Week 12 TE Fantasy Football Rankings

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With the Week 12 TE Fantasy Football Rankings out, I’d like to wish our customers and everyone else who follows us a very Happy Thanksgiving. With 3 games on the docket for Thursday, and plenty of fantasy options suiting up, this holiday should be more exceptional with the likes of Arian Foster, Matthew Stafford and RG3 showing their stuff as you stuff yourself with holiday goodies.

The biggest question mark, in terms of the tight end rankings, is the status of Aaron Hernandez. With the loss of Rob Gronkowski, many had figured Hernandez would vault to one of the top 3 fantasy options., but it appears Hernandez owners will have to make yet another decision regarding Hernandez and the other option they have on their roster, if there is one. Jason La Canfora confirmed on Tuesday that Hernandez, who has been dealing with an ankle injury for most of the season, will suit up and start against the Jets in the night game. But he also added that he’ll be in for a limited role. What that means is anyone’s guess. Half the snaps? A quarter? There is no doubt that Visanthe Shianco and Julian Edelman will see more time on the field with Gronk out, but Hernandez’s role will be a mystery. The good news is is that back in Week 6 against the Seahawks, Hernandez returned from a 4-game absence and wound up with 6 catches for 30 yards and a score (15PPR points). He only played on 38-of-87 snaps in that game. So while his “limited” status might scare some owners, it’s easy to see Hernandez can put up double-digit fantasy points and not even see 50% of the action. That’s enough to make me put him in over someone who has a big questionable tag connected to him. Especially against a Jets Defense that ranks 5th-to-last against fantasy tight ends.

Now lets take a look at the Week 12 TE Fantasy Football Rankings. Like every week, make sure to check out the rest of our rankings in our RANKINGS SECTION (Including IDP).

Also, make sure to check the rankings again between now and Friday to see if anyone has moved up or down due to latest news.

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	NOTES
1.	Jason Witten	Dallas	vs. Washington	Always seems to come up big on Thanksgiving.
2.	Tony Gonzalez	Atlanta	@ Tampa Bay
3.	Jimmy Graham	New Orleans	vs San Francisco
4.	Vernon Davis	San Francisco	@ New Orleans	With Colin Kaepernick likely starting again, Davis shoots back up the rankings.
5.	Owen Daniels	Houston	@ Detroit
6.	Aaron Hernandez	New England	@ New York Jets	Would love to rank him higher with Rob Gronkowski out, but his "limited" tag is a bit worrisome.
7.	Antonio Gates	San Diego	vs. Baltimore
8.	Jermaine Gresham	Cincinnati	vs. Oakland
9.	Brandon Myers	Oakland	@ Cincinnati	Myers actually played BETTER coming off a concussion last week.
10.	Brandon Pettigrew	Detroit	vs. Houston	Could see more targets with Titus Young benched.
11.	Greg Olsen	Carolina	@ Philadelphia	Always seems to flip flop big games with Brandon LaFell. Will this week be Olsen's turn?
12.	Martellus Bennett	New York Giants	vs. Green Bay
13.	Dustin Keller	New York Jets	vs. New England
14.	Jermichael Finley	Green Bay	@ New York Giants	Finally got into the passing game last week, but he'll have to show me his is still a big part of the offense gain more fantasy value.
15.	Heath Miller	Pittsburgh	@ Cleveland	As expected, Miller fell flat without Big Ben. I don't expect that to change now that Charlie Batch is under center.
16.	Dwayne Allen	Indianapolis	vs. Buffalo	Moves up if Coby Fleeners sits out again, but there is the possibility Fleener comes back.
17.	Scott Chandler	Buffalo	@ Indianapolis
18.	Kyle Rudolph	Minnesota	@ Chicago	With the chances of Percy Harvin (ankle) out again, the team has to figure out how to get the ball into Rudolph's hands.
19.	Marcedes Lewis	Jacksonville	vs. Tennessee	Came out of his shell with Chad Henne under center. But like Jermichael FInley, he'll have to prove it wasn't a one-week fluke.
20.	Jared Cook	Tennessee	@ Jacksonville