Happy National TE Day to all who have fun. Back in 2018, the idea for this holiday was conceived throughout a dialog between 49ers TE George Kittle and Garrett Celek, together with then-QB Jimmy Garoppolo. The fourth weekend in October has been National TE Day ever since. That landed on Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season and it creates an fascinating narrative for fantasy football managers. Some of that narrative ran true on Sunday in the early window. Let’s recap a few of the prime TE scorers from Sunday and which TEs discovered the finish zone.
Week 8 Tight End landing scorers
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Dallas Goedert, Eagles vs. Giants (2 TDs)
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George Kittle, 49ers vs. Texans
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Jake Tonges, 49ers vs. Texans
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Harold Fannin Jr., Browns vs. Patriots
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Mason Taylor, Jets vs. Bengals
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Hunter Henry, Patriots vs. Browns
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David Njoku, Browns vs. Patriots
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Charlie Kolar, Ravens vs. Bears
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Gunnar Helm, Titans vs. Colts
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Goedert led the manner by discovering the finish zone twice towards the Giants on Sunday. He’s had a renaissance-type of season and has been a landing machine with seven to this point in 2025, the most at the place as of this writing. He also led the position in fantasy points with 16.3 following the early slate.
Of course, Kittle discovered the finish zone on the vacation that he created. That was considered one of the larger fantasy narratives going into Week 8 — would Kittle rating? He did and for those who rode that narrative wave, it paid off a bit. Kittle did not have an enormous fantasy day with 12.3 factors nevertheless it was a pleasant bounce again in comparison with final week, when he completed with a goose egg. Teammate Jake Tonges, one other shock this season, discovered the finish zone for his fourth rating of the marketing campaign.
The Browns noticed two of their tight ends discover pay filth with Fannin and Njoku. That was largely in a blowout loss to the Pats. The rookie Fannin has been strong in his first NFL season and has turn into a borderline startable fantasy choice week-to-week.
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Taylor, one other rookie, additionally discovered the finish zone and has caught not less than 5 passes in 5 of his final six video games. The Jets head into their bye in Week 9, however Taylor has labored his manner into beginning consideration, even with inconsistent play at QB.
Meanwhile, Henry’s solely catch of the day went for a landing in the Patriots’ win over the Browns. We additionally had a few tight ends rostered in fewer than 1% of fantasy leagues who discovered the finish zone in Kolar and Helm.