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I am already feeling the time evaporate. Here we are in Week 3 already! Yours truly has a hometown league that is in trouble at 0-2 overall. In most other spaces I am 1-1...how about you all?
I’m desperate for Ricky Seals-Jones to have a showing this week (and he’s had decent target volume). Looks like that 0-2 team might be in trouble...
Anyway, here’s my first pass at tight ends this week. Haggle away in the comments or tell me if you think I missed someone. Peace!
Week 3 Tight End Rankings
| RANK | PLAYER | OPPONENT | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANK | PLAYER | OPPONENT | NOTES |
| 1 | Rob Gronkowski | @ DET | Gronