Week 8 Fantasy Football Start 'Em Sit 'Em TEs feat. Cade Otton, Kyle Pitts, Isaiah Likely

Week 8 of the 2024 fantasy football season features a full slate of 16 games with all 32 NFL teams in action. This means that managers will have all available tight ends to choose from for their starting lineups.

Finding the best starters is often based on their recent performances and direct weekly matchups. Here are some of the best players to target and avoid for your teams this week.

Fantasy Football Week 8 TEs Start 'Em picks

Week 8 starts featuring Cade Otton

Cade Otton has been quietly solid during the 2024 fantasy football season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He currently ranks as the overall TE13 and could see a significant boost to his workload with Chris Godwin and Mike Evans both injured. They went down last week, and Otton responded with a season-best TE5 finish. This week, he is a strong candidate to keep things rolling against the Atlanta Falcons.

He is joined by Kyle Pitts, who is on a hot streak in fantasy football over the past three weeks. He has finished among the top 12 tight ends in all three games by posting his three best yardage totals of the year. His strong recent form has resulted in him climbing up to the overall TE6 this season, despite only scoring one touchdown yet.

Must Starts

• George Kittle
• Travis Kelce
• Brock Bowers
• Trey McBride
• Cade Otton
• Kyle Pitts

DFS Picks

• Cade Otton
• Evan Engram
• Tucker Kraft
• David Njoku

Fantasy Football Week 8 TEs Sit 'Em picks

Week 8 sits featuring Isaiah Likely

Isaiah Likely hasn't fared well in the fantasy football season for the Baltimore Ravens. While he has turned in excellent weekly finishes of TE1 and TE4 this year, he has finished outside of the top 20 tight ends in his other five games. Mark Andrews has also outperformed him over the past three weeks; hence, picking Likely in Week 8 against the Cleveland Browns will be tricky.

Joining him on the list of fades this week is Pat Freiermuth, who has seen his fantasy value slide in recent weeks. He has recorded season-worst finishes of TE21 and TE28 in his past two games after finishing among the top 18 tight ends in each of his first five games. He should be avoided when the Pittsburgh Steelers face off against the New York Giants.

Must Sits

• Isaiah Likely
• Pat Freiermuth
• Dalton Schultz
• Tyler Conklin

DFS Fades

• Mark Andrews
• Jonnu Smith
• Sam LaPorta