Week 11 Waiver Wire Tight End Priority List | Picking Between Tyler Conklin, Luke Musgrave, Brock Wright, Michael Mayer, Pat Freiermuth, Chigoziem Okonkwo, Cade Otton, Hunter Henry and Gerald Everett

Sadly, the fantasy football season is winding down. There’s still likely a few regular season weeks left in your league, and then hopefully some playoff matchups.

With that in mind, it’s still important to dig through the waiver wire for guys that might be able to help your team out. We’ll take a look at some tight ends who have an own percentage of 50% or below for this article.

We already took a look at quarterbacks, then discussed running backs and lastly talked about wide receivers. 

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The Top Tight Ends Available

Going into week 11, we will discuss New York Jets’ Tyler Conklin, Green Bay Packers’ Luke Musgrave, Detroit Lions’ Brock Wright, Las Vegas Raiders’ Michael Mayer, Pittsburgh Steelers’ Pat Freiermuth, Tennessee Titans’ Chigoziem Okonkwo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Cade Otton, New England Patriots’ Hunter Henry and Los Angeles Chargers’ Gerald Everett.

Conklin continues to put up respectable fantasy outings, especially in PPR formats. He caught all seven of his targets for 70 yards in week 10 against the Raiders.

For the season, Conklin now has five games at or above 50 receiving yards. He still hasn’t caught a touchdown. He caught six passes in week 9, so it appears he is emerging as the safety valve for quarterback Zach Wilson.

Musgrave had another solid showing in week 10 against the Steelers. He caught half of his four targets for 64 yards.

The 64 yards was a new career high for Musgrave, who now has three games with 50 or more yards. He’s topped 30 yards in all but three contests, and has one touchdown to his name. 

Musgrave has between 3-7 targets over the team’s past five games. 

You might be wondering why I included Wright on this list. We are discussing the tight end position, and anytime you can score, like Wright did in week 10, that makes you a decent option going forward.

Wright finished the week with two catches on three targets for 23 yards and the score. He only has nine catches on 10 targets for 68 yards and a touchdown on the season. 

He’s on the field plenty, but isn’t targeted much behind rookie Sam LaPorta. Wrights has played at least 26 snaps in each contest.

Mayer is a waiver wire guy I really liked several weeks ago. He continues to underwhelm, but he did score in week 10.

Mayer finished with three catches, 19 yards and a touchdown on five targets against the Jets. With Aidan O’Connell learning the ropes at quarterback, maybe week 10 was the start of a good connection between the two rookies. Mayer’s five targets and three grabs were the second most he’s had this season. 

Freiermuth came into the season as a top-10 fantasy tight end, but he failed to produce early on and then was injured and placed on injured reserve. He’s eligible to return this week, so we’ll have to keep an eye on his status as the week progresses.

Freiermuth only has 53 receiving yards on eight catches and 13 targets this season, but he did score twice across four games. 

Okonkwo isn’t producing big numbers for the Titans, but he remains involved on offense, and that’s all some fantasy owners ask of their tight ends.

Okonkwo was targeted six times in week 10, making three grabs for 27 yards. He’s had at least three grabs in all three games started by Will Levis. 

Otton was my favorite waiver wire tight end before week 10, but wasn’t hardly utilized in the team’s win over the Titans. He made two grabs on three targets for 10 yards.

I still like Otton moving forward, as his numbers over the past four games are much better than the start of the season. 

Henry has remained pretty consistently involved in the Patriots’ offense this season, but his production has tailed off as the season has progressed.

Henry hasn’t topped 50 receiving yards since week 4, and he’s only scored once since week 2. He caught three of his five targets for 21 yards in week 10. Maybe his numbers could jump up again without Mac Jones as the quarterback.

In a game where the Chargers put up 38 points, you’d expect Everett to have been involved. He was targeted just twice and didn’t even catch a pass. It was his worst performance in an already underwhelming season.

Still, the Chargers’ offense is a high-flying one, so Everett needs to at least be on your radar. He’s been targeted at least twice in every game, and had at least two grabs in each contest before week 10. He still hasn’t topped 50 receiving yards and only has scored twice.

With several receivers now out with injuries, you’d have to expect Everett to start consistently putting up decent fantasy numbers, right? Right?!

The Priority List

As we have for all of the priority list stories, we will break this last section up into two parts. We’ll first discuss the best streaming options of this group of tight ends. Lastly, we will take a stab at the best long-term fantasy options of this group.

Henry and the Patriots are on a bye week, so he’s out of the running for best week 11 streaming option. There’s some favorable matchups, average ones and a couple really tough games ahead for the rest of the tight ends in this discussion.

Musgrave has the easiest matchup on paper, and seeing as to how the Chargers’ defense was just ripped through, I’m going to try and capitalize on that with Musgrave as my top streaming option for this week.

I like Conklin to continue his recent surge in the team’s clash with the Buffalo Bills. I like Mayer next in his matchup with the Miami Dolphins. 

Things get tougher after that, mostly because the tight ends haven’t consistently produced and have some tough matchups. I’d take a gamble on Otton bouncing back against the San Francisco 49ers, and then want Everett against the Packers.

I’d take Okonkwo next against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The only guy I’d want Freiermuth above this week (if he’s playing) is Wright.

The long-term option choices are basically like picking names out of a hat.

I think Conklin is the best option moving forward, followed closely by Musgrave. I think Freiermuth will carve out a consistent role when he returns, so I’d take him third. 

After that, I like Otton, followed by Mayer, Henry, Okonkwo and lastly Wright.

Like the wideout position, there’s a lot of waiver wire names to choose from, but they all have their flaws and inconsistencies. You might be forced to keep mixing and matching as the season rolls along, but if you play your cards right, playing the right guys can help you keep winning and possibly make a postseason push.