Fantasy football Week 3 TE preview: Colston Loveland and Kyle Pitts are holds, not starts — SkimNews
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- Colston Loveland has one catch for three yards through two weeks and now faces Philadelphia with a third-string QB, the worst opening stretch of any drafted fantasy TE1.
- Kyle Pitts has scored just 2.5 Fantasy points as backup QBs Cooper Rush and Jack Strand combined for 288 passing yards and one TD while Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix sat — but Penix is expected back in Week 3.
- The analyst projects Loveland outside the top 20 tight ends this week yet refuses to drop him, citing his 79.7% route participation and tape showing he's still getting open.
- Travis Kelce has posted back-to-back games with at least 71 receiving yards, matching the total he managed across all of 2025 — a quietly resurgent year for the Chiefs veteran.
- Dalton Kincaid leads tight ends at 4.69 yards per route run in 2026, up from leading the position at 2.83 YPRR last year.
- Sam LaPorta has four red zone targets through two games, trailing only Trey McBride (the only other TE with more than three) in that category.
- Dalton Schultz logged a 28% target share in Week 2 without Nico Collins, vaulting him into must-start territory if Collins remains sidelined in Week 3.
Why it matters: Drafted TE1s lock in roster spots for a reason, and two of the most popular — Loveland and Pitts — are non-starters in Week 3, forcing managers into a suddenly deep waiver wire where 12 tight ends average at least 11 PPR points per game and previously overlooked names like Schultz (28% Week 2 target share without Collins) and Isaiah Likely (29.5% target share) offer immediate plug-and-play value.
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