Will Jimmy Graham (80) be on the bench or on the field when New Orleans visits Denver Sunday Night? Photo byBob Donnan-US PRESSWIRE
Jimmy Graham dealt his owners a big blow last week when he wasn’t able to give it a go against Tampa, but he should be ready to go this week. However, with Tony Gonzalez and Antonio Gates coming back from their byes, he’s not even in the top five of our composite rankings.
I actually think he’s the #1 tight end this week since the game in Denver’s going to be a shoot-out with TD’s flowing freely on both sides. However, my fellow rankers didn’t really agree with me on that one though as they ranked him much lower. That’s one of the strengths of composite rankings-one opinion isn’t all that matters.
Here’s our top 15 TE’s for the week. As usual, I (ZT) was joined in the rankings by Steve Copps (SC) and Jeffrey Littrell (JL) who are contributors for FantasyCPR. We ranked our top 15 with NR (not ranked) counting for 20 for averaging purposes.
| ZT | SC | JL | |||||
| 1 | Rob Gronkowski | NE | at Stl | 1.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Tony Gonzalez | Atl | at Phi | 2.3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Antonio Gates | SD | at Cle | 3.7 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Vernon Davis | SF | at Ari | 4.3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Aaron Hernandez | NE | at Stl | 6.3 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 6 | Jason Witten | Dal | NYG | 7.3 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| 7 | Heath Miller | Pit | Was | 7.3 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Jimmy Graham | NO | at Den | 8.3 | 1 | 4 | NR |
| 9 | Martellus Bennett | NYG | at Dal | 9.3 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | Brent Celek | Phi | Atl | 9.7 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| 11 | Kyle Rudolph | Min | TB | 10.7 | 10 | 13 | 9 |
| 12 | Jared Cook | Ten | Ind | 12.3 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| 13 | Greg Olsen | Car | at Chi | 13.7 | 15 | 15 | 11 |
| 14 | Jacob Tamme | Den | NO | 14.3 | NR | 8 | 15 |
| 15 | Dustin Keller | NYJ | Mia | 15.0 | 13 | NR | 12 |
Topics: Fantasy Football, Jimmy Graham, NFL Week 8, TE Rankings, Who To Start
I'm an avid Boston sports fan and fantasy sports enthusiast. When I'm not blogging, I serve as Audio and Video producer as well as High School History teacher at Harvest Ministries on the island of Guam. The 14-hour time difference can make things challenging, but I'll play any fantasy sports just about anytime I can.
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