Drew Sample

Cincinnati Bengals TE 57

Week 7 at BAL

Wk 7 -- Read as the page opens

Rest of season 28.3 from week 6, TE57 in our order

Opp rank -- at BAL

Avg 1.5 a game in 5 games

Last 1.5 week 5 at MIA

Δ Proj --

This season 2026, PPR, through week 5

Drew Sample week by week, 2026
Wk	Opp	the week's projection	PPR points	targets	catches	receiving yards	receiving touchdowns	carries	rushing yards	rushing touchdowns	share of snaps
1	vs TB	--	4.9	3	3	19	0	0	0	0	66%
2	at HOU	--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60%
3	at PIT	--	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	51%
4	vs JAX	--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26%
5	at MIA	--	1.5	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	52%
6	Bye
Season5 games, 1.5 a game			7.4	6	5	24	0	0	0	0	50%

202517 games, 1.9 a game			31.9	20	15	106	1	1	3	0	54%
202417 games, 2.1 a game			36.5	22	20	109	1	1	-4	0	58%
202317 games, 3.0 a game			50.3	27	22	163	2	0	0	0	46%

Still to play

Wk 7 at BAL Sun Oct 25
Wk 8 vs TEN Sun Nov 1
Wk 9 at ATL Sun Nov 8
Wk 10 vs PIT Sun Nov 15
Wk 11 at WSH Mon Nov 23
Wk 12 vs NO Sun Nov 29
Wk 13 at CLE Sun Dec 6
Wk 14 vs KC Sun Dec 13
Wk 15 at CAR Sun Dec 20
Wk 16 at IND Sun Dec 27
Wk 17 vs BAL Thu Dec 31
Wk 18 vs CLE Sun Jan 10

Our read

Written Sun 12:01 am Central, for week 6

Sample is on his bye with the Bengals in week 6 of 2026, so he gives a roster that carries him zero points and no lineup decision this week. His next game is week 7 on the road at Baltimore, kicking off Sunday 12:00 pm Central. He's second among Cincinnati tight ends behind Mike Gesicki, and his season sits at 1.5 PPR points a game with 0 touchdowns, with our rest-of-season order listing him at TE57. Find a fill-in for the week, and only keep him stashed if your bench can spare the spot.

Written Oct 17, from his facts through last season

One point five points a game through five weeks of 2026, on five catches and 24 yards, is about as empty as a starting-caliber stat line gets. Week 1 of 2026 gave him 4.9 points and every week since has given you nothing, including two zeros. He has not missed a game, so this is not an availability story. The Bengals are simply not throwing to him.

Rest of season28.3PPR points from week 6

67projected PPR points

The usage behind the line backs that up. Last season he played 53.6% of snaps, TE38 among 137 qualifying tight ends, but turned them into a 3.3% target share, TE80 among that same group. When Chase and Higgins took 51% of the targets between them in 2025, there was almost nothing left for a tight end whose average depth of target was minus 0.3 yards, TE122 among 125 qualifying. One red-zone touch all of last season. He is a blocking tight end on a passing team, listed second behind Mike Gesicki, and Zac Taylor calling the plays himself changes none of that.

The shape of his seasons runs the wrong way too: 50.3 points in 2023, 36.5 in 2024, 31.9 in 2025. Our preseason number was 67 points and a 4.5 points-a-game pace over 15 games, and he is running at a third of that. No week he played in 2025 cleared 15 points. There is no version of the next month where he earns a lineup spot, and his bye in week 6 of 2026 arrives before anything could change. Let him go and use the spot on a tighter end with targets.