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Tight ends preview

The top four options are semi-reliable, but after that, the decline is pretty steep.

Updated: June 30, 2009, 6:15 PM ET
By Christopher Harris | ESPN.com

Last season was a great one for Tony Gonzalez but a crummy one for tight ends.

Gonzo may have finished only 51st in fantasy points among all positions in 2008, but he was so much better than every other tight end in the NFL that, in retrospect, you'd have been justified taking him really early in your draft. Gonzalez scored 158 points in ESPN standard leagues, while second-place Jason Witten scored 114, third-place Dallas Clark scored 112, and fourth-place Antonio Gates scored 109. No ...

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