Payne Durham

Tampa Bay Buccaneers TE 105

Week 6 vs PIT

Wk 6 -- Read as the page opens

Rest of season 14.8 from week 6, TE105 in our order

Opp rank -- vs PIT

Avg 0.3 a game in 5 games

Last 1.5 week 5 at DAL

Δ Proj --

This season 2026, PPR, through week 5

Payne Durham 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	at CIN	--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12%
2	vs CLE	--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6%
3	vs MIN	--	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	55%
4	vs GB	--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8%
5	at DAL	--	1.5	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	38%
Season5 games, 0.3 a game			1.5	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	25%

202517 games, 0.1 a game			2.1	4	1	11	0	0	0	0	31%
202416 games, 2.2 a game			34.5	14	11	115	2	0	0	0	41%
202313 games, 0.8 a game			10.8	7	5	58	0	0	0	0	15%

Still to play

Wk 6 vs PIT Sun Oct 18
Wk 7 at CAR Sun Oct 25
Wk 8 vs ATL Sun Nov 1
Wk 9 at CHI Sun Nov 8
Wk 10 Bye
Wk 11 at DET Sun Nov 22
Wk 12 vs CAR Mon Nov 30
Wk 13 vs LAC Sun Dec 6
Wk 14 at BAL Sun Dec 13
Wk 15 vs NO Sun Dec 20
Wk 16 at ATL Sun Dec 27
Wk 17 vs LAR Sun Jan 3
Wk 18 at NO Sun Jan 10

Our read

Written Oct 17, from his facts through last season

One catch in five weeks. That is not a slow start, it is a player Tampa Bay does not use. He sits second among Buccaneers tight ends behind Cade Otton, and even Otton's own target competition is brutal with Emeka Egbuka and Mike Evans combining for 47% of Tampa's targets last season. Durham's slice of that 2025 pie was 0.7%, TE117 among 137 qualifying tight ends. Nothing in the new Zac Robinson offense has changed it through week 5 of 2026.

Rest of season14.8PPR points from week 6

Preseason projection46projected PPR points

The counting stats tell the same story: 2 targets, 1 catch, 5 receiving yards and 0 touchdowns across the five games. Last season he finished with 2 points over 8 games, TE114 among 137 qualifying tight ends, and he never cleared 15 points in any week, his worst being 0 in week 1 of 2025. The scoring-range work was just as thin, with 1 red-zone touch in 2025, TE78 among 126 qualifying tight ends, and 0 touches inside the ten.

The decline is real and dated. His points a game went from 4.31 in 2024 to 0.26 in 2025, and his yards per target fell from 8.2 to 2.8 over the same stretch. This season he has played every week, no injuries, and still cannot reach the median, with 1.5 points in week 5 of 2026 standing as his best. Our preseason number was 46 points, 3.3 a game over 14 games, and he is running nowhere near that pace.

There is no fantasy case here in any format. He has not missed a game this season, so it is not health, it is role. Let him go and spend the spot on a tight end whose team actually routes him onto the field.