Week 8 Fantasy Football Tight End Waivers: Should Multi-TD Scorers Be Added?

Time is dependent in terms of volume. Seven weeks isn't a long time in your life, or even at a new job, but that amount of time represents a major part of the NFL season, leaving us expecting to know what will happen in the football world. The reality is that we don't know much, though, and that extends to fantasy football, where we are making decisions that we are guessing at, which probably won't work out for the best.

Let's look at four of the top tight end names on the waiver wire heading into Week 8 of the NFL season. Most stats are from NFL.com, and fantasy points and rankings are from FantasyPros.

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Davis Allen, Los Angeles Rams

I listed Colby Parkinson and Tyler Higbee as lower-level streamers for Week 7 because of a great tight end matchup against the Raiders. Well, guess who emerged? Allen, the guy I didn't include, led the way with four catches for 20 yards and two touchdowns, standing out in fantasy.

Without the touchdowns, it would have been a poor fantasy day. That's the nature of the tight end position, though, where most guys rely on finding the end zone for a successful fantasy performance. So, can we count on Allen to be a reliable player moving forward?

Short answer: No. Allen had just six receptions and 63 yards with no scores prior to Week 7, and he is still in a tight end logjam (from a statistical standpoint) with Parkinson and Higbee. This was simply the case of a player with a great matchup hitting the jackpot by finding the end zone twice.

Don't count on Allen being a fantasy factor moving forward. He could score more touchdowns, as those are random, but Allen will generally be a below-average fantasy producer.

Greg Dulcich, Miami Dolphins

Dulcich had his best game of the season on Sunday, catching five passes for 86 yards. He still hasn't scored a touchdown this season, leaving him as a low fantasy scorer, but can we count on more volume bringing up his floor?

Probably not. The Dolphins have attempted the fewest pass attempts of any team, 13 fewer than the second-lowest Vikings. They have already had their bye, which plays into that, but Miami is more focused on running the ball and protecting their limited quarterback.

That's not a knock on Malik Willis, who is probably best as a good backup, but it is the reality for a team that just picked up their first win on Sunday. The passing volume is likely to stay low, as the Dolphins count on moving the ball on the ground and not asking their quarterback to carry the load. That brings down the ceiling and floor of all Miami's fantasy players, including Dulcich. He is better left on the waiver wire outside of the best matchups.

Eli Raridon, New England Patriots

Raridon is a third-round rookie who had his best game on Thursday, with 56 yards and a touchdown. He had five catches and 57 yards a few weeks back, but Raridon has otherwise averaged about one catch per game and been a non-factor in fantasy leagues.

One game with a good fantasy score isn't going to change that. His teammate, Hunter Henry, is still a better fantasy option (and is available in around 40% of leagues), and Raridon is going to be dependent on getting into the end zone to have fantasy value. Maybe that changes one day, but it doesn't seem like it will happen in 2026.

Leave Raridon on the waiver wire and focus more on Henry if you're looking for a middling fantasy player who can perform in the right matchups.

Mason Taylor, New York Jets

Taylor had the best game of his short career on Sunday, scoring two touchdowns with five catches and 62 yards (all season highs). After four receptions and 33 yards the week before, it's worth thinking about Taylor as a possible fantasy option moving forward.

The real answer, though, is that Taylor will probably be a lower-level fantasy player, much like he has been for his 18 career games. The first issue is that he is playing with first-round pick Kenyon Sadiq. Sadiq hasn't done a lot yet, but given the draft capital spent on him, he is likely to be the top option moving forward, even as Taylor has played more snaps in each of the past three weeks.

The other issue is that New York's passing game is likely to be mediocre at best, leaving all the pass catchers with lower fantasy ceilings. This week's matchup against the Raiders is very strong, and Taylor has some streaming potential, but that still brings a lower floor and plenty of risk in the fantasy world.

Taylor entered the league as a potential difference maker, but that just hasn't been the case so far. Sadiq is likely to usurp the top pass-catching role sooner rather than later, and that will leave Taylor as a risky fantasy player in all formats.