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Week 4 Tight End Rankings & Matchups Analysis

Below you will find our Week 4 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 4, 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 4.

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Week 4 Tight Ends - Rankings & Matchups Analysis

My colleagues are crazy to have Jordan Reed ranked anywhere but first at the position. He's gotten off to a slow start to be sure, but this week he gets a Browns defense that was beaten up by Zach Ertz and Dennis Pitta in Weeks 1 and 2. Reed is elite at the position, and should be Kirk Cousins' top option in the passing game. Love me some Jordan Reed this week.

I think I'm a shade low on Dennis Pitta this week, as he'll get a shot at the porous Raiders secondary. He's the top target in the Baltimore passing game, and should be a TE1 no matter what this week. It's just a matter of me liking the players I have ahead of him more.

With Antonio Gates still out, Hunter Henry has a clear path to fantasy relevance in Week 4. The Chargers get the Saints "defense" at home, and given the usage we saw last week I think Henry will run wild this week. He's the tight end of the future in San Diego for a reason.

"Brian Hoyer is starting for the Bears again this week...oh darn," he chuckled to himself while plugging Zach Miller into all of his lineups. For real though, those two are on the same page already, and if the Bears get in the red zone Hoyer is looking for Miller. I love Miller this week as a low-end TE1 and I'll keep him there until his usage patterns change.

Want to go nuts real quick? Try to pick between Jack Doyle and Dwayne Allen each week. Right now Doyle has been a better fantasy option, but that is due almost entirely to his three-catch, two-touchdown Week 1 performance.  Allen is the better athlete, and I'll still take him over Doyle until something shifts drastically, but you'd be wise to avoid both. Each has 15 targets through three games...yuck.

 

Week 4 Fantasy Football Rankings - Tight End

Rank Player Name Pos Nick Ben Bill AVG
26 Greg Olsen TE 22 22 31 25.00
29 Jordan Reed TE 31 40 22 31.00
44 Travis Kelce TE 41 57 40 46.00
48 Rob Gronkowski TE 70 31 44 48.33
49 Dennis Pitta TE 45 44 56 48.33
61 Kyle Rudolph TE 57 75 60 64.00
63 Delanie Walker TE 72 52 71 65.00
67 Julius Thomas TE 61 67 69 65.67
73 Eric Ebron TE 51 83 85 73.00
78 Coby Fleener TE 84 97 50 77.00
84 Jason Witten TE 79 69 106 84.67
86 Hunter Henry TE 86 92 78 85.33
89 Zach Miller TE 102 78 83 87.67
93 Jacob Tamme TE 98 85 97 93.33
98 Jimmy Graham TE 93 101 101 98.33
105 Gary Barnidge TE 116 106 92 104.67
113 Cameron Brate TE 128 110 110 116.00
117 Jack Doyle TE 111 126 115 117.33
118 Dwayne Allen TE 107 121 127 118.33
121 Martellus Bennett TE 123 115 131 123.00
132 Clive Walford TE 143 130 122 131.67
136 Jesse James TE 132 136 137 135.00
142 Vance McDonald TE 146 144 142 144.00
146 Charles Clay TE 150 141 145 145.33
149 Dion Sims TE #N/A #N/A 150 150.00
153 Virgil Green TE 157 155 149 153.67
154 Ryan Griffin TE 158 148 157 154.33
157 Jordan Cameron TE 151 149 170 156.67

 


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.




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