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2025 Fantasy Football PPR Rankings — Start, Sit TE Week 1

2025 Fantasy Football PPR Rankings — Start, Sit TE Week 1

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By: Zach Thompson

It’s go time! Now that your fantasy football draft is in the books and you’re team is hyped and ready to roll, it’s time to lock in your lineup for fantasy football Week 1. In this post, I’ll take a look at my top 15 TE rankings for PPR leagues headed into Week 1.

Tight end is a very tricky position coming into the season, with many variables impacting the overall ratings. While there are a few elite options at the top of the position, lots of question marks and potential breakouts fill in the rest of the rankings.

If you didn’t draft a “must start” option that you can set and forget, be sure to check back each week on Monday for my top 15 tight ends to start, where I’ll give you the options that I think make sense to have in your lineup.

The top tight ends off the board in drafts are near the top of the start/sit rankings for this week, but there could be massive movement at this position throughout the season.

Here are my top 15 TE rankings for Week 1:

  1. George Kittle (at SEA)
  2. Brock Bowers (at NE)
  3. Trey McBride (at NO)
  4. Sam LaPorta (at GB)
  5. David Njoku (vs. CIN)
  6. T.J. Hockenson (at CHI)
  7. Evan Engram (vs. TEN)
  8. Mark Andrews (at BUF)
  9. Travis Kelce (at LAC)
  10. Tyler Warren (vs. MIA)
  11. Tucker Kraft (vs. DET)
  12. Dallas Goedert (vs. DAL)
  13. Zach Ertz (vs. NYG)
  14. Brenton Strange (vs. CAR)
  15. Hunter Henry (vs. LV)

These rankings are based on news and information available as of Monday afternoon. Stay tuned to DraftKings Network throughout the week for ongoing coverage as matchups and situations develop.

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