Week 7 Ranks: Tight ends
Top 25 tight ends for Week 7
By position: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DSTMore rankings: Flex
| IDPByes: Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers
Note: Rankings were updated to account for the latest news and to remove players from Thursday's Seahawks-49ers game.
Last update: Saturday, 3:10 p.m. ET
| Rank | Name | Team | Opp. | ![]() Berry | ![]() Harris | ![]() Karabell | ![]() Cockcroft | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Gronkowski | NE | NYJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 2 | Jason Witten | DAL | @Car | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 3 | Aaron Hernandez | NE | NYJ | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 4 | Owen Daniels | HOU | Bal | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 5 | Kyle Rudolph | MIN | Ari | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 6 | Heath Miller | PIT | @Cin | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 7 | Scott Chandler | BUF | Ten | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Brandon Pettigrew | DET | @Chi | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 9.8 |
| 8 | Jermaine Gresham | CIN | Pit | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9.8 |
| 10 | Jared Cook | TEN | @Buf | 9 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 11.0 |
| 11 | Martellus Bennett | NYG | Wsh | 11 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 11.5 |
| 12 | Fred Davis | WSH | @NYG | 13 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 11.8 |
| 13 | Greg Olsen | CAR | Dal | 12 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 12.0 |
| 14 | Jermichael Finley | GB | @StL | 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13.0 |
| 15 | Dennis Pitta | BAL | @Hou | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13.5 |
| 16 | Brandon Myers | OAK | Jac | 15 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 17.3 |
| 17 | Dustin Keller | NYJ | @NE | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17.5 |
| 18 | Coby Fleener | IND | Cle | 22 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 18.8 |
| 19 | Dwayne Allen | IND | Cle | 18 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 19.5 |
| 20 | Marcedes Lewis | JAC | @Oak | 21 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 20.5 |
| 21 | Kellen Davis | CHI | Det | 20 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 21.3 |
| 22 | Rob Housler | ARI | @Min | 19 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 22.3 |
| 23 | Lance Kendricks | STL | GB | 24 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 22.5 |
| 24 | David Thomas | NO | @TB | 23 | 16 | NR | NR | 22.8 |
| 25 | Tony Scheffler | DET | @Chi | NR | NR | NR | 20 | 24.5 |
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Fantasy Football Week 7

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Fantasy Football Tools
• Week 7 Projections• Roster Advisor

• 2012 Scoring Leaders | Points Against
• Most Added/Dropped (Past 7 days)
• NFL Nation blog
• Week 7 fantasy inactives | Full inactives list
• Byes: Broncos, Chargers, Chiefs, Dolphins, Eagles, Falcons
Week 7 Rankings
• QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST | IDP
Weekly Features
• Harris: The Hard Count
• Berry's Love/Hate
• Carpenter: Gridiron Challenge preview
• Daube: Trendspotting
• Cockcroft: Consistency Ratings
• Harris: Free-agent finds for Week 7
• Harris: Instant Impressions from Week 6
Bell Injury Blog
• Saturday: Richardson, Bryant ...
• Thursday: Graham, Mendenhall ...
• Thursday: Seahawks-49ers injuries
• Tuesday: Murray, Richardson ...
Insider 
• Karabell: Sneaky pickups
• Karabell: Week 7 flex rankings
• Karabell: Week 7 rankings reaction
• Pro Football Focus: TEs on the rise/decline
• Football Outsiders: Top matchups
• Karabell: 2012 season rankings update
• Joyner: Sell high on Stafford, Lynch
• Goal-Line Grid: Through Week 6
• Karabell: Four Downs -- Week 6 recap
Video
• Friday: Fantasy Football Now ![]()
• Thursday: Berry's Love/Hate ![]()
• Wednesday: Seahawks-49ers preview ![]()
• Wednesday: Fantasy Focus on rankings ![]()
• Tuesday: Grading the Chargers ![]()
• Monday: Patriots tight ends ![]()
• Monday: Value of Stafford, Greene, Nelson ![]()
Podcasts
• Fri. Focus: Week 7 preview ![]()
• Thu. Focus: Rankings talk ![]()
• Underground: Matthew Stafford, Felix Jones ![]()
• Wed. Focus: Talking about running backs ![]()
• Tue. Focus: Injury talk; MNF recap ![]()
• Mon. Focus: Week 6 recap ![]()
Chat Schedule/Wraps
• Friday, 3 p.m. ET: KC Joyner
• Friday, 11 a.m. ET: Stephania Bell
• Thursday, 2 p.m. ET: Matthew Berry
• Thursday, 11 a.m. ET: Christopher Harris
• Wednesday, 3 p.m. ET: Eric Karabell
• Tuesday 3 p.m. ET: Stephania Bell
• Monday 11 a.m. ET: Tristan H. Cockcroft




