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Hollister caught five of six targets for 47 yards in Sunday's 28-23 loss to Green Bay in the divisional round.

Hollister filled in capably after the rest of Seattle's tight end depth chart was decimated by injuries, totaling 41 catches for 349 yards and three touchdowns in the regular season before adding seven catches for 63 yards in two playoff games. The 26-year-old tight end will likely earn a modest raise in restricted free agency after making less than $1 million this past season.

Kelce hauled in 10 of 12 targets for 134 receiving yards and three touchdowns during Sunday's 51-31 AFC divisional-round win against the Texans.

Houston seemingly had no answers for the five-time Pro Bowl tight end, as Kelce had seven more receptions than any other Kansas City player Sunday while accounting for nearly 42 percent of his team's receiving yardage. He had a costly third-down drop on the Chiefs' opening drive of the afternoon; however, he responded by scoring on three consecutive second-quarter drives -- logging touchdown grabs of five, five and six yards as KC accounted for 21 points over the final 8:05 of the first half. Kelce has four combined touchdowns over two of his past three outings heading into an AFC Championship Game matchup against a Tennessee defense that allowed the second-most TDs to tight ends during the regular season.

Kelce (knee) is listed as active for Sunday's playoff game against the Texans, BJ Kissel of the Chiefs' official site reports.

As expected, the star tight end will tough it out after being limited in practice this past week as he managed some knee pain. As long as he avoids any in-game setbacks, Kelce should remain a key target for QB Patrick Mahomes.

Kelce (knee) is expected to play in Sunday's playoff game against the Texans, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.

Additionally, Rapoport indicates that the tight end is "dealing with IT (iliotibial) band tightness that's causing a small bit of pain" in his knee, "but he'll be OK." Official confirmation of Kelce's status will arrive upon the release of the Chiefs' inactives in advance of the team's 3:05 ET kickoff, but we expect him to suit up and see his share of snaps/targets Sunday, in the absence of any in-game setbacks.

Andrews (ankle) secured four of seven targets for 39 yards in the Ravens' 28-12 divisional-round loss to the Titans on Saturday.

Andrews was able to suit up without any issue despite his questionable designation coming in, but he was considerably off the mark with respect to his typical level of performance. The star tight end's yardage total was his second lowest over the last eight contests, as he was unable to benefit from Lamar Jackson's career-high 365 passing yards. Despite the undesirable conclusion to the season, Andrews' 2019 will be looked at as a breakout campaign, as he finished with an impressive 64-852-10 line across 15 games, career-best numbers he'll aim to surpass in 2020.

Smith secured two of three targets for 12 yards and a touchdown in the Titans' 28-12 divisional-round win over the Ravens on Saturday.

The third-year pro opened the scoring in the upset with a 12-yard scoring grab late in the first quarter, and although he was minimally involved thereafter, his role in helping the Titans establish a positive early tone was certainly invaluable. Smith's usage has fluctuated considerably at times this season, but he'll look to make an impact in next Sunday's AFC Championship Game versus either the Texans or Chiefs, two teams that were vulnerable to the tight end position all season.

Kittle had three catches (five targets) for 16 yards in Saturday's NFC divisional -round win over Minnesota.

This was set to be a tough matchup for Kittle on paper, as the Vikings allowed the sixth-fewest fantasy points to opposing tight ends. Minnesota boasts fast and athletic 4-3 linebackers, it consistently doubled San Francisco's star tight end when he went out on routes. Coach Kyle Shanahan's run-heavy game plan (47 rushes to 19 pass attempts) also factored into the 26-year-old's reduced offensive opportunities. Both of the 49ers' potential opponents in the upcoming NFC Championship Game (Seattle or Green Bay) were far more lenient on opposing tight ends this season, so there is certainly bounce-back potential for Kittle heading into next Sunday's contest.

Andrews (ankle) is active for Saturday's divisional-round game against the Titans.

A limited practice participant throughout the week due to an ankle injury, Andrews will gut it out in this do-or-die situation. According to Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com, Andrews wasn't wearing a wrap on the ankle during pregame warmups, but it remains to be seen if he'll handle a full workload. Aside from Andrews, Hayden Hurst and Nick Boyle are the Ravens' other active tight ends.

Akins (hamstring) has been ruled out for Sunday's divisional-round game at Kansas City.

After being limited in practice all week, Akins was listed as questionable for this contest Friday but ended up not making the trip north at all. His absence will leave Darren Fells (hip) and Jordan Thomas as the Texans' available tight ends.

Akins (hamstring) is listed as questionable for Sunday's playoff game against the Chiefs after being limited at practice this week.

Fellow tight end Darren Fells (hip) is also listed as questionable for the contest after being added to the Texans' injury report Friday. At this stage, both profile as speculative fantasy options this week, but as Sunday's kickoff approaches, if it becomes clear that one of the two will sit, while the other plays, there would be a degree of streaming appeal in DFS contests for the active option.