Nathan Jahnke#72 of 87 NFL pundits · Jul 30, 2026
A PFF fantasy piece names three tight ends — Tucker Kraft, Sam LaPorta and George Kittle — as values likely to outperform their 2026 ADPs, with Kraft given a path to a top-three finish at the position, LaPorta a chance to be among the top few tight ends and a favorite to lead tight ends in touchdowns if healthy, and Kittle carrying overall TE1 upside.
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What Nathan Jahnke said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromThese three tight ends check all three boxes and have the potential to dramatically outperform their current ADPs in 2026.
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- Pro Football Focus
- The piece
- Fantasy Football: League-winning tight ends for 2026 drafts
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- 1Sam LaPorta to finish top 1 at his position, by receiving tds“he should remain one of the favorites to lead tight ends in touchdowns, given the Lions' high-quality offense”
- 2Tucker Kraft to finish top 1 at his position, by receiving yards“Tucker Kraft could emerge as the Green Bay Packers' No. 1 option”
- 3Tucker Kraft to finish top 3 at his position, by fantasy points“if he returns to full health, he has a realistic path to finishing as a top-three fantasy tight end in 2026”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam LaPorta to finish top 1 at his position, by receiving tds1 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| Tucker Kraft to finish top 1 at his position, by receiving yards2 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| Tucker Kraft to finish top 3 at his position, by fantasy points3 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 3 positional finishes — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 4 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Of the 2 unsettled calls enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands above the room on 1 and below it on 1.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Their call against the record
positional finishTheir call against what actually happened last time. Not yet settled.
1Positional FinishesSam LaPortaDetroit Lions
Sam LaPorta to finish top 1 at his position, by receiving tds
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Positional FinishesTucker KraftGreen Bay Packers
Tucker Kraft to finish top 1 at his position, by receiving yards
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Positional FinishesTucker KraftGreen Bay Packers
Tucker Kraft to finish top 3 at his position, by fantasy points
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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