Week 4 Rankings: Tight Ends

To reiterate, I hate tight ends. Unless you have Graham, Gronk or Gonzalez this year, you'll be pulling your hair out week to week figuring out not how to be right, but how not to be wrong. Also, Kyle Rudolph is one more 3-yard hail mary away from making me rip every little hair out of my head.

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Enjoy!

Rank	Tight End	Opp.	Comments
1	Jimmy Graham	@GB	Green Bay in the middle of the pack vs. TEs. He's your #1 regardless. Never doubt him, never sit him.
2	Rob Gronkowski	@BUF	Despite Buffalo playing well against the position, he's overdue for a monster Gronk-sized game now.
3	Vernon Davis	@NYJ	No Revis (I've said it a lot, but that's how much he changes things) means more focus on WRs. Davis still SF's top target.
4	Tony Gonzalez	CAR	Have him ahead of Pettigrew by a hair because of the level Matt Ryan is playing at. Too reliable to sit against anyone.
5	Brandon Pettigrew	MIN	Vikings 11th in the league against fantasy tight ends. With so much focus on Megatron and Leshoure, he should flourish.
6	Antonio Gates	@KC	Gates is in for a HUGE stretch if he stays healthy. Bunch of terrible-against-tight-end teams coming up including this one.
7	Owen Daniels	TEN	I have him a lot higher than experts but Titans will focus on stopping the run and they're the worst against TEs.
8	Jason Witten	CHI	Chicago giving up the 12th-most fantasy points to tight ends and while Witten is struggling, he's trustworthy.
9	Kyle Rudolph	@DET	He's a high-priority redzone target for Ponder now and Detroit second-worst against tight ends.
10	Dennis Pitta	CLE	Still pulling in high-volume targets. Flacco loves him and he's a clear first option over Ed Dickson.
11	Jermichael Finley	NO	Mr. Inconsistent strikes again! Put up next-to-nothing numbers last week. Saints surprisingly good against TEs.
12	Martellus Bennett	@PHI	He's been shockingly reliable and with Nicks going in and out he'll keep getting looks. Philly great vs. TE, though.
13	Fred Davis	@TB	Coming off a big week and Tampa will forget to cover guys down the field from time to time.
14	Brent Celek	NYG	G-Men are second-best in the NFL in defending tight ends, but the Eagles are struggling, so he may be the only option.
15	Jermaine Gresham	@JAC	Finally scored last week, but Dalton throwing more and more and he did score against the Jaguars last year.
16	Jacob Tamme	OAK	Oakland doesn't give up much to the TE, but it is Peyton Manning and you can't count out any of his weapons.
17	Marcedes Lewis	CIN	Though Gabbert doesn't get to throw much at all, let alone to Lewis, Cincy is pretty terrible in the middle of the field.
18	Anthony Fasano	@ARI	Sometimes, the Cardinals pass rush hurts their ability to cover the middle, and Tannehill trusts Fasano.
19	Scott Chandler	NE	The Pats are experts at the TE position. If they know how to utilize it to perfection, they can cover it as well.
20	Greg Olsen	@ATL	Atlanta's defense is too good to let slower guys like Olsen just run around uncovered. Look elsewhere.
21	Jared Cook	@HOU	He's still hurting and the Texans are the league's best in covering tight ends.
22	Ed Dickson	CLE	He's become the clear-cut second string behind Pitta. Chances remain, but much, much fewer than last season.
23	Joel Dreessen	OAK	I'd advise against playing him, but hey he did score last week somehow.
24	Dallas Clark	WSH	Terrible option at this point but Redskins give up the second-most fantasy points to tight ends so far.
25	Rob Housler	MIA	The product of FAU has been slowly developing a connection with Kevin Kolb so could be a surprise.