2011 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings
August 01, 2011
Category: 2011 Fantasy Football, 2011 Fantasy Football Rankings, Fantasy Football Daily Notes
(EDIT: Here are the most up to date rankings –> Auction Values, Tiers and Cheat Sheet for PPR – http://su.pr/A17UuB NonPPR – http://su.pr/9DEgIM)
Tight ends are the kickers of the receiving world, but they keep trying their hardest to become the receivers of the receiving world and some are doing that well. Many of our top TEs were injured last season and I may be wrong in this, but it seems like the large, lanky, slow over the middle players who are reaching for passes might have a good shot at getting hurt, but I’m just making that up.
But I really am worried about Antonio Gates. Last season he was on pace to set every record in the books, but he hurt is foot, again. And now he is on the PUP list. They are just trying to ease him back, but with Vincent Jackson back and Gates with a bum foot I’m putting Jermichael Finley ahead of Gatesy. He is going to reinvent the position.
| Player | Team | Re TDs | Re Yds | Recpt | Fumb | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jermichael Finley | GB | 9 | 1150 | 85 | 0 | 169 |
| Antonio Gates | SD | 8 | 1100 | 75 | 0 | 158 |
| Dallas Clark | IND | 8 | 1025 | 100 | 0 | 150.5 |
| Jason Witten | DAL | 6 | 1000 | 85 | 0 | 136 |
| Vernon Davis | SF | 7 | 850 | 55 | 0 | 127 |
| Owen Daniels | HOU | 6 | 875 | 70 | 0 | 123.5 |
| Jimmy Graham | NO | 7 | 750 | 70 | 0 | 117 |
| Rob Gronkowski | NE | 7 | 700 | 50 | 0 | 112 |
| Kellen Winslow | TB | 6 | 750 | 65 | 0 | 111 |
| Marcedes Lewis | JAC | 6 | 725 | 65 | 0 | 108.5 |
| Jared Cook | TEN | 5 | 725 | 55 | 0 | 102.5 |
| Zach J. Miller | SEA | 5 | 700 | 60 | 0 | 100 |
| Aaron Hernandez | NE | 4 | 725 | 60 | 0 | 96.5 |
| Dustin Keller | NYJ | 5 | 650 | 55 | 0 | 95 |
| Brent Celek | PHI | 5 | 650 | 55 | 0 | 95 |
| Ben Watson | CLE | 4 | 700 | 50 | 0 | 94 |
| Lance Kendricks | STL | 5 | 625 | 50 | 0 | 92.5 |
| Tony Moeaki | KC | 5 | 625 | 50 | 0 | 92.5 |
| Heath Miller | PIT | 5 | 625 | 50 | 0 | 92.5 |
| Chris Cooley | WAS | 4 | 650 | 65 | 0 | 89 |
| Brandon Pettigrew | DET | 4 | 650 | 65 | 0 | 89 |
| Greg Olsen | CAR | 4 | 650 | 54 | 0 | 89 |
| Julius Thomas | DEN | 5 | 550 | 50 | 0 | 85 |
| Kevin Boss | OAK | 5 | 550 | 45 | 0 | 85 |
| Tony Gonzalez | ATL | 4 | 600 | 60 | 0 | 84 |
| Todd Heap | ARI | 4 | 500 | 50 | 0 | 74 |
| Jermaine Gresham | CIN | 4 | 500 | 50 | 0 | 74 |
| Anthony Fasano | MIA | 4 | 500 | 45 | 0 | 74 |
| Dennis Pitta | BAL | 3 | 450 | 35 | 0 | 63 |
| Kellen Davis | CHI | 3 | 400 | 40 | 0 | 58 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | MIN | 2 | 450 | 40 | 0 | 57 |
| Ed Dickson | BAL | 3 | 350 | 35 | 0 | 53 |
| Fred Davis | WAS | 3 | 350 | 30 | 0 | 53 |
| Evan Moore | CLE | 3 | 350 | 25 | 0 | 53 |
| Kyle Rudolph | MIN | 2 | 350 | 30 | 0 | 47 |
| John Carlson | SEA | 2 | 325 | 35 | 0 | 44.5 |
| Michael Hoomanawanui | STL | 2 | 300 | 30 | 0 | 42 |
| Martellus Bennett | DAL | 2 | 275 | 30 | 0 | 39.5 |
| Tony Scheffler | DET | 2 | 275 | 20 | 0 | 39.5 |
August 2nd, 2011 at 5:37 am
Ok, so assuming I do that deal of CJ for Vick in my 8 Team Keeper league. It’s a 0.5 PPR, QB TDs are 4, all other TDs are 6, .1 points per yard gained rushing or receiving. And there are a couple of bonus points awarded for game yardage totals (can add either 3 or 6 points to a QB, RB, WR, TE).
