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Tight End Rankings-Top 15 to Start for Fantasy Football Week 16

Zachary Thompson — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:30:27 +0000

Jason Witten and the Dallas Cowboys host the New Orleans Saints this week as they fight for their playoff lives. It should be a high-scoring contest and Witten leads our tight end rankings because of it. Photo by Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

All season it’s been the Rob Gronkowski and Jimmy Graham show atop our tight end rankings. When Graham was injured, Gronk had the number one spot on lockdown. Shortly after Graham got back to full speed, Gronk broke his arm and left Graham alone atop the weekly rankings. This week though, there’s a new sheriff in town and fittingly, he’s a Cowboy.

Here’s our top 15 tight ends for week 16

					ZT	JL
1	Jason Witten	Dal	NO	1.5	2	1
2	Aaron Hernandez	NE	at Jac	2.5	1	4
3	Tony Gonzalez	Atl	at Det	3.0	3	3
4	Jimmy Graham	NO	at Dal	3.5	5	2
5	Heath Miller	Pit	Cin	4.5	4	5
6	Dennis Pitta	Bal	NYG	7.0	6	8
	Owen Daniels	Hou	Min	7.0	7	7
	Greg Olsen	Car	Oak	7.0	8	6
9	Martellus Bennett	NYG	at Bal	10.5	10	11
10	Antonio Gates	SD	at NYJ	10.5	11	10
11	Brandon Myers	Oak	at Car	12.0	9	15
12	Jermaine Gresham	Cin	at Pit	12.5	12	13
13	Kyle Rudolph	Min	at Hou	13.0	14	12
14	Tony Scheffler	Det	Atl	14.5	NR	9
15	Jermichael Finley	GB	Ten	16.5	13	NR

This week’s rankings from Jeffrey Littrell (JL) and me (ZT) were combined into our composite rankings. Follow either one of our rankings or the composite, but whichever you choose good luck to you this weekend. NR is for not ranked which counts as 20 for averaging purposes.

Tight End Rankings-Week 15-Top 15 to Start in Fantasy Football

Zachary Thompson — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:15:27 +0000

New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham leads our rankings yet again this week. He and the Saints host the Bucs in what could quickly become another shootout like their first meeting. Mandatory Credit: Jim O’Connor-USA TODAY Sports

There’s a definite pecking order at the top of the tight end rankings. The Rankings unanimously agree on the top four. Jimmy Graham leads the way with Tony Gonzalez, Aaron Hernandez, and Jason Witten right behind. After that there’s some deviation as you can see, but hopefully going into your weekend you can role out one of those top 4.

Here’s our top 15 rankings:

					ZT	JL
1	Jimmy Graham	NO	TB	1.0	1	1
2	Tony Gonzalez	Atl	NYG	2.0	2	2
3	Aaron Hernandez	NE	SF	3.0	3	3
4	Jason Witten	Dal	Pit	4.0	4	4
5	Owen Daniels	Hou	Ind	6.0	7	5
6	Heath Miller	Pit	at Dal	7.0	8	6
7	Martellus Bennett	NYG	at Atl	8.5	10	7
8	Antonio Gates	SD	Car	9.0	9	9
9	Brandon Myers	Oak	KC	9.5	6	13
10	Dennis Pitta	Bal	Den	11.5	11	12
	Vernon Davis	SF	at NE	11.5	13	10
12	Brandon Pettigrew	Det	at Ari	12.5	5	NR
13	Jermichael Finley	GB	at Chi	15.0	15	15
14	Kyle Rudolph	Min	at Stl	15.5	NR	11
15	Jermaine Gresham	Cin	at Phi	16.0	12	NR

The two sets of rankings featured this week were done by Jeffrey Littrell (JL) and myself (ZT). NR stands for not rated and counts as 20 toward the composite average. Follow his ranking, follow my ranking, or follow the composite, but whatever you do–good luck to you as you look to win this weekend.