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Week 2 Lineup Rankings - Tight Ends

Golden Graham
By: Pete Davidson : September 15, 2012 1:55pm

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Welcome to the week two tight end rankings. There are a lot of quality options to choose from and we’d be ok with starting as many as 21 of the guys we’ve listed and that’s with Jermichael Finley already removed along with Kellen Davis as both have played already. As I mentioned already, we’ll be tweeting key injury news tomorrow so sign up to follow us if you haven’t already. Just follow the link on the homepage. If you have any big lineup decisions, feel free to drop me a question in our forum. I check it regularly and it is one of our under-used resources. Registration is required for anti-spam purposes, but it’s free.  

Good luck to all in week two!
 

 

Rank	PLAYER	TEAM	Opponent	THE SKINNY
1	Jimmy Graham	NO	@CAR	He’s going to do very bad things to Carolina and very good things for you.
2	Rob Gronkowski	NE	ARI	He just might score. Call us crazy.
3	Aaron Hernandez	NE	ARI	Looking healthy, which means he is a monster.
4	Vernon Davis	SF	DET	We like him every week. He’s harder to double with a deeper team around him and he’s a monster after the catch.
5	Antonio Gates	SD	TEN	He should get back on track.
6	Tony Gonzalez	ATL	DEN	They will need Gonzo in this one. Keep him active.
7	Jared Cook	TEN	@SD	We like him to step up this week with a banged up Washington and Britt just coming back with a snap count.
8	Jason Witten	DAL	@SEA	Should be back to normal. He’s a solid play.
9	Jacob Tamme	DEN	@ATL	Should be a solid play in a game where Manning needs to get the ball out fast.
10	Fred Davis	WAS	@STL	He should do well here. They need to keep him involved. He’s their best big target.
11	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	@IND	He’s a big part of the offense and can start for you in all formats. Solid matchup too.
12	Jermaine Gresham	CIN	CLE	We like him to bounce back strong.
13	Brandon Pettigrew	DET	@SF	He may be asked to block a bit more than normal this week, but he looked good last week.
14	Coby Fleener	IND	MIN	He looked good in week one, so you should be ok with him in a solid week two matchup.
15	Greg Olsen	CAR	NO	He was active last week and that should continue.
16	Owen Daniels	HOU	@JAC	He was good last week and we are hopeful. You can start him.
17	Dennis Pitta	BAL	@PHI	We like him, but he does compete for snaps with Dickson. Pitta may be pulling away. We recommended him in this week’s waiver wire. He should be rostered in all but small formats.
18	Scott Chandler	BUF	KC	He looked good last week and he lit them up last year. He is very playable.
19	Marcedes Lewis	JAC	HOU	He’s another solid option with Gabbert looking far more functional than last season. Marcedes looked very good last week. He should be owned.
20	Brent Celek	PHI	BAL	He is very underrated and they should need him in this game, but it’ll be rough sledding at the same time. He’s playable.
21	Martellus Bennett	NYG	TB	We’d like to see more, but he’s got upside this week. He has the potential and should be rostered in medium to large formats.
22	Lance Kendricks	STL	WAS	Light in week one but they will try to use him more. Not a great play right now, but he may be soon.
23	Heath Miller	PIT	NYJ	The Jets are improved at safety and he may need to block out blitzers a lot in week two. Miller’s a reasonable option, but we expect them to attack the Jets at cornerback with Darrelle Revis out for the game.
24	Tony Moeaki	KC	@BUF	Looked good last week, but KC is tough to figure. He’s a guy to keep an eye on for sure.
25	Ed Dickson	BAL	@PHI	He’s got good ability but they seem to be trending to Pitta, so we’re not loving Dickson as a fantasy play right now.
26	Tony Scheffler	DET	@SF	Scheff was active last week and almost scored but he dropped it. He is a reasonable desperation heave in a big league.
27	Joel Dreessen	DEN	@ATL	He’s a threat. He’s not a bad play in a big league if you are in need.
28	Kevin Boss	KC	@BUF	He scored, but we expect Moeaki to be more active on most weeks.
29	Zach Miller	SEA	DAL	Actually caught a few last week and has talent. Worth monitoring but not a good play.
30	Anthony Fasano	MIA	OAK	He could score and make a play or two, but he needs to be more active with Tannehill at the helm before we consider recommending him.
31	Todd Heap	ARI	@NE	He played more then Rob Housler in week one, but we’d avoid him for fantasy purposes.
32	Dallas Clark	TB	@NYG	We think he is near done.
33	Ben Watson	CLE	@CIN	Not involved enough and QB is struggling.
34	David Ausberry	OAK	@MIA	We like him, but he only had a single grab. If he gets more involved, he could have some value.
35	James Casey	HOU	@JAC	He makes some plays but he's not consistent.
36	Jordan Cameron	CLE	@CIN	A player to watch but he was not used much in week one.
37	Rob Housler	ARI	@NE	He needs to get ahead of Heap before you can use him.
38	Dwayne Allen	IND	MIN	He was not at all involved, but things change and he is very talented. He’s a guy to watch though not a guy to roster outside of dynasty.