Week 5 vs. Lions
Conklin has finished as TE21, TE35, TE2, and TE30 this season, establishing himself as a viable tight end streamer on a weekly basis. Conklin has put up a 14.4% target share with three red zone targets, so he has a chance to provide TE1 production in more pass-heavy game scripts.
Conklin goes up against a Lions defense that ranks 26th in aFPA, so this is a plus matchup for Conklin. The risk of losing volume to a run-heavy game script is higher for Conklin than it is for Jefferson and Thielen, but tight end is such a weak position that we need to consider Conklin.