2011 Fantasy Football Rankings: Tight Ends

gotta throw hernandez on there. wouldnt suprise me if he played the slot a little bit too

Charlie Weis is overated. The Chiefs have to much talent on offense and defense to not compete with every team. Teams cycle good and bad, and the Chiefs are on the up cycle. Tony Moeaki had a better rookie season than Tony G had. He'll be in the 5-10 range by the end of the season. If Cassel can play better than Cam Newton (Cassel ranked below Cam...) then they'll be fine.

Walter-

Jacob Tamme stepped up in a big way for the Colts after Dallas Clark's injury to become one of the highest scoring fantasy tight ends last season. He's nowhere in your top 40 tight ends. Even as a #2 option he should put up decent numbers as much as Manning throws. Tamme should be a good late round option as a proven sleeper.

@omar little

You clearly don't watch football. I might give you Brady and Manning as being better than Rodgers but not Brees or Rivers. Rivers hasn't won anything and Brees is coming off a 20 interception year. Brady and Manning are 2 of the top 10 quarterbacks ever so comparing him to them at this stage of his career is just stupid. Rodgers even before this year has had really good seasons. His first 3 years in the league are comparable to a lot of hall of famers. What also sets him apart is his ability to run. If starting a franchise today Rodgers would be easily the top choice.

dear walter,
id like to know why you think the cardinals drafted housler, they never have used a pass catching TE for some years since lenoard pope. does this show doubt in the running game? and can this guy even block for God's sake we allowed 50+ sacks and we didnt even draft an o-lineman, housler better be the second coming of tony gonzalez or hes gona be like pope in a few years, also who do you think is cut between beanie,hightower,and williams? I doubt they head into the season with all 3. and how do you like spiller as a sleeper?

sincerly depressed cardinals fan

Walt I first want to say I love the site it's a very refreshing break from ESPN. As for your rankings of TE's I think Gresham should be a top 15 TE this year. With a rookie QB and a west coast offense being implemented Gresham should see his receptions bump up to the 60-65 range and his TDs increase to the 7-9 range.

Where's Shiancoe? Got to be better than Scott Chandler.

I think Jermaine Greshem should be ranked a bit higher. He really came on at the end of last year, and hes willing to fight for the ball in the endzone. Plus, rookie quartervacks love throwing to tight ends so even if Dalton sucks Greshem could still see a lot of targets.

Holy crap Green Bay fans are annoying...

Aaron Rogers wins the superbowl and now he suddenly transformed into the best QB in the NFL like Clark Kent turning into Superman? Don't get me wrong the dude is good, but I'd still take Manning, Brady, Brees and Rivers over him (and I don't care if Rivers never won a SB, dude is a straight up beast of a QB).

Ravens will win the SB next year!

The funny thing is the guy who tried to impersonate me can't spell a basic word, and he calls me mentally challenged.

Your TE rankings are pretty much spot on, IMO, but I'll pass on Gates, wait a bit and target Vernon Davis in my fantasy draft. Harbaugh's offense is VERY TE-friendly (see Stanford v. Virginia Tech), and while most will roll their eyes at the thought of Alex Smith being under center for the 'Niners, at least he has a rapport with SF receivers and worked with Harbaugh and was given the playbook BEFORE the lockout began. Besides, with all of the barbs Crabtree has been throwing at Smith, who's stats do you think Smith would rather pad when he sees Crabtree and Davis coming free on a pass play? I think Davis will have a MONSTER season.

I fotgot to mention, I'm also mentally challenged.

Rudolph is going to finish in the top 15 TE's this year. Ponder is going to develop a quick chemistry with him and all the passing TD's will be going Rudolph's way.

64 rec 730 yds 8 tds

@c.bauer

Owen Daniels is being rated quite a bit lower by some other publications I have seen. So I can see Walt calling him a sleeper, if you can get a top 7 tight end, when you truly are one of the last owners to select one.

wow...I'm not sure how Owen Daniels can be considered a sleeper and be ranked #7. Maybe its because I live in Wisconsin but hes always one of the first few tight ends off the board come draft day. I also don't kno why wou wouldn't rank Andrew Quarless's or even DJ Williams, they play in a high potency offense in GB with the best qb in the league throwing to them while backing up a TE whos coming off a knee injury. I wouldn't suggest something stupid like putting them in the 20's but I bet either one of them will get drafted before Scott Chandler