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All FantasyPros Articles insights about Colston Loveland

NegativeRoleSep 15, 2026
Chicago TE posted a goose egg in Week 1 despite the Bears' 59-point blowout win over Carolina, but Moorman frames this as an anomaly rather than a concern. The game was run-heavy with 39 total rush attempts and six rushing scores, limiting passing opportunities. Loveland maintained a 90% route rate, leading all NFL tight ends, indicating his role remains intact. Moorman maintains Loveland as his dynasty TE3 overall and suggests testing the waters with worried owners to potentially acquire him at a discount.
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PositiveProjectionSep 11, 2026
Loveland emerged as a game-breaker at the end of his rookie season. In his final six games last year, Loveland had a 73.4% route participation rate, 24.7% target share, 0.31 TPRR, 30.6% air yards share, 5.8 receptions per game, 78.5 receiving yards per game, and 2.59 Y/RR. He cleared 51.5 receiving yards in five of those six games, including the final four. The FantasyPros consensus projections have Loveland projected for 57.6 receiving yards against the Panthers this week. The source projects his receiving yards at 51.5 and recommends going higher.
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PositiveProjectionSep 5, 2026
Derek Brown notes Loveland disappointed as TE15 in fantasy points per game last season only because he was in a part-time role for most of the year. After Week 15, Loveland exploded as the Bears' WR1 with a 25.6% target share, 81.6 receiving yards per game, 2.49 yards per route run, 34% first-read share, 0.116 first downs per route run, and 17.2 PPR points per game. Those final-five-week numbers would have ranked first, first, fourth, first, fourth, and second among tight ends with 20+ targets, and would have beaten both Trey McBride's 2025 season and Brock Bowers' 2024 campaign in every category except fantasy points per game. With D.J. Moore gone, Loveland has only Rome Odunze and Luther Burden to compete with for the top target spot in Chicago.
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PositiveBreakoutSep 3, 2026
Loveland won the offseason hype award after finishing last season with four straight 10-target games and three games with 90+ yards. Head coach Ben Johnson praised him throughout training camp. Loveland is the 'perfect' tight end with receiving ability to play Y tight end and blocking ability to hold up in line; paired with offensive savant Johnson, he could be the next elite fantasy tight end. Luther Burden III, who could have made the article, is dealing with a hamstring injury and questionable for Week 1, which takes the door off the hinges for Loveland's opportunity. Source recommends drafting him ahead of Trey McBride.
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PositiveProjectionSep 3, 2026
Loveland finished TE12 in half-point PPR as a rookie with 58 catches, 713 yards, and six touchdowns; from Week 9 onward he was TE2 in fantasy scoring behind only Trey McBride. Over Chicago's final four games (two regular season, two playoffs), Bears head coach Ben Johnson fully unleashed Loveland with 10+ targets in each game, averaging 12.0 targets, 7.0 catches, and 94.5 receiving yards with two TDs. In the playoff win over Green Bay, Loveland was targeted 15 times with eight catches for 137 yards. Pat Fitzmaurice identifies Loveland as the consensus TE3 for 2026 behind only Brock Bowers and Trey McBride, citing his 6-6, 241-pound frame as a matchup nightmare with size and speed.
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PositiveRoleSep 2, 2026
Charlie Sisian warns that Colston Loveland, drafted at ADP 41 (TE3), is overvalued despite being a talented player. The Bears have an ambiguous receiving room with unclear hierarchy; historically, highest-drafted options in ambiguous offenses underperform ADP expectations, and tight ends in ambiguous situations have proven much worse bets than those in clear roles. Sisian notes Rome Odunze missed games and played through injury during Loveland's end-of-season breakout, and Travis Burden was less productive than his ADP suggests. Sisian prefers targeting Burden or Odunze later in drafts rather than paying TE3 price for Loveland.
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PositiveProjectionSep 2, 2026
Derek Brown notes Loveland disappointed as TE15 in fantasy points per game last season only because he languished in part-time role for most of season; not until after Week 15 was he consistently featured as full-time member; in Weeks 16-20, exploded as Bears' WR1 with 25.6% target share, 81.6 receiving yards per game, 2.49 yards per route run, 34% first-read share, 0.116 first downs per route run, and 17.2 PPR points per game; if produced like that entire season, would have rivaled Trey McBride for TE1; those Weeks 16-20 numbers ranked first in target share, first in yards per route run, fourth in receiving yards per game, first in first-read share, fourth in first downs per route run, and second in PPR points per game among tight ends with 20+ targets; compared to McBride's 2025 and Bowers' 2024, Loveland would beat both in every category except PPR points per game; with D.J. Moore gone, only Rome Odunze and Luther Burden compete for top target spot; could easily pick up where he left off and compete with Brock Bowers and Trey McBride for TE1 crown.
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PositiveProjectionSep 1, 2026
Loveland finished TE15 in fantasy points per game in 2025 due to a part-time role for most of the season, but exploded in Weeks 16-20 as the Bears' WR1 with a 25.6% target share, 81.6 receiving yards per game, 2.49 yards per route run, 34% first-read share, 0.116 first downs per route run, and 17.2 PPR points per game. If those numbers held over a full season, he would have ranked first in target share, first in receiving yards per game, fourth in yards per route run, first in first-read share, and fourth in first downs per route run among tight ends with 20+ targets—beating both Trey McBride's 2025 and Brock Bowers' 2024 in nearly every category. The source projects Loveland could easily compete with Bowers and McBride for the TE1 crown in 2026, with D.J. Moore gone and only Rome Odunze and Luther Burden competing for targets.
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PositiveBreakoutAug 28, 2026
Loveland finished TE12 as a rookie in half-point PPR scoring with 58 catches for 713 yards and six touchdowns, but showed dramatic improvement late in the season. From Week 9 onward, he was TE2 in fantasy scoring behind only Trey McBride. Over Chicago's last four games (two regular season, two playoffs), Bears head coach Ben Johnson fully unleashed Loveland with 10+ targets in each game, averaging 12.0 targets, 7.0 catches and 94.5 receiving yards with two TDs; in the playoff win over the Packers, he had 15 targets, 8 catches for 137 yards.
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PositiveBreakoutAug 26, 2026
Loveland finished last year as TE12, averaging 10.3 PPR fantasy points per game, but went from waiver-wire discard to league winner as his rookie season progressed. He was outstanding at the end of last year, averaging 12 targets and 20 fantasy points per game in Weeks 17–18 and Chicago's two playoff contests, totaling 21 or more in three matchups. Reportedly, the young star tight end will be the focal point of Chicago's passing attack this season.
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PositiveValueAug 20, 2026
Colston Loveland is identified as one of the elite tight end options that will be claimed early in shallow leagues. The source emphasizes that in shallow formats, half of all teams will be fielding Loveland, McBride, Bowers, or Warren, making it critical to secure one of these elite tight ends early rather than waiting. Waiting on lower-tier options creates a significant point disadvantage in shallow leagues where every manager fields an All-Star team.
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