Fantasy Football 2016 Tight End Rankings: Week 8

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The tight end position this year is a terrible mess, much to the chagrin of fantasy owners. It even took Rob Gronkowski a month (and for Tom Brady to return) to get going. Gronk aside, there’s just no telling who is going to a top-five fantasy tight end each week.

For example, take Indianapolis’ Jack Doyle. An unknown behind popular sleeper Dwayne Allen entering the season, Doyle has seized a chance to start in place of his injured teammate. He had 13.8 fantasy points last week alone. So who is going to be Week 8’s Doyle? And who are fantasy owners that are without Dennis Pitta, Jesse James or any of the tight ends on bye going to turn to this week?

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Teams on bye: Baltimore, Los Angeles, Miami, New York Giants, Pittsburgh, San Francisco


Rk	Player	Team	Opp
1	Rob Gronkowski	NE	at BUF
2	Jimmy Graham	SEA	at NO
3	Greg Olsen	CAR	vs. ARI
4	Delanie Walker	TEN	vs. JAC (Thurs.)
5	Jack Doyle	IND	vs. KC
6	Travis Kelce	KC	at IND
7	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	at CHI (Mon.)
8	Cameron Brate	TB	vs. OAK
9	C.J. Fiedorowicz	HOU	vs. DET
10	Hunter Henry	SD	at DEN
11	Vernon Davis	WAS	vs. CIN (London)
12	Martellus Bennett	NE	at BUF
13	Gary Barnidge	CLE	vs. NYJ
14	Coby Fleener	NO	vs. SEA
15	Zach Miller	CHI	vs. MIN (Mon.)
16	Tyler Eifert	CIN	vs. WAS (London)
17	Julius Thomas	JAC	at TEN (Thurs.)
18	Charles Clay	BUF	vs. NE
19	Antonio Gates	SD	at DEN
20	Jason Witten	DAL	vs. PHI
21	Jacob Tamme	ATL	vs. GB
22	Zach Ertz	PHI	at DAL
23	Clive Walford	OAK	at TB
24	Richard Rodgers	GB	at ATL
25	Austin Hooper	ATL	vs. GB
26	Virgil Green	DEN	vs. SD
27	Jermaine Gresham	ARI	at CAR
28	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	NYJ	at CLE
29	Josh Hill	NO	vs. SEA
30	Ryan Griffin	HOU	vs. DET

— Rankings 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.