The 2013 fantasy football season is fast approaching and the BretskyBall.com team is here to guide you through the most wonderful time of the year: draft season! Tight ends are often an afterthought in fantasy drafts and the lack of separation beyond the top tier makes that a sound approach.
Rob Gronkowski‘s health limitations leave Saints’ TE Jimmy Graham as the consensus top-option at the position. The athletic Vernon Davis–who is unquestionably Colin Kaepernick‘s most talented target following the loss of Michael Crabtree–check in as second on our list. Veterans Tony Gonzalez and Jason Witten round out the top-5 in all but one of our ranker’s lists. After that though, it’s anyone’s guess. Fred Davis and Jared Cook have the talent to become solid options as do deeper sleepers Martellus Bennett, Jordan Cameron and training-camp darling Zach Sudfeld (who didn’t even crack out top-25 in the first round of rankings). All told, it’s a deep talent pool and a position who’s second tier will be defined in season rather than in the draft room.
BretskyBall’s 2013 Fantasy Football Rankings Team
Wayne Bretsky – Follow @BretskyBall
Justin Bell – Follow @BellJr56
Brad Costilo – Host of the Fantasy Insider’s Show on RotoInfo.com – Follow @FantasyBrad
Craig Porges – Follow @CPorges
Standard Scoring Positional Rankings: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | D/ST | Top-200
PPR Rankings: RB | WR | TE | Top-200
Tight Ends – Standard Scoring
Rank | Player | Team | AVG | Bretsky | Bell | Costilo | Porges |
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1 | Jimmy Graham | NO | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Vernon Davis | SF | 3.25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
3 | Jason Witten | DAL | 3.75 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
4 | Rob Gronkowski | NE | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
5 | Tony Gonzalez | ATL | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Kyle Rudolph | MIN | 6.25 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
7 | Greg Olsen | CAR | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
8 | Jared Cook | STL | 9.75 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
9 | Antonio Gates | SD | 9.75 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
10 | Fred Davis | WAS | 10.5 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 12 |
11 | Owen Daniels | HOU | 11.25 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 7 |
12 | Martellus Bennett | CHI | 12.25 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 13 |
13 | Jermichael Finley | GB | 13 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 16 |
14 | Jermaine Gresham | CIN | 13.5 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 17 |
15 | Brandon Myers | NYG | 14.5 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 10 |
16 | Dustin Keller | MIA | 15.5 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 15 |
17 | Brandon Pettigrew | DET | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 14 |
18 | Tyler Eifert | CIN | 17.5 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 19 |
19 | Heath Miller | PIT | 19.75 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 20 |
20 | Jordan Cameron | CLE | 20 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 18 |
21 | Jacob Tamme | DEN | 20.25 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 21 |
22 | Coby Fleener | IND | 21.25 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
23 | Lance Kendricks | STL | 22.75 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 |
24 | Brent Celek | PHI | 23.5 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 24 |
25 | Robert Housler | ARI | 23.75 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 23 |