2025 Week 4 Fantasy Football Rankings: TE, K, DEF

Tyler Warren aims to stuff the stat sheet in L.A., T.J. Hockenson heads to Ireland for some reason, and Mark Andrews prepares for Isaiah Likely’s expected return against the Chiefs.

Other positions: Quarterback | Running Back | Receiver

Week 4 Tight Ends

1Trey McBrideARIvs. SEA2Brock BowersLVvs. CHI3Tucker KraftGBat DAL4Tyler WarrenINDat LAR5Jake FergusonDALvs. GB6Juwan JohnsonNOat BUF7T.J. HockensonMINat PIT8Sam LaPortaDETvs. CLE9Hunter HenryNEvs. CAR10Dalton KincaidBUFvs. NO11Travis KelceKCvs. BAL12Mark AndrewsBALat KC13Dallas GoedertPHIat TB14Brenton StrangeJACat SF15Zach ErtzWASat ATL16David NjokuCLEat DET17Isaiah LikelyBALat KC18Harold Fannin Jr.CLEat DET19Kyle Pitts Sr.ATLvs. WAS20Chig OkonkwoTENat HOU21Cade OttonTBvs. PHI22Jonnu SmithPITvs. MIN23Dalton SchultzHOUvs. TEN24Noah FantCINat DEN25Jake TongesSFvs. JAC26Oronde Gadsden IILACat NYG27Pat FreiermuthPITvs. MIN28Cole KmetCHIat LV29Theo JohnsonNYGvs. LAC30Colston LovelandCHIat LV31Mason TaylorNYJat MIA32Mike GesickiCINat DEN33Tommy TrembleCARat NE34Austin HooperNEvs. CAR35AJ BarnerSEAat ARI

TE Notes: It’s been a quiet two weeks for Brock Bowers. Hopefully he wakes up against a sleepy Chicago defense. … Tucker Kraft’s (knee) snaps weren’t really limited in Week 3, but his production sure was. Expect the Cowboys to serve as a Week 4 antidote for the Packers’ entire offense after last Sunday’s embarrassing effort in Cleveland. … Tyler Warren’s box scores have gotten quieter after his sterling Week 1, but he’s still in the middle of nearly everything Indianapolis is doing well. With the Colts likely to finally get pushed again in Los Angeles, Warren’s compiling potential should be back on the up and up. … You don’t have to like it, etc. … Jake Ferguson has gone from low-end TE1 to weekly must-start as the primary targets receptacle of a struggling Cowboys offense, one now missing CeeDee Lamb (ankle). There is a risk he’s all too easily taken away by the defense with Lamb on the shelf, but Ferguson’s targets are the kind that are often happily conceded by the defense in lieu of shot plays down the field.

Carson Wentz’s insertion under center immediately jolted T.J. Hockenson back to life. The Steelers are coughing up the second most tight end fantasy points despite a tissue soft seam slate. One data point, etc. … it appears you can again trust Hockenson in the TE6-8 range. … It sort of feels like this is just who Sam LaPorta is at this point, and it was his rookie campaign that was the outlier. That could be life in a run-based offense whose skill corps cup overfloweth. … I suppose it is time to take Hunter Henry more seriously with Drake Maye playing solid ball. The Panthers have been surprisingly feisty locking down enemy passing attacks, but Maye is playing enough pitch-and-catch with his tight end to lock in a TE1 floor. … Dalton Kincaid is still struggling to clear 50 percent of the Bills’ snaps. He is doing so, but only just. Staggering 16.5-point home favorites against the Saints, this does not profile as a week we will see the Bills’ offense opened up.

This being fantasy football, Mark Andrews finally woke up just as Isaiah Likely (foot) appears poised to make his return. Annoying, but that’s life. Even if Andrews splits the difference between his ghostly Weeks 1 and 2 and sizzling Week 3, that would be enough to keep him in the low-end TE1 mix for a Chiefs tilt the Ravens have to have. … As for Likely, his slow-played return hopefully means the Ravens waited until he was 100 percent healthy. I have no problem immediately ranking him as a high-risk, high-reward TE2 option. … Brenton Strange finally did something in Week 3. With Travis Hunter struggling to contribute anything, Strange could become the primary middle-of-the-field target. … I frankly have no idea what to do with David Njoku and Harold Fannin Jr., aside from fading them in tandem. As suspected in the preseason, this “era” of 2025 Browns offense is already ending. Joe Flacco will soon be benched. We will reassess then. … The only time Cade Otton produced last season was when everyone else was hurt. Well, everyone else is hurt again, finally giving Otton a low-end TE2 floor and dreams of a receptions-based TE1 ceiling.

Week 4 Kickers

1Brandon McManusGBat DAL2Cameron DickerLACat NYG3Brandon AubreyDALvs. GB4Ka’imi FairbairnHOUvs. TEN5Tyler LoopBALat KC6Jake BatesDETvs. CLE7Spencer ShraderINDat LAR8Chase McLaughlinTBvs. PHI9Jake ElliottPHIat TB10Harrison ButkerKCvs. BAL11Cam LittleJACat SF12Chris BoswellPITvs. MIN13Jason MyersSEAat ARI14Matt PraterBUFvs. NO15Matt GayWASat ATL16Eddy PineiroSFvs. JAC17Joshua KartyLARvs. IND18Wil LutzDENvs. CIN19Cairo SantosCHIat LV20Daniel CarlsonLVvs. CHI21Will ReichardMINat PIT22Evan McPhersonCINat DEN23Chad RylandARIvs. SEA24Parker RomoATLvs. WAS25Joey SlyeTENat HOU26Andy BorregalesNEvs. CAR27Riley PattersonMIAvs. NYJ28Nick FolkNYJat MIA29Ryan FitzgeraldCARat NE30Graham GanoNYGvs. LAC31Andre SzmytCLEat DET32Blake GrupeNOat BUF

Week 4 Defense/Special Teams

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