Week 14 is the last week of bye weeks in the NFL this season, before all the teams lock in for the final push over the last four weeks of the regular season. This week’s DFS fantasy football contests on DraftKings include 11 games on Sunday afternoon, and one key position to target as you search for value is tight end, where the salary options go lower than at any other position. Getting the right fantasy football sleeper at a bargain rate will open up so many potential possibilities with the rest of your roster, so check out my top options who look ready to step up in Week 14 at tight end.
Each Saturday here at DraftKings Network, I list out my top fantasy football sleeper tight ends from the main slate of the week to help you find the biggest production for the lowest salary.
The picks in this post can be excellent values for DFS contests and can also serve as sneaky plays in your season-long league since they are in a position to exceed expectations. Earlier this week, I highlighted my top-15 starters at tight end, and in this list, we’ll focus on players mostly outside those 15 players who still bring a high fantasy football ceiling in their Week 14 matchups.
Week 14 Fantasy Football Sleeper TEs (analysis below):
- Colston Loveland, Chicago Bears ($3,200)
- Colby Parkinson, Los Angeles Rams ($3,100)
- Gunnar Helm, Tennessee Titans ($2,900)
- Dawson Knox, Buffalo Bills ($2,800)
- Elijah Higgins, Arizona Cardinals ($2,500)
Week 13 Results:
- Harold Fannin Jr., Cleveland Browns ($3,400; 12.3 FPTS)
- AJ Barner, Seattle Seahawks ($3,200; 7.7 FPTS)
- Dawson Knox, Buffalo Bills ($3,000; 5.8 FPTS)
- Colby Parkinson, Los Angeles Rams ($2,800; 6.7 FPTS)
- Gunnar Helm, Tennessee Titans ($2,600; 8.3 FPTS)
Whether you’re looking for value plays in your DFS contests like the NFL $2.5M Fantasy Football Millionaire [$1M to 1st] or looking for a last-minute addition from the waiver wire, here are my top five fantasy football sleeper tight ends for Week 14 of the 2025 season:
Colston Loveland, Chicago Bears ($3,200)
The Bears won’t have Rome Odunze (foot) this week against the Packers, and one player who could get a boost from his vacated targets is rookie tight end Colston Loveland, whose role has already been growing after a slow start to the season.
Loveland has at least three catches in seven straight games and has over 14 fantasy points in two of those contests when he found the end zone.
With extra looks potentially coming his way, he has both a high ceiling and floor in Sunday’s matchup in Green Bay, as the Bears try to hold on to the top spot in the conference and continue establishing themselves as a legitimate contender.
Loveland was written off by some fantasy football managers after his slow start, but he has been very solid in recent weeks and is a good fantasy football sleeper option at the position in Week 14.
Colby Parkinson, Los Angeles Rams ($3,100)
The Rams have used Parkinson as their top tight end since Tyler Higbee (ankle) landed on IR, which has opened up the door for Parkinson to post a few solid weeks in a row.
He had a touchdown against his former team in Week 11 as part of three-straight games finding the end zone. He had 10 catches on 11 targets during that stretch with over nine fantasy points each week.
Last week, Parkinson had four catches on five targets for 27 yards in a loss to the Panthers, continuing his involvement. With at least four catches in three of his last four contests, he’s got enough upside to be a bargain play worth considering his week — especially since the Rams face the Cardinals, who have been a top 10 matchup this season for opposing tight ends.
Gunnar Helm, Tennessee Titans ($2,900)
We’re going back to the well again on rookie Gunnar Helm, whom the Titans continue to lean on in the passing game. While Chig Okonkwo ($3,400) remains the starter, Helm has been heavily involved since the Week 10 bye and is becoming a go-to option for rookie Cam Ward ($4,800).
Helm has made six catches on seven targets in each of the last two weeks, producing 51 yards against the Seahawks and 23 yards last week against the Jaguars.
Any tight end with back-to-back weeks with six catches at this salary would deserve attention, but with Ward so locked in on the rookie, Helm has a high ceiling as he works to continue to grow into a big part of the Titans’ future plans. He saves a lot of salary at under $3,000, and brings a high ceiling and a high floor with so many targets available.
Dawson Knox, Buffalo Bills ($2,800)
The Bills are in the best matchup in the NFL for tight ends. The Bengals have allowed 13 tight end touchdowns in 12 games, while also giving up 93.4 yards per game to the position.
It would be a great spot for Dalton Kincaid ($4,300) to return, but he remains questionable after missing three straight games, and the team added “knee” to his hamstring issue for the first time this week. He was wearing a heavy knee brace in practice on Friday and remained limited. If he misses another game, Knox would again fill in for him, and he’d be in a smash spot against Cincinnati.
Knox has three catches in three of the last four weeks, and had three catches for 28 yards in last week’s win over the Steelers.
He scored a touchdown back in Week 6, but hasn’t been able to hit double-digit fantasy points in any game this season. However, if he gets another start in this matchup, he has very good upside against the Bengals.
Elijah Higgins, Arizona Cardinals ($2,500)
The Cardinals are extremely short-handed at wide receiver this week, as I detailed in my fantasy football sleepers at wide receiver. With Trey McBride ($8,000) basically serving as the WR1 and Michael Wilson ($5,600) also heavily involved, there could be room for Higgins to step in as a third pass-catching option as well. The options behind Wilson at receiver are extremely unproven, while Higgins has shown a little potential in the past.
Even last week, Higgins caught two passes for 17 yards from Jacoby Brissett ($5,700), and he has multiple catches in four of the five weeks since the Week 8 bye and six of his last eight games, overall.
Higgins has 18 catches for 179 scoreless yards this season, but the Stanford product scored three touchdowns over the last two seasons as a depth option at tight end. He’s a converted receiver, so he may get a chance to go back to his roots and be a more involved piece in the passing game this week.
Even if he’s only a little involved, at this salary, he saves so much cap space that he makes sense to free up more spending in other spots. From a game theory perspective, the leverage Higgins will offer enables so many other unique combinations that he’s definitely worth considering this week against the Rams, with so few pass-catching options available in Arizona.
