The fantasy football trade deadline is nearly here, and your margin for error is now even slimmer. Make sure your lineup is ready to roll with The Wolf’s PPR Rankings.
Tier 1 – Potential Top Scorers
Similar to QBs, the top dogs at TE are strapped with tough matchups. Of course, you’re still rolling them out, but daily-wise it might be worth chasing a cheaper option with an easier matchup. Rather than Gronk, Reed, and Olsen in a tier of their own, we have 7 legit challengers for the top spot.
1) Rob Gronkowski (NE) vs. SEA
2) Jordan Reed (WAS) vs. MIN
3) Greg Olsen (CAR) vs. KC
4) Jimmy Graham (SEA) @ NE
5) Tyler Eifert (CIN) @ NYG
6) Travis Kelce (KC) @ CAR – Out of all the top TEs this week, Kelce begrudgingly has the top matchup versus the second-worst Carolina Panthers defense.
7) Delanie Walker (TEN) vs. GB
Tier 2 – Remaining TE1s
8) Zach Miller (CHI) @ TB
9) Kyle Rudolph (MIN) @ WAS
10) Dennis Pitta (BAL) vs. CLE
11) C.J. Fiedorowicz (HOU) @ JAC
12) Zach Ertz (PHI) vs. ATL
13) Jason Witten (DAL) @ PIT
14) Antonio Gates (SD) vs. MIA – Hunter Henry‘s expected return, plus a Miami defense that is surprisingly stiff versus TEs, limits Gates’ Week 10 appeal.
Tier 3 – Startable TE2s
15) Lance Kendricks (LA) @ NYJ
16) Hunter Henry (SD) vs. MIA
17) Martellus Bennett (NE) vs. SEA
18) Cameron Brate (TB) vs. CHI
Tier 3.5
19) Coby Fleener (NO) vs. DEN
20) Austin Hooper (ATL) @ PHI
21) Jesse James (PIT) vs. DAL – This ranking assumes Ladarius Green is inactive. If Green finally debuts, James is unranked and Green will take his spot.
22) Julius Thomas (JAC) vs. HOU
23) Gary Barnidge (CLE) @ BAL – Fuck Gary.
Tier 4 – You gotta keep the devil, way down in a hole
24) Will Tye (NYG) vs. CIN
25) Virgil Green (DEN) @ NO
26) Richard Rodgers (GB) @ TEN
27) Vernon Davis (WAS) vs. MIN
28) Vance McDonald (SF) @ ARI
29) Trey Burton (PHI) vs. ATL
30) MarQueis Gray (MIA) @ SD
