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Zach Wilkens analyzes fantasy football tight end rankings for Week 8 of the NFL season in both PPR and standard leagues. Check his TE ranks and rankings analysis before setting your Week 8 lineups.
RotoBaller brings you our Week 8 fantasy football tight end rankings by authors Zach Wilkens (@LopsidedTrades) and Ryan Rufe (@RyanRufe), along with tight end rankings analysis by Zach Wilkens. For even more Week 8 rankings and analysis, be sure to check out our positional rankings for all other positions.
Editor's Note: In case you missed it, Zach Wilkens and Ryan Rufe nailed their rankings in Week 6. They were both ranked in the top 10 overall accuracy scores on FantasyPros for last week's fantasy football rankings, going up against some of the biggest and baddest fantasy gurus in the industry. Zach came in at 4th overall (out of 133 experts), and Ryan cam in at 7th overall. Congrats guys, let's show them some love!
Week 8 Tight End Rankings Analysis
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Green or Calvin Johnson I feel really good about Jimmy Graham. He played last week in a limited fashion. I'm not really worried at all this week. He might not be 100% but he should be able to do damage. Travis Kelce & Jordan Cameron were quiet last week but both are still very talented players. They are probably than whatever other options you have.
The Bengals have been awful against tight ends. That makes Owen Daniels an excellent stream option this week. Delanie Walker started off the season on an excellent note. Over his last three games his best was 57 yards. This is more in line with what we can expect most weeks. He is not an every week fantasy starter. I like rookie Austin Seferian-Jenkins coming off bye. He is extremely talented and it has started to show.
Moving on to really deep leagues or 2TE leagues, Jermaine Gresham is seeing a ton of targets right now. Even if AJ Green plays I think that should continue. I continue to see no reason to think Jason Witten can turn things around. He is droppable in standard leagues. One deep sleeper at TE is Lance Kendricks. He has three touchdowns in the last four games and seems to be a red zone favorite of Austin Davis. I don't think he is threatening to take the job from Jared Cook but he can have value on his own.
Good luck in Week 8 RotoBallers!
Week 8 Tight End Fantasy Football Rankings
| Staff Rankings Average |
Player Name |
Team Name |
Ryan Rufe Rankings |
Zach Wilkens Rankings |
| 1 | Julius Thomas | DEN | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Greg Olsen | CAR | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Rob Gronkowski | NE | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Jordan Reed | WAS | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Antonio Gates | SD | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Jimmy Graham | NO | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | Delanie Walker | TEN | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Martellus Bennett | CHI | 8 | 10 |
| 9 | Zach Ertz | PHI | 10 | 8 |
| 10 | Travis Kelce | KC | 13 | 7 |
| 11 | Dwayne Allen | IND | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Owen Daniels | BAL | 11 | 13 |
| 13 | Jared Cook | STL | 9 | 17 |
| 14 | Jordan Cameron | CLE | 17 | 9 |
| 15 | Jermaine Gresham | CIN | 14 | 14 |
| 16 | Clay Harbor | JAC | 15 | 21 |
| 17 | Jace Amaro | NYJ | 21 | 15 |
| 18 | Austin Seferian-Jenkins | TB | 26 | 16 |
| 19 | Jason Witten | DAL | 16 | 18 |
| 20 | Scott Chandler | BUF | 18 | 24 |
| 21 | Heath Miller | PIT | 19 | 19 |
| 22 | Charles Clay | MIA | 24 | 20 |
| 23 | Coby Fleener | IND | 20 | 23 |
| 24 | Timothy Wright | NE | 22 | 28 |
| 25 | Lance Kendricks | STL | 22 | |
| 26 | Eric Ebron | DET | 23 | |
| 27 | Ladarius Green | SD | 25 | 34 |
| 28 | Cooper Helfet | SEA | 25 | |
| 29 | Niles Paul | WAS | 28 | 26 |
| 30 | Gavin Escobar | DAL | 27 | 30 |
| 31 | Garrett Graham | HOU | 27 | |
| 32 | Andrew Quarless | GB | 29 | 33 |
| 33 | Levine Toilolo | ATL | 29 | |
| 34 | Josh Hill | NO | 30 | 38 |
| 35 | Brandon Myers | TB | 31 | |
| 36 | Richard Rodgers | GB | 32 | |
| 37 | Jeff Cumberland | NYJ | 35 | |
| 38 | Mychal Rivera | OAK | 36 | |
| 39 | John Carlson | ARI | 37 | |
| 40 | Anthony Fasano | KC | 39 | |
| 41 | Brent Celek | PHI | 40 |
Check out all of RotoBaller's fantasy football rankings. Staff rankings are updated regularly for all positions and include standard formats, PPR scoring, tiered rankings and dynasty leagues.
