Dave Richard's ultimate step-by-step guide for drafting tight ends in your 2026 Fantasy Football leagues

A year ago, you probably felt hopeless if you didn't get a top-three tight end on Draft Day. And then you found your way to Tyler Warren or Harold Fannin Jr. or Colston Loveland or Tucker Kraft or Dallas Goedert or Juwan Johnson and everything was okay. Try to remember that as you enter your 2026 Fantasy drafts. No question, there are two elite-tier tight ends in Trey McBride and Brock Bowers, and the second-year tight ends who erupted throughout last year will be popular. But this is a position you can solve with a reliable starter in the back half of your Fantasy draft. It means you shouldn't force yourself to take one early on unless you genuinely believe in them posting huge numbers. McBride, my top-ranked TE last year and this year, was the 11th-best overall skill-position player in P