Andrews is a sure-fire starter no matter how you look at it, so whether you rank him third (as many do) or seventh (as we do), it ultimately doesn’t matter a ton. It’s possible he catches more balls with Hayden Hurst out of town, but it’s just as possible he scores fewer touchdowns and has fewer big plays. That’s why we put more consistently targeted TEs ahead of him. Evan Engram and Hunter Henry have valid injury concerns, but their respective paces last season would have yielded 88 and 73 receptions, respectively – noticeably more than Andrews and with just as much, if not more, big-play and touchdown upside.

2020 STANDARD FANTASY RANKINGS:Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Superflex | Top 200

Ultimately, though, there isn’t much difference between standard and PPR tight end rankings. There isn’t the equivalent of third-down specialists or possession receivers (unless you count blocking TEs, who aren’t on the fantasy radar anyway), so the best are basically the best, just in a slightly different order. Jared Cook (16.6 yards per catch) and Noah Fant (14.1) are two other big-play TEs we moved down slightly (and we assume Rob Gronkowski will be TD-dependent), but if you still think they’ll do enough yardage/TD-wise to make up for the lack of catches, by all means take a shot with them. 

2020 PPR RANKINGS:Running back | Wide receiver | Superflex | Top 200

As we saw last year with Andrews, a TE can finish in the top two of the PPR rankings as long as he gets yards and TDs, but the high-target consistency from guys like Darren Waller and Zach Ertz goes a long way, especially if you’d rather take higher-upside swings at other positions.

2020 FANTASY SLEEPERS:6 QBs | 16 RBs | 14 WRs | 10 TEs | 5 D/STs | One from each team

We’ll continue to update our TE PPR rankings throughout the preseason, so check back for the latest player movement. For our standard TE rankings and player analysis, click here.

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2020 Fantasy TE PPR Rankings

The following rankings are for full-point PPR leagues.

DRAFT STRATEGY AND RANKINGS TIERS: Quarterback | Running Back | Wide Receiver | Tight End | D/ST