Here would be my lineup if I did the deal:
QB: Vick
WR: White
WR: Wayne
WR: Colston
RB: Hillis
RB: McCoy
TE: Daniels
W/R: McFadden
BN: Rivers
BN: Mike Williams – TB
BN: Felix Jones
BN: VJax
BN: Stewart
Now I have to keep Vick, and then I have to keep one more guy who isn’t a QB. Who do you keep? I’m leaning White and then going with RBs in the first two rounds. What do you think?
August 2nd, 2011 at 6:38 am
I have a feeling that Greg Olsen is going to finish about 20 slots higher by the time the season’s done.
August 2nd, 2011 at 6:46 am
You don’t see any fantasy relevance of TEs in Minn? Doesn’t McNabb toss a lot to TEs? I guess not, or you’d have one (Shaincoe or Randolph) in the top 20!
August 2nd, 2011 at 7:11 am
Can you elaborate on Jermichael at all? He’s had one good year and the Packers have plenty of targets to spread the ball around to as well.
Also I’m a little surprised Daniels and Miller are ranked higher than Vernon Davis.
August 2nd, 2011 at 8:13 am
You are incredibly underrating a few guys here….Jermaine Gresham (could EASILY see him ending the year with 700-900 yards and 6-9 TD’s) and Jared Cook, who apparently is set to explode in Tennessee, and we know he’ll get plenty of looks since unreliable Kenny Britt is the only other receiving threat they have. Just my opinion of course!
@Reggie: If the Bengals score 9 TDs all season I’d be a little surprised. I have Cook with 700 yards which is pretty good for a TE. I could see eclipsing that TD total, but I’m worried about Hass playing 16 games.
@Josh: He was Rodgers’ first read over Jennings when he was playing last season. Big target, fast, matchup nightmare.
@Jim Parkey: Put those two together and you have a top TE.
@Ryan: Not with Cam at the helm and Shockey there as well.
@Wilsonian: It’s between White and McCoy. Really depends on who you think you can get. I like McCoy a little more.
August 2nd, 2011 at 9:24 am
@Doc: I’ve got 5th pick, and the guy going first has already said that he’s taking Hillis. So there’s only 3 picks until I go. I honestly think I need to go White and then take McCoy with my first pick – or another comparable back. Thanks man.
August 2nd, 2011 at 9:55 am
Hey Doc, I have one of those good problems. Deciding between 5 keepers from the following group is torture:
Foster
Gore
Nicks
Roddy
Mike Wallace
Brandon Lloyd
Deangelo
Romo
Bradshaw
The first five I listed is where I’m leaning. Thoughts? Also, considering moving Foster straight up for Ray Rice. I know you have Foster as the number one, but how often does a guy ranked number one finish there? He took a lot of pounding last year and just lost Leach (to Ray Rice, coincidentally).
August 2nd, 2011 at 10:25 am
@Doc:
Honest to God TE question:
Is there enough separation between TE tiers to spend a fourth or a fifth round pick on a TE? For example – Finley, Clark, and Gates are all off the board and you’re picking at the beginning of the fifth? Do you take Witten or slam the breaks and pick up whoever is available in say the 9th/10th (Lewis, Miller, Gronkowski…)?
Just curious.
August 2nd, 2011 at 11:43 am
Shockey? Is he still relevant? And you know as well as I do that every rookie QB needs a binky. Olsen has shown the potential to be a dominant receiving tight end; he just needed the right system to show it. His new OC is a former TE who’s going to give Olsen every chance to make all the plays downfield that he never got in Chicago. Even Beason, who played with him at Miami, was raving about his potential in the new offense.
@Ryan: http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2011/06/23/pass-distribution-comparison-rookies-vs-veterans/
@Dakota: Since Witten was #1 overall last season he probably won’t drop. I’d take him in the fifth though. If any of the top guys fall past their ADP it’s hard not to grab them.
August 2nd, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Hey Doc…any idea where Fantasy Affair went?
@Professor Chaos: I love Rice and he’s in the same tier as Foster do I wouldn’t say it’s dumb, but I believe Foster has just as good a shot as any of the backs and I’m not worried about the trouble players have repeating. It’s happened plenty of times, but that’s not really the issue. Foster is in a blocking scheme that fits his style perfectly and he’s an extremely dedicated player. I don’t see a let down. If he stays healthy he’ll be top 3.
I agree with your first thought on your keepers.
August 4th, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Doc, I just drew draft slot #7 in an 8 team 2QB league. I am thinking of going QB-QB if any two of Vick, Rodgers, Brees, Brady, or Manning are still available. Silly idea?
@DDT: not silly. I can completely see that.