Fantasy Football 2014 Tight End Rankings: Week 2

Author:
Mark Ross
Publish date:
Sep 11, 2014

Jimmy Graham is still king of the mountain as it relates to Athlon Sports’ Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings for Week 2, but last week belonged to Julius Thomas. Denver’s tight end caught three touchdown passes in the second quarter, finishing his night’s work with seven catches and 104 yards. A total of 13 tight ends scored in Week 1, but Thomas and San Francisco’s Vernon Davis (2 vs. Dallas) were the only ones who found the end zone more than once. New England’s Rob Gronkowski was one of those to find paydirt, but that was the only highlight in an otherwise dull effort (4 rec., 44 yds.) as Gronk played limited snaps. Will that change this week against Minnesota? We shall see.

Each week during the NFL season, we will rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, because if you're looking at who the 50th-best running back or the 17th-best kicker is for that week, you need more help than any Web site can give you.

Positional Rankings: QB I RB I WR I TE I DST I K

2014 NFL Week 2 Fantasy Football Rankings — Tight Ends


Rank	Player	Team	Opp	Comments
1	Jimmy Graham	NO	at CLE	No TD, but 10 targets, 8 catches vs. Falcons.
2	Julius Thomas	DEN	vs. KC	Another monster (7-104-3) opener.
3	Rob Gronkowski	NE	at MIN	Saw limited snaps, but made most of them.
4	Greg Olsen	CAR	vs. DET	Didn't miss a beat (8-83-1) w/ Anderson at QB.
5	Vernon Davis	SF	vs. CHI	Half of his catches (4) went for TDs.
6	Dennis Pitta	BAL	vs. PIT (Thurs.)	Tied S. Smith w/ 15 targets (10-83) vs. CLE.
7	Zach Ertz	PHI	at IND (Mon.)	Only 3 grabs, but went for 77 yards and TD.
8	Jordan Cameron	CLE	vs. NO	May not play (shoulder). Watch closely.
9	Jason Witten	DAL	at TEN	Only caught two passes for 14 yards vs. SF.
10	Martellus Bennett	CHI	at SF	Saw more looks after WRs got hurt.
11	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	vs. NE	One game in already has first TD.
12	Delanie Walker	TEN	vs. DAL	Caught one of Locker's 2 TD passes.
13	Heath Miller	PIT	at BAL (Thurs.)
14	Charles Clay	MIA	at BUF	What is his role in Fins' new offense?
15	Antonio Gates	SD	vs. SEA	Still a favorite target of Rivers.
16	Travis Kelce	KC	at DEN	Big-play ability, but depends on snaps.
17	Dwayne Allen	IND	vs. PHI (Mon.)	Returns to field and produces 41-yard TD.
18	Jermaine Gresham	CIN	vs. ATL	Eifert (elbow) placed on short-term IR.
19	Ladarius Green	SD	vs. SEA
20	Coby Fleener	IND	vs. PHI (Mon.)
21	Jared Cook	STL	at TB
22	Levine Toilolo	ATL	at CIN	Ryan's new TE scores TD in first game.
23	Marcedes Lewis	JAC	at WAS
24	Tim Wright	NE	at MIN
25	Larry Donnell	NYG	vs. ARI	Former UDFA dominates snaps, catches TD.
26	Niles Paul	WAS	vs. JAC	J. Reed (hamstring) out for Week 2.