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Week 6 Tight End Rankings & Matchups Analysis

Below you will find our Week 6 tight end rankings, to help determine your TE starts/sits for this week, brought to you by Bill Dubiel (@Roto_Dubs), Nick Mariano (@NMariano53) and Ben Ruppert (@Ben_Ruppert_21).

Lead columnist Bill Dubiel also highlights some TE rankings and matchups analysis for Week 6, 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 6.

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Week 6 Tight Ends - Rankings & Matchups Analysis

My colleagues and I are all equally high on Greg Olsen this week, and it should come as no shock to anyone who's paid attention to the Panthers this year. Olsen has been outstanding, returning WR1 value as the most reliable option in the Carolina passing game. A shootout with New Orleans and the return of Cam Newton should make Olsen the number one tight end yet again--barring a Gronk-ruption.

Or hell, how about another strong Martysaurus Rex outing? I am a firm believer in the fact that two tight ends can thrive in a Tom Bray-led offense, mainly because we've seen it happen before. In 2011 Gronk had his best season ever (90-1,327-17) while the Tight-End-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named posted a terrific year as well (79-910-7). Both of these guys will be TE1s as long as Tom Brady is slinging and Bill Belichick is scheming.

Prior to the Seahawks' bye, Jimmy Graham had posted back-to-back six-catch, 100-yard games. He's looked every bit as effective as he did with Drew Brees back in New Orleans, both in the box score and in the game film. In what should be a high-scoring matchup with the Falcons, Graham has a very real shot at another 100-yard outing.

Julius Thomas was actually off to a really nice start this year before suffering yet another injury, and with him back at full health I like his chances to make an impact in the Jags' matchup with the Bears on Sunday. Thomas is still a huge end zone threat, and the Jaguars seem content to let Bortles continue to sling it around. He can easily return TE1 value this week.

While he doesn't appear on our initial rankings here, Niles Paul makes for a very interesting waiver claim and streamer if (when) Jordan Reed is declared out. In 2014, with Reed out, Paul posted a 39-507-1 line in seven starts. Reed may be considering retirement with his sixth concussion in the mix, and I believe it'll be Paul and not Vernon Davis who picks up any targets that may still fall to the tight end spot in Washington.

 

Rank Player Name Pos Nick Ben Bill AVG
21 Greg Olsen TE 22 22 22 22.00
36 Rob Gronkowski TE 45 31 31 35.67
42 Travis Kelce TE 31 45 44 40.00
44 Delanie Walker TE 41 41 40 40.67
51 Jimmy Graham TE 57 57 50 54.67
60 Zach Miller TE 70 51 56 59.00
63 Jordan Reed TE 51 61 71 61.00
64 Martellus Bennett TE 61 70 60 63.67
71 Coby Fleener TE 72 72 69 71.00
76 Zach Ertz TE 84 79 78 80.33
90 Jesse James TE 79 93 106 92.67
92 Gary Barnidge TE 107 84 92 94.33
93 Julius Thomas TE 93 111 83 95.67
94 Dennis Pitta TE 86 107 97 96.67
99 Charles Clay TE 116 86 101 101.00
103 Jason Witten TE 98 102 110 103.33
110 Hunter Henry TE 102 151 85 112.67
116 Antonio Gates TE 123 98 127 116.00
128 Dwayne Allen TE 128 123 137 129.33
133 Tyler Eifert TE 111 162 122 131.67
138 Richard Rodgers TE 138 128 142 136.00
139 Jacob Tamme TE 146 132 131 136.33
140 Eric Ebron TE 151 116 145 137.33
144 C.J. Fiedorowicz TE 132 179 115 142.00
146 Will Tye TE 143 146 150 146.33
149 Virgil Green TE 150 143 161 151.33
151 Clive Walford TE 157 150 149 152.00
162 Vance McDonald TE 171 158 156 161.67

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