I’ve been rolling out updated dynasty league rankings over the past few weeks. I’ve done quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and kickers. Here’s the last of those positions – tight ends.
With these rankings, I’m thinking it’s a 12-team league, and you hold the rights to these players for essentially their entire careers. I’m envisioning deeper rosters, where each team has about three tight ends and is starting probably one each week. Maybe you can start two if there’s a flex option.
Scoring system is 6 points for touchdowns and 1 for every 10 yards.
With this kind of format, the trend is to put younger players higher. If two players are pretty similar, the logical conclusion is to go with the guy who’s 2 years younger.
But at the same time, we must respect that there is some value to having a guy who’s playing well right now. You will, after all, have the ability to add other tight ends a year or two down the road, so having a 25-year-old tight end is not the ultimate goal. Delanie Walker, Antonio Gates, Jason Witten and Vernon Davis are on the wrong side of 30, but these guys can play right now. Some of them will also be productive in subsequent years.
DYNASTY LEAGUE TIGHT ENDS | |||
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Rk | Tm | Player | Avg |
1. | NO | Jimmy Graham | 27 |
2. | NE | Rob Gronkowski | 25 |
3. | DEN | Julius Thomas | 26 |
4. | KC | Travis Kelce | 25 |
5. | MIN | Kyle Rudolph | 24 |
6. | CHI | Martellus Bennett | 27 |
7. | CAR | Greg Olsen | 29 |
8. | IND | Dwayne Allen | 24 |
9. | NYG | Larry Donnell | 26 |
10. | WAS | Jordan Reed | 24 |
11. | TB | Austin Seferian-Jenkins | 22 |
12. | CLE | Jordan Cameron | 26 |
13. | DET | Eric Ebron | 21 |
14. | MIA | Charles Clay | 25 |
15. | TEN | Delanie Walker | 30 |
16. | NYJ | Jace Amaro | 22 |
17. | PHI | Zach Ertz | 23 |
18. | SF | Vernon Davis | 30 |
19. | SD | Antonio Gates | 34 |
20. | DAL | Jason Witten | 32 |
21. | OAK | Mychal Rivera | 24 |
22. | PIT | Heath Miller | 32 |
23. | CIN | Tyler Eifert | 24 |
24. | IND | Coby Fleener | 26 |
25. | NE | Tim Wright | 24 |
26. | GB | Richard Rodgers | 21 |
27. | JAC | Marcedes Lewis | 30 |
28. | SD | Ladarius Green | 24 |
29. | GB | Andrew Quarless | 26 |
30. | STL | Jared Cook | 27 |
31. | CIN | Jermaine Gresham | 26 |
32. | BAL | Owen Daniels | 31 |
33. | BUF | Scott Chandler | 29 |
34. | DET | Joseph Fauria | 24 |
35. | STL | Lance Kendricks | 26 |
36. | BAL | Dennis Pitta | 29 |
37. | SEA | Zach Miller | 28 |
38. | DAL | Gavin Escobar | 23 |
39. | BAL | Crockett Gillmore | 22 |
40. | JAC | Clay Harbor | 27 |
41. | ARI | Troy Niklas | 22 |
42. | KC | Anthony Fasano | 30 |
43. | WAS | Niles Paul | 25 |
44. | NO | Josh Hill | 24 |
45. | SEA | Luke Willson | 24 |
46. | PHI | Brent Celek | 29 |
47. | HOU | C.J. Fiedorowicz | 23 |
48. | ARI | John Carlson | 30 |
49. | MIN | Chase Ford | 24 |
50. | ATL | Levine Toilolo | 23 |
—Ian Allan