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Hockenson caught three of four targets for 29 yards in Sunday's 9-3 win over the Bears.

Hockenson played 69.2 percent of the Vikings' offensive snaps and ran 19 routes to Josh Oliver's four on Carson Wentz's 24 dropbacks. While both tight ends are playing significant snaps for Minnesota, it's clear that Hockenson is the receiving tight end while Oliver focuses on blocking as a traditional in-line player. Through two games, Hockenson has seven catches for 65 yards and a touchdown on nine targets. He'll be in the low-end TE1 conversation most weeks and gets Kyler Murray (concussion) back under center for next Sunday's game against the Bucs.

Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak said that Bowers (knee) will practice this week and is gearing up to play Sunday against the Saints, Levi Edwards of the team's official site reports.

Bowers missed the Raiders' first two games of the season after undergoing a meniscus trim procedure Sept. 8, but he took a major step forward in his recovery by returning to practice last Friday as a limited participant. The star tight end will aim to get in a full slate of practices during the upcoming week, and if he experiences no setbacks with his left knee in those sessions, he could be cleared to make his 2026 debut Sunday. In Bowers' absence over the previous two weeks, Michael Mayer has stepped in as the Raiders' top tight end and has produced a 9-55-0 line on 11 targets.

Andrews caught six of seven targets for 49 yards in Sunday's 24-17 loss to the Saints.

With Zay Flowers (hamstring) and Ja'Kobi Lane (wrist) out for this one, Andrews finished second on the team in targets, two behind Rashod Bateman, who posted 7-88-1 receiving on his nine looks. Andrews ran 28 routes on Lamar Jackson's 38 dropbacks and is seeing a bigger piece of the pie at tight end this season with Isaiah Likely and Charlie Kolar now off the team. Through two games, Andrews has 10 catches for 98 yards on 13 targets. He'll be a TE1 next Sunday against the Cowboys in Brazil.

Johnson caught all four targets for 66 yards in Sunday's 24-17 win over the Ravens.

Johnson dealt with an illness during the week but played 36 of 68 offensive snaps and ran 23 routes on Tyler Shough's 39 dropbacks. It was a dip in snap rate and route share compared to Week 1 for Johnson, but he still out-targeted Noah Fant four to zero against Baltimore. Through two games, Johnson has seven catches for 120 yards and a touchdown on 11 targets. It will be interesting to see if his snaps and routes come back up to Week 1 levels next Sunday against the Raiders.

Kolar (forearm) was spotted with his left arm in a sling following Sunday's 26-14 loss to the Raiders, Kris Rhim of ESPN.com reports.

Kolar recorded three catches for 21 yards on three targets over 40 snaps on offense before a forearm injury forced him out of the contest in the second half. He was one of two Chargers tight ends to leave the game due to injury, as David Njoku (knee) also made an early departure. Head coach Jim Harbaugh declined to provide updates on Kolar and Njoku after the game, so until the team releases its first Week 3 injury report Wednesday, the statuses of both players will be muddled heading into next Sunday's matchup with the Bills.

Goedert (knee) is slated to undergo an MRI on Monday after exiting Sunday's 24-20 win over the Titans, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.

Goedert played 19 snaps on offense and recorded a four-year reception on two targets before sustaining the knee injury in the second quarter. Though the Eagles deemed Goedert questionable to return, he never ended up checking back into the game and now is set to undergo further testing as the team looks to determine the severity of his injury. If the knee issue keeps Goedert from suiting up in the Eagles' Week 3 matchup with the Bears next Monday, Johnny Mundt (2-8-0 receiving line, 64 percent snap share Week 2) would be the next man up at tight end.

Kelce secured nine of 11 targets for 101 yards and one touchdown in the Chiefs' 33-30 overtime win over the Colts on Sunday night.

Patrick Mahomes was in vintage form Sunday night, and Kelce unsurprisingly was a big reason why. The legendary duo was in sync throughout the night, and it helped Kelce to team-high figures in receptions, receiving yards and targets. The veteran tight end has posted a combined 12-172-1 line on 16 targets over his first two games, making him a top option at his position in all formats as a tantalizing Week 3 road matchup against the Dolphins approaches next Sunday.

Warren caught six of seven targets for 21 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 33-30 overtime loss to the Chiefs. He also rushed once for three yards.

Warren opened the scoring with a one-yard touchdown catch, giving him two touchdowns in as many games to begin his sophomore season. The 2025 first-round pick is already halfway to his rookie total of four touchdown catches in 17 games, though Warren also had a rushing TD in 2025. If Alec Pierce (heel) were to miss any additional time after exiting in the first half of Sunday's loss, Warren and Josh Downs would be the top candidates to pick up the slack in the passing game for the run-heavy Colts offense. Warren and the Colts will try to snap a nine-game losing streak dating back to last season when they host the Texans in Week 3.

Strange caught both of his targets for 17 yards in Sunday's 20-13 loss to the Broncos.

Parker Washington (12 targets) and Brian Thomas (eight) saw a combined 20 targets on Trevor Lawrence's 29 pass attempts, leaving very little opportunity for the rest of the Jaguars' pass catchers. Strange still ran 25 routes on 31 dropbacks, proving he's an every-down tight end in one of the league's premier offenses. He'll be a touchdown-dependent TE1/2 next Sunday against the Patriots.

Helm caught both of his targets for 13 yards in the Titans' 24-20 loss to the Eagles on Sunday.

Through two games, Helm has six grabs for 40 scoreless yards on seven targets. He's unlikely to be a productive fantasy option in a Tennessee passing offense that has been anemic so far this season.