NFL Tight End Rankings: Week 8 Fantasy Football

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

Unlike A.J.

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

 

 

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