The 2025 Season is in the books. For dynasty players, it’s a time to sit back, take stock, and see how players fared. Over the next couple of months, I’ll be looking back at the 2025, 2024, and 2023 classes by position. I’ll be evaluating if their stock rose, remained the same, or dropped over the course of the season. Now could be the time to sell high, buy low, or hold on to a winning hand. Today, I begin with the Class of 2023 Tight Ends.
Stock Up
Tucker Kraft, Green Bay Packers
About: Kraft has developed into one of the league’s better tight ends. He had his 2025 season cut short due to injury, but prior to that, he was a top playmaker at the position and in the Packers’ lineup. When he went out, he was sitting at TE1 on a per-game points basis. He figures to be one of the league’s top tight ends again in 2026. If you roster him, you’re in great shape.
Brenton Strange, Jacksonville Jaguars
About: After the Jaguars moved on from Evan Engram, Strange became the starting tight end for the Jaguars. He missed a handful of games due to injury, but when he was on the field, he averaged nearly 10 fantasy points per game. Strange looked like a solid target in an offense that improved over the course of the season. His ceiling isn’t as high as others, but Strange seems to have a somewhat stable floor. He’s a solid TE2 addition to any fantasy roster.
Stock Neutral
Luke Schoonmaker, Dallas Cowboys
About: The Cowboys’ starting Tight End is Jake Ferguson, and he’s a Top 12 option when healthy. But Schoonmaker continues to carve out a role in the offense, and looks solid when asked to step in. He doesn’t have consistent week-to-week value, but he remains a roster stash and a solid handcuff for Ferguson.
Darnell Washington, Pittsburgh Steelers
About: Washington carved out a role in 2025 with Arthur Smith and the Steelers. He finished with 31 receptions for 364 yards before ending the season with an injury. With the Steelers transitioning coaching staffs and scheme, in addition to other questions about the offense, it’s hard to say what Washington’s role will be. Right now, he’s a hold for me. He showed he can be more than a blocker, but it’s unclear if he’ll be given that chance with Mike McCarthy. Still, he’s a low-end roster stash for whom I’d have other options at the position.
Stock Down
Dalton Kincaid, Buffalo Bills
About: Kincaid feels like the NFL version of Fetch. We’ve waited for him to break out. We’ve been told he was drafted to be the Bills’ version of Travis Kelce. And yet, after three seasons, we’re no closer to achieving it. He continues to miss time with injuries. He continues to have some good games and moments. And he continues to be a TE2. In fact, he was TE15 on a points-per-game basis in 2025. That’s simply not what you expected when you drafted him, and I don’t see it changing. If you’ve got him on your roster, I might try to sell him to a true believer.
Sam LaPorta, Detroit Lions
About: Maybe this is unfair, but LaPorta set the bar for himself when he was the TE1 as a rookie. Since then, he’s been good but not great. That makes him a low-end TE1 in Dynasty, which is down from where he once appeared to be headed. LaPorta missed games again in 2025 due to injury. But when he was available, he was still TE7 on a points-per-game basis. If I have him, I still think he’s a TE1 consideration. If I’m acquiring him, I’d put him in a TE10-15 type value.
Michael Mayer, Las Vegas Raiders
About: At one point in the run-up to the draft, there was debate about whether Mayer was the best tight end in the class. Even seeing him go to a Josh McDaniels offense gave me hope. But we’ve simply never seen it. It doesn’t help that he’s on the same team as Brock Bowers, either. Could Mayer find a second life when his rookie deal expires if he changes teams? It’s possible. But right now, there’s not a compelling reason to roster him.
Luke Musgrave, Green Bay Packers
About: Once upon a time, Musgrave was the higher drafted prospect for the Packers. Kraft is the better player. Musgrave doesn’t have much of a role on offense, even when Kraft is out of the lineup. That means he doesn’t have any relative value in fantasy. Like Mayer, perhaps he finds a second life after his rookie deal expires. But I’m not optimistic. He’s not a player that needs to be rostered.
Matthew Fox is a die-hard NFL fan and Broncos’ homer. He’s a member of the FSWA. You can find more from him on Twitter @knighthawk7734 or as co-host of the Fantasy Football Roundtable Podcast, a part of the Campus2Canton Network.
