Fantasy Football 2011: Week 6 Tight End Rankings

Who needs Antonio Gates when Jimmy Graham, Jermichel Finley, Jason Witten and Rob Gronkowski have evolved into practically Wide Receivers filling in the TE Position? Well, Gates' owners need him. As do the Chargers. But that is beside the point! Through 5 weeks of the season, Tight End is deeper than ever with Jared Cook emerging without Kenny Britt hogging targets and Aaron Hernandez maintaining Tom Brady's trust after coming back early from an injury.

Is Tony Gonzalez back? Where did Fred Davis go? What happened to Kellen Winslow? Is Brandon Pettigrew for real?

All of these answers and more on the next episode of "After the jump."

I enjoyed writing "Fact or Fluke" so much yesterday that I've decided to incorporate it into the Tight End Ranks as well. Hooray for us!

New Orleans' Jimmy Graham has third straight 100-yard receiving game. FACT. Graham leads all TE's in receiving yards by 130 yards and is fourth in the entire NFL in yardage. He is uncoverable right now and has a legitimate chance of ending as the top TE in all of fantasy. Drew Brees loves him in the red zone.

Heath Miller of the Steelers has 46 yards and a score in blowout win against Tennessee. FLUKE. Miller is primarily a blocking specialist as of late and is rarely used in the passing game. With a hobbled Big Ben tossing the rock, 4 different Pittsburgh receivers scored, all in the red zone except for Mike Wallace. With no Mendenhall and at one point, Isaac Redman, the Steelers passed at will when they were in Titans' territory. I'm not buying Miller's emergence and see it as a product of the game-flow.

In the same game, potential break-out TE Jared Cook is targeted nine times and catches a season-high 4 passes. FACT. I'm looking at the targets here. After a long catch and run touchdown against the Browns in week 4, Cook is targeted a season-high 9 times by QB Matt Hasselbeck. With Nate Washington the only semi-legitimate weapon in the passing game, it looks like the Titans are finally coming around on the future star TE. The Titans have the bye week this week to get their running game in check and to incorporate Cook even more in the passing game. I love Cook for the remainder of the year.

Players I Should've Been Higher On During the First 5 Weeks:

Tony Gonzalez - His emergence seems to be for real.

Brandon Pettigrew - He is Detroit's running game essentially. When Jahvid Best is bottled up, Stafford tosses short routes to Pettigrew. PPR Gold.

Players I Like This Week: Greg Olsen, Dustin Keller, Fred Davis

Players I Don't Like This Week: Heath Miller, Dallas Clark, Kellen Winslow

Rankings are below, and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns with the list. You can follow me on Twitter or ask any questions there.

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Player	Team	Opponent
1. Jimmy Graham	Saints	Bucs
2. Jermichel Finley	Packers	Rams
3. Rob Gronkowski	Patriots	Cowboys
4. Jason Witten	Cowboys	Patriots
5. Vernon Davis	49ers	Lions
6. Owen Daniels	Texans	Ravens
7. Brandon Pettigrew	Lions	49ers
8. Tony Gonzalez	Falcons	Panthers
9. Aaron Hernandez	Patriots	Cowboys
10. Dustin Keller	Jets	Dolphins
11. Fred Davis	Redskins	Eagles
12. Greg Olsen	Panthers	Falcons
13. Jermaine Gresham	Bengals	Colts
14. Ed Dickson	Ravens	Texans
15. Kellen Winslow	Bucs	Saints
16. Ben Watson	Browns	Raiders
17. Kevin Boss	Raiders	Browns
18. Dallas Clark	Colts	Bengals
19. Mercedes Lewis	Jaguars	Steelers
20. Heath Miller	Steelers	Jaguars