of this tier, where the gap between the No. 2 and No. 3 tight end is more than 20 picks of draft capital and the difference between a locked-in weekly starter and an upside swing you have to stream around. All production numbers are PPR, because PPR is the defaul...
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