{"id":120681,"date":"2026-01-16T16:41:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T21:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/?p=120681"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T21:41:50","slug":"nfl-divisional-round-tight-end-fantasy-football-outlook-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/fantasy\/nfl-divisional-round-tight-end-fantasy-football-outlook-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Divisional Round Tight Ends: Fantasy Outlook for Every TE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The Worksheet, a comprehensive fantasy football preview by Rich Hribar, breaks down everything you need to know about the Divisional Round. <\/em><em>Find a breakdown of every Divisional Round NFL game in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/fantasy\/nfl-divisional-round-preview-fantasy-football-worksheet-rich-hribar-2025\/\">Worksheet Hub<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Full Game Divisional Round Fantasy Football Previews<\/h3>\n<div class='jtrt_table_MotherShipContainer'><div class='jtTableContainer jtrespo-scroll  ' ><div class='jtsettingcontainer' style='display:none;position:absolute;left:-9999px;'><textarea data-jtrt-table-id='120490' id='jtrt_table_settings_120490' cols='30' rows='10'>[[[\"Matchup\",\"Time\"],[\"<a href='https:\\\/\\\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\\\/fantasy\\\/bills-broncos-divisional-round-fantasy-football-preview-nfl-worksheet-rich-hribar-2025\\\/'>Bills @ Broncos<\\\/a>\",\"Saturday -- 4:30 p.m. ET\"],[\"<a href='https:\\\/\\\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\\\/fantasy\\\/49ers-seahawks-divisional-round-fantasy-football-preview-nfl-worksheet-rich-hribar-2025\\\/'>49ers @ Seahawks<\\\/a>\",\"Saturday -- 8:00 p.m. ET\"],[\"<a href='https:\\\/\\\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\\\/fantasy\\\/texans-patriots-divisional-round-fantasy-football-preview-nfl-worksheet-rich-hribar-2025\\\/'>Texans @ Patriots<\\\/a>\",\"Sunday -- 3:00 p.m. ET\"],[\"<a 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data-sorting='false' data-paging='false' data-paging-size='10' data-paging-menu='10,20,50,100' data-filtering='false' data-jtrt-table-id='120490' class='jtrt-table  ' ><thead><tr><th>Matchup<\/th><th>Time<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><a href='https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/fantasy\/bills-broncos-divisional-round-fantasy-football-preview-nfl-worksheet-rich-hribar-2025\/'>Bills @ Broncos<\/a><\/td><td>Saturday -- 4:30 p.m. ET<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href='https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/fantasy\/49ers-seahawks-divisional-round-fantasy-football-preview-nfl-worksheet-rich-hribar-2025\/'>49ers @ Seahawks<\/a><\/td><td>Saturday -- 8:00 p.m. ET<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href='https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/fantasy\/texans-patriots-divisional-round-fantasy-football-preview-nfl-worksheet-rich-hribar-2025\/'>Texans @ Patriots<\/a><\/td><td>Sunday -- 3:00 p.m. ET<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href='https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/fantasy\/rams-bears-divisional-round-fantasy-football-preview-nfl-worksheet-rich-hribar-2025\/'>Rams @ Bears<\/a><\/td><td>Sunday -- 6:30 p.m. ET<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div>\n<!--TOC-->\n<h2>Colston Loveland<\/h2>\n<p>It was a slow burn working his way back from a shoulder injury and finding footing in the offense, but the wait was worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Loveland has fully arrived.<\/p>\n<p>He caught 8 of 15 targets for 137 yards with a two-point conversion against Green Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Over his past three games, Loveland has had games of 8-137-0, 10-91-1, and 6-94-1.<\/p>\n<p>He has double-digit targets in all of those games, receiving 32.6%, 44.8%, and 25.6% of the team\u2019s targets.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears have leaned into him as a full-time player.<\/p>\n<p>Loveland led all pass catchers on Saturday with a route on 90.6% of the dropbacks, his fourth game in a row at 81% or higher.<\/p>\n<p>He is playing everywhere, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Loveland has played 56.8% of his snaps in-line, 21.8% in the slot, and 17.2% out wide.<\/p>\n<p>In-line, he is averaging 5.65 yards per route run with a target on 61.3% of his routes.<\/p>\n<p>In the slot, he is averaging 3.21 yards per route run with a target on 32.7% of his routes.<\/p>\n<p>Out wide, he is at 1.28 yards per route run with a target on 17.5% of his routes.<\/p>\n<p>We have talked about this with <strong>Brock<\/strong> <strong>Bowers<\/strong> and early-career <strong>Kyle<\/strong> <strong>Pitts<\/strong>, but we want our mismatch tight ends working attached tight and from the slot so they avoid running routes against better coverage players.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben<\/strong> <strong>Johnson<\/strong> did get him a quality opportunity outside last week for the two-point conversion, coming out heavy and shifting to get Loveland outside one-on-one versus a linebacker.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what we want if he is going to be outside.<\/p>\n<p>Just don\u2019t throw him out there as a wide receiver.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t believe the matchups matter a great deal for Loveland, given his usage rates (the Packers were excellent against tight ends coming into last week and good against Loveland in the previous two matchups).<\/p>\n<p>That is the case again here, however.<\/p>\n<p>The Rams are third in the league in allowing 5.9 yards per target to tight ends.<\/p>\n<p>They have faced some good ones, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trey<\/strong> <strong>McBride<\/strong> (7-65-0 and 5-58-0), <strong>George<\/strong> <strong>Kittle<\/strong> (9-84-1), <strong>Tyler<\/strong> <strong>Warren<\/strong> (5-70-0), <strong>Dallas<\/strong> <strong>Goedert<\/strong> (1-33-1), <strong>Juwan<\/strong> <strong>Johnson<\/strong> (3-33-1), <strong>Kyle Pitts<\/strong> (2-16-0), <strong>Dalton<\/strong> <strong>Schultz<\/strong> (3-28-0), and <strong>A.J. 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