Fantasy Football 2016 Tight End Rankings: Week 8
Jack Doyle
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?
Positional Rankings: QB I RB I WR I TE I DST I K I Flex
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.
