Fantasy Football 2016 Tight End Rankings: Week 1
Rob Gronkowski
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.
