Daniel Bellinger

Run of Oct 19

Daniel Bellinger

Wk 6 -- Read as the page opens
Rest of season 31.6 from week 6, TE51 in our order
Opp rank -- at IND
Avg 1.6 a game in 5 games
Last 1.5 week 5 vs HOU
Δ Proj --

This season 2026, PPR, through week 5

Daniel Bellinger week by week, 2026
WkOppthe week's projectionPPR pointstargetscatchesreceiving yardsreceiving touchdownscarriesrushing yardsrushing touchdownsshare of snaps
1vs NYJ--1.7117000028%
2vs PHI--0.0100000045%
3at NYG--3.62216000040%
4at BAL--1.2112000052%
5vs HOU--1.5215000044%
Season5 games, 1.6 a game8.07530000042%

Still to play

  1. Wk 6 at IND Sun Oct 18
  2. Wk 7 vs CLE Sun Oct 25
  3. Wk 8 at CIN Sun Nov 1
  4. Wk 9 Bye
  5. Wk 10 vs JAX Sun Nov 15
  6. Wk 11 at DAL Sun Nov 22
  7. Wk 12 at JAX Sun Nov 29
  8. Wk 13 vs WSH Sun Dec 6
  9. Wk 14 at DET Sun Dec 13
  10. Wk 15 vs IND Sun Dec 20
  11. Wk 16 at LV Sun Dec 27
  12. Wk 17 vs PIT Sun Jan 3
  13. Wk 18 at HOU Sun Jan 10

Our read

Written Oct 17, from his facts through last season

Five weeks into 2026 he has 7 targets, 5 catches and 30 yards, good for 1.6 points a game. Last season he beat the position's weekly median in only 4 of 13 games, so this is not a slow start to a good role, it is the same role he has always had, now in a worse spot. TEN threw on 54% of situation-neutral plays in 2025 and ran 35.2 seconds a play, yet Elic Ayomanor and Calvin Ridley took 34% of the targets between them, and Bellinger is listed second behind Gunnar Helm anyway.

Rest of season31.6PPR points from week 6
 42PPR points in his floor season

The one thing that has genuinely improved is efficiency. His points a game climbed from 2.21 in 2024 to 4.58 in 2025, and his yards per target went from 7.4 to 11, with an average depth of target of 9.4 yards that ranked ninth among 125 qualifying tight ends. But a low-aDOT profile with 6 red-zone touches and 1 inside the ten last season caps what that efficiency can turn into, and 23.1% of his own touches coming in the red zone is not the kind of volume that scales in a new offense.

We expected about 4.9 points a game from him before the season and he is giving us 1.6. Injuries are not part of the problem, he has played every week, missed only week 9 of 2025 over two years, and carries no designation now. If anything the 42-point low tail is the only tail injuries touch. We would let him go in anything but a 16-team TE format, and even there he is a placeholder until after his bye in week 9 of 2026.

Daniel Bellinger in every format
FormatOur rankRest of season from week 6Over replacementTier
PPR22931.6−57.98
Half PPR20626.7−42.17
Standard19420.9−30.48

Wk 6, Opp rank and Δ Proj are this week's, read as the page opens.

Stats from the NFL's records, scored in PPR.

Stats from nflverse and charting from FTN Data via nflverse, both under Creative Commons licences, our rates worked out from their counts.