Fourth & Inches

2026 regular · wk 4 · half ppr · 64 games lined

TE

Colston Loveland

CHI

TE3 · overall #57 · tier 1 · age 22

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Projected points

160

10.2/gm

Value over replacement

50

repl 112

Range

118–203

sd 43

Week

5.5

vs NYJ

Why this ranking

hand-set 2026-08-22

Raised 22 Aug at Matt's read that we are too low on him. Both markets have him TE3 and the board had TE7. He is the case CLAUDE.md already records under the within-season trend work: his rookie year ran 5.12 targets a game full-season, 7.33 over the last six and 8.25 over the last four, and the model reaches 6.64 off draft capital, the depth chart and the second-year multiplier rather than a trend term -- machinery that is already firing. TE4 rather than TE3, because the +1.16 he already sits above his own single season is real and a one-year history is thin evidence to push further on.

This is a view, not a correction — the model said something different and was overruled. See how it works.

Projected usage

opportunity over the projected season

Targets
110
Carries
1
Receptions
78
Rec yards
851
Rush yards
0
Rush TD
0.0
Rec TD
6.0
Total TD
6.0
Games projected
15.7
Observed pts/gm (history)
10.5
Games of history
16
Age multiplier
1.060
Usage carryover
1.00

Team context

what scales this projection

Neutral sec / play
32.8
Projected plays / game
62.5
Projected pass rate
56%
OL run block
+1.36
OL pass protection
+1.05
OL continuity
82%
2TE rate
36%
3WR rate
64%
1st-down pass rate
45%
Run friendly
+0.61
Scheme creativity
+0.58
Play action / motion
26% / 54%

Situation

ambiguity widens the projection range

Label
settled
Ambiguity score
33
Effective contributors
2.04
Top player's share
60%
New play-caller
no
Variance multiplier
1.35

Trade window

schedule-driven buy / sell timing

Action
buy low
Window weeks
4-6
Window opponents
NYJ,GB,ATL
Window matchup
+0.07
Opponents after
NE,SEA,TB
After matchup
+0.37
Flip edge
-0.30
Buy basis
recent form
Bye week
10
Playoff schedule (15-17)
+0.27

2025 game log

full season · Full PPR

Games

16

Points

165.1

Per game

10.32

17-gm pace

175

Best / worst

29.8 / 0.0

Pace extrapolates the selected weeks over 17 games. It is what that stretch was worth, not a projection — no availability, matchup or regression adjustment is applied.

WkPtsRankTgtRecRe YdsRe TD
13.2TE3722120
20.0TE571000
34.1TE3531310
63.1TE3932110
75.4TE2843240
86.8TE2053380
929.8TE2761182
109.5TE1344550
117.0TE1743400
1214.9TE354491
135.8TE2863280
1412.9TE954291
1510.1TE1554630
166.0TE2253300
1721.4TE2106941
1825.1TE11310911