FanHouse fantasy positional rankings are compiled weekly by the staff in order to provide answers to possible lineup questions. These are assuming most leagues use Fleaflicker's standard scoring structure. If you need clarification, you need more players ranked, or have funky league rules, feel free to shoot us an email question.The roller-coaster ride continues if you don't own a top-tier TE. However, even if you do - those once reliable options have been hit or miss at best. Tony Gonzalez continues to flourish in the role as the top dog, but Antonio Gates should be primed for a decent game this week. Meanwhile, fantasy owners can finally breathe a sigh of relief as Jason Witten has a pretty good matchup and -- although he might not be 100 percent -- at least Tony Romo is back.
Yet, once you get past those favorite TE options... it's really a crapshoot. Fantasy pundits fell in love, for some reason, with big John Carlson. He's returned a big helping of nothing in return during recent weeks. Plenty of fantasy owners were banking on Kevin Boss last weekend and he also dished out a helping of bust. Who's the boss now? Ah, yes ... bad, bad joke.
Well, the flavor of the week now seems to be Dustin Keller coming off a breakout stretch of games. Will he also break our hearts? I sure hope not, because I've bumped him up the TE rankings and I'm banking on big things for my own team. So don't blame me if he craps out. Stay tuned.
Quick note: I just couldn't bump Dallas Clark over the "Big Three." Worth mentioning, though, is that San Diego is a funnel for tight ends to have successful days. Just mentioning. On with the ranks...
1. Antonio Gates, IND
2. Tony Gonzalez, BUF
3. Jason Witten, SF
4. Dallas Clark, @ SD
5. Chris Cooley, @SEA
6. Kellen Winslow*, HOU
7. Dustin Keller, at TEN
8. Tony Scheffler, OAK
9. Owen Daniels, at CLE
10. Bo Scaife, NYJ
11. Greg Olsen, at STL
12. Jeremy Shockey, GB
13. John Carlson, WAS
14. Kevin Boss, @ ARI
15. Donald Lee, @ NO
16. Visanthe Shiancoe, @ JAC
17. Todd Heap, at NYG
18. Vernon Davis, vs. StL
19. Anthony Fasano, NE
20. Benjamin Watson, @MIA
21. L.J Smith, @ BAL
22. Marcedes Lewis, MIN
23. Robert Royal, @KC
24. Zach Miller, @ DEN
25. Jerramy Stevens, @ DET
