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2012 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings
By Kurt Turner on July 29, 2012
Tight end, it’s deep this year! One word of advice if you pass on Jimmy Graham or Rob Gronkowski, just wait until the later rounds and draft a performer with history and upside. Or go for some complete fantasy football sleepers like Kyle Rudolph or Kellen Davis (read this) even later.
| TE Rank | Player Name | Team | Tight End Notes |
| 1 | Jimmy Graham | NO | His touchdown total will shock you, I’m not drafting last years number 1, as my number 1 tight end. |
| 2 | Rob Gronkowski | NE | Brandon Lloyd will eat into his production a little, bank on it. You could rank him as a #1B |
| 3 | Antonio Gates | SD | Not again, not after burning me in 2010 and 2011, no way. |
| 4 | Jermichael Finley | GB | |
| 5 | Vernon Davis | SF | All those additions to WR will only open things up more for Davis, this will be his break out year. |
| 6 | Jason Witten | DAL | |
| 7 | Aaron Hernandez | NE | Brandon hurts his value a touch, only so many passes to go around per game. |
| 8 | Fred Davis | WAS | Rookie QB’s best friend is the tight end. |
| 9 | Brandon Pettigrew | DET | He’ll hit pay dirt 7 to 9 times this year, watch and see. |
| 10 | Jacob Tamme | DEN | |
| 11 | Brent Celek | PHI | 97 targets last year, I’d day he was unlucky not to come down with 80 of them. Possible big year for him as defenses key on McCoy in the Red Zone. |
| 12 | Tony Gonzalez | ATL | New OC in ATL hasn’t featured the TE position in the past, make me drop him a touch. |
| 13 | Jermaine Gresham | CIN | |
| 14 | Greg Olsen | CAR | |
| 15 | Owen Daniels | HOU | |
| 16 | Jared Cook | TEN | 81 targets last year, and the O-LINE upgrades should allow him to roam a bit more. |
| 17 | Coby Fleener | IND | |
| 18 | Dustin Keller | NYJ | |
| 19 | Kyle Rudolph | MIN | Possible poor mans Gronkowski, has the potential to be a lower top 10 tight end now that he’s one year removed from injury and reportedly running a step faster. |
| 20 | Kellen Davis | CHI | Lots of upside, but a huge risk with huge reward. |
| 21 | Dallas Clark | TB | |
| 22 | Ed Dickson | BAL | The time share at TE hurts his upside and draft value.. |
| 23 | Dennis Pitta | BAL | |
| 24 | Heath Miller | PIT | |
| 25 | Kevin Boss | KC | |
| 26 | Zach Miller | SEA | |
| 27 | Tony Moeaki | KC | |
| 28 | Kellen Winslow | SEA | He’s broke down bad, if I felt he could last a full 16 without being limited by injury I’d have him ranked higher. |
| 29 | Zach Miller | JAC | |
| 30 | Marcedes Lewis | JAC | |
| 31 | Lance Kendricks | STL | |
| 32 | Martellus Bennett | NYG | Hamstring issues already, reported to camp at 291 pounds.. lost hope. |
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