Below you will find our Week 7 Tight End rankings, to help determine your TE starts/sits for this week, brought to you by Edward Gorelik (@EdwardGorelik) and Zach Wilkens (@LopsidedTrades).

Featured fantasy football writer Zach Wilkens also highlights some TE rankings and matchups analysis for Week 2, and draws some matchup conclusions. He tells you who he likes, who he doesn't, and most importantly who he thinks you should be starting in Week 7.

You can also check out our 2015 fantasy football ranking dashboard, for more in depth rankings analysis on all positions including rookies and dynasty leagues.

Week 7 Fantasy Football Rankings - Tight Ends

RotoBaller Staff Ranks	Player Name (Team - Position)	Zach Wilkens Rankings	Edward Gorelik Rankings
1	Rob Gronkowski NE vs. NYJ	1	1
2	Antonio Gates SD vs. OAK	6	2
3	Julius Thomas JAC vs. BUF	2	6
4	Jimmy Graham SEA at SF	4	4
5	Travis Kelce KC vs. PIT	5	5
6	Greg Olsen CAR vs. PHI	9	3
7	Charles Clay BUF at JAC	3	12
8	Delanie Walker TEN vs. ATL	7	9
9	Jason Witten DAL at NYG	8	8
10	Gary Barnidge CLE at STL	10	7
11	Jordan Cameron MIA vs. HOU	12	11
12	Ladarius Green SD vs. OAK	16	10
13	Kyle Rudolph MIN at DET	13	13
14	Jordan Reed WAS vs. TB	11	17
15	Benjamin Watson NO at IND	17	15
16	Zach Ertz PHI at CAR	15	19
17	Jacob Tamme ATL at TEN	21	14
18	Eric Ebron DET vs. MIN	14	21
19	Derek Carrier WAS vs. TB	18	18
20	Crockett Gillmore BAL at ARI	22	16
21	Larry Donnell NYG vs. DAL	19	20
22	Heath Miller PIT at KC	20	27
23	Jared Cook STL vs. CLE	23	22
24	Coby Fleener IND vs. NO	24	23
25	Tim Wright DET vs. MIN	25	24
26	Austin Seferian-Jenkins TB at WAS		25
27	Dwayne Allen IND vs. NO	26	26
28	Maxx Williams BAL at ARI	27
29	Scott Chandler NE vs. NYJ	30	28
30	Dion Sims MIA vs. HOU	28	29
31	Mychal Rivera OAK at SD	29
32	Brent Celek PHI at CAR		30
33	Vernon Davis SF vs. SEA	31	32
34	Josh Hill NO at IND	32	31
35	Darren Fells ARI vs. BAL	33

Week 7 Tight End (TE) Rankings Analysis

By Zach Wilkens (@LopsidedTrades)

I am buying too hard into one single game by having Julius Thomas at TE4 this week? I don’t think so. We know he is an elite touchdown threat. The 13 targets was an incredibly promising sign that he will be a big part of this offense going forward. For comparison, he never had more than 8 targets with Denver last year. There is quite a bit of wiggle room for Thomas’s targets to dip a bit and still be a great play. I’m a believer.

Antonio Gates looks increasingly doubtful and that’s a shame. I originally had him at TE2 but I have moved him down to TE6. If he is out, that is great news for Ladarius Green. I have Green at TE13 already but he would jump into my top ten if he is the sole tight end. The Raiders have really struggled against tight ends all year and it’s hard to see that not continuing here.

I am especially low on Greg Olsen against the Eagles. The Eagles have been fantastic against tight ends in the Chip Kelly era. Here is a fun stat: Tight ends have scored 5 touchdowns against the Eagles since Chip Kelly has taken over. That is over a span of 39 games, and three of those touchdowns came in Chip’s first season. That means just two scores over the past 22 games. Olsen might be able to rack up a bunch of yards but the Eagles are allowing the 2nd fewest points to TEs so I have a hard time seeing that too. Don’t be shocked if it’s a quiet game for Olsen.

It looks like Jordan Reed will return this week. He should continue where he left off, receiving plenty of targets. In four games Reed had 8 or more standard points and 14+ PPR points in three of them. He is a low-end TE1 in standard but probably top ten in PPR.

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