Fantasy Football 2016 Tight End Rankings: Week 1

Author:
Michael Horvath
Publish date:
Sep 8, 2016

You can imagine who’s No. 1 in the Week 1 fantasy football tight end rankings. Of course it’s Rob Gronkowski. And even though Gronk has a new running mate (Martellus Bennett) and will have a "new" quarterback for the first four games, there’s no reason to remove him from the top spot. At least not yet.

But Gronk aside, the tight end position this year has plenty of sleepers that could be really good streaming plays on a week-to-week basis if you didn’t happen to land one of the bigger names in your fantasy draft.

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Let’s find out where everyone falls in the Week 1 tight end rankings:


Rk	Player	Team	Opp
1	Rob Gronkowski	NE	at ARI
2	Jordan Reed	WAS	vs. PIT (Mon.)
3	Travis Kelce	KC	vs. SD
4	Greg Olsen	CAR	at DEN (Thurs.)
5	Zach Ertz	PHI	vs. CLE
6	Coby Fleener	NO	vs. OAK
7	Gary Barnidge	CLE	at PHI
8	Delanie Walker	TEN	vs. MIN
9	Dwayne Allen	IND	vs. DET
10	Julius Thomas	JAC	vs. GB
11	Eric Ebron	DET	at IND
12	Antonio Gates	SD	at KC
13	Jason Witten	DAL	vs. NYG
14	Martellus Bennett	NE	at ARI
15	Zach Miller	CHI	at HOU
16	Vance McDonald	SF	vs. LA (Mon.)
17	Jesse James	PIT	at WAS (Mon.)
18	Charles Clay	BUF	at BAL
19	Clive Walford	OAK	at NO
20	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	at TEN
21	Cameron Brate	TB	at ATL
22	Jared Cook	GB	at JAC
23	Jacob Tamme	ATL	vs. TB
24	Luke Willson	SEA	vs. MIA
25	Lance Kendricks	LA	at SF (Mon.)
26	Jordan Cameron	MIA	at SEA
27	Virgil Green	DEN	vs. CAR (Thurs.)
28	Tyler Kroft	CIN	at NYJ
29	Ryan Griffin	HOU	vs. CHI
30	Richard Rodgers	GB	at JAC

— Written by Michael Horvath, who is part of the Athlon Contributor Network. Horvath is a Canadian who also happens to be a fantasy football (not to be confused with CFL) and fitness nut. Follow him on Twitter @realmikehorvath.