{"id":1649,"date":"2014-08-11T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2014-08-11T13:57:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T17:57:33","slug":"2014-te-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=1649","title":{"rendered":"2014 TE Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just Win Baby!<\/p><\/div>\n

The two most popular taglines regarding the tight-end position this year are: \u201ctop-heavy\u201d and \u201cweak\u201d.\u00a0 The first notion I\u2019ll totally buy.\u00a0 I won\u2019t be surprised if a good number of championship squads feature either Jimmy Graham (ADP8, TE1) or Rob Gronkowski (ADP27 \u2013 and trending up, TE2) or BOTH!\u00a0 Factoring league settings, roster construction and draft slot, a potentially dominate strategy is to grab both of these guys with your first two picks.\u00a0 Not only do you give yourself a weekly top tight-end performance, you get elite production from your flex position too.<\/p>\n

After the \u201cBig Two\u201d, there are only two other tight-ends with top 50 ADP\u2019s: Julius Thomas (ADP27) and Jordan Cameron (ADP50).\u00a0 After these guys come of the board the tight-end position gets a bit murky.\u00a0 This is where average fantasy football players (and even mainstream \u2018experts\u2019) buy the lazily constructed \u201cweak depth” storyline.\u00a0 However, there are a good number of young players, whom admittedly have their flaws, that\u00a0could pay nice dividends at their going cost.\u00a0 Jordan Reed (ADP76), Greg Olsen (ADP86), Kyle Rudolph (ADP94) and Charles Clay (ADP117) should all finishes in the top-3 for targets in their respective teams.\u00a0 In Olsen\u2019s case, he is far-and-away Cam Newton\u2019s most reliable pass-catching option.<\/p>\n

There are also some potential difference makers to be had late (after the 10th<\/sup> round):\u00a0 Travis Kelce (ADP174) \u2013 flashed some big time wheels on a long catch and run TD in the team\u2019s first pre-season game; Coby Fleener (ADP183) \u2013 has been running with the first-team offense all camp (also just happens to be Andrew Luck\u2019s Stanford homeboy); Joesph Fauria (ADP213) \u2013 all he does is catch touchdowns.<\/p>\n

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2014 Rankings: Tight Ends<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Composite<\/strong><\/td>\nPlayer<\/strong><\/td>\nRage<\/strong><\/td>\nGinger<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE1<\/strong><\/td>\nJimmy Graham<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE2<\/strong><\/td>\nRob Gronkowski<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE3<\/strong><\/td>\nJulius Thomas<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE4<\/strong><\/td>\nJordan Cameron<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE5<\/strong><\/td>\nVernon Davis<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE6<\/strong><\/td>\nJason Witten<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE7<\/strong><\/td>\nGreg Olsen<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE8<\/strong><\/td>\nKyle Rudolph<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE9<\/strong><\/td>\nZach Ertz<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE10<\/strong><\/td>\nDennis Pitta<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE11<\/strong><\/td>\nMartellus Bennett<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE12<\/strong><\/td>\nJordan Reed<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE13<\/strong><\/td>\nLadarius Green<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE14<\/strong><\/td>\nDwayne Allen<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE15<\/strong><\/td>\nCharles Clay<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE16<\/strong><\/td>\nTyler Eifert<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE17<\/strong><\/td>\nCoby Fleener<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE18<\/strong><\/td>\nGarrett Graham<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE19<\/strong><\/td>\nEric Ebron<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE20<\/strong><\/td>\nHeath Miller<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE21<\/strong><\/td>\nAntonio Gates<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE22<\/strong><\/td>\nJared Cook<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE23<\/strong><\/td>\nDelanie Walker<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE24<\/strong><\/td>\nOwen Daniels<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE25<\/strong><\/td>\nRyan Griffin<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE26<\/strong><\/td>\nRichard Rodgers<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE27<\/strong><\/td>\nLevine Toilolo<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE28<\/strong><\/td>\nTim Wright<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE29<\/strong><\/td>\nBrandon Pettigrew<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE30<\/strong><\/td>\nAustin Seferian-Jenkins<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE31<\/strong><\/td>\nAndrew Quarless<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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League-Winner<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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