If you read last year’s sleeper article, you could have landed on Sam LaPorta, Dalton Kincaid, or David Njoku. That feels pretty good. This year, the selection is smaller, but there are still options to keep you out of purgatory. Let’s find some sleeper tight ends for 2024.

Note: ADP will be removed from ESPN ADP live starting August 24th.

Five Tight End Sleepers – Fantasy Football 2024

Pat Freiermuth – TE15

How often is the No. 2 passing option available in the 12th round or later in the draft? If the Steelers don’t sign another veteran wide receiver, Freiermuth could reach a career-high. Arthur Smith will find a way to make Darnell Washington a key player, but Muth is a viable option for the bye week. As stark as it may be, the combination of Russell Wilson and Justin Fields may be the best quarterback Freiermuth has ever played with.

Taysom Hills – TE17

Dennis Allen talks about Kendre Miller like he’s his ex-wife. If Miller is released, Taysom Hill will be the RB2, QB2, and WR3 for the New Orleans Saints, but for some reason fantasy sites have him listed as a tight end. Use the cheat code and enjoy Hill’s unpredictable spike weeks. I hate to say it, but Taysom Hill has been a top-12 tight end the last two seasons.

Tyler Conklin – TE18

Over the last three seasons, Conklin has quietly had the eighth most targets among tight ends. The reason for that is the silence that comes his way is the monstrous QB performance. Aaron Rodgers turned Robert Tonyan into a serviceable tight end and the Jets’ WR2 is Mike Williams, who is fresh off his millionth injury.

Tyler Conklin has had exactly 87 targets over the last three seasons, and if he hits that number again in 2024, he’ll have some touchdowns and efficiency drops that will improve his ranking.

Ben Sinnott – TE22

The Commanders just traded Jahan Dotson to a division rival. Dyami Brown is making serious hints of becoming the team’s WR2. What does that mean? The tight end is likely the true WR2. The ghost of Zach Ertz still holds the top spot for now, but we could see a similar development to Trey McBride’s breakout role for Ben Sinnott this season.

The last time we saw Kliff Kingsbury lead an offense, the tight end was targeted over 110 times. There will be a heavy dose of Ertz early in the season, but as the season progresses, Sinnott could help our fantasy teams tremendously.

Luke Musgrave – TE24

Musgrave’s promising rookie season was quickly forgotten due to injury. Before his injury, he had four or more targets in 70% of his games. That’s not normal for a rookie tight end, and if he takes a step forward this season, he could be TE10 rather than TE30.

The team is loaded with young offensive talent, but lacks a true number one wide receiver. While the team and fantasy managers try to solve the problem, grabbing such a cheap piece is a win.

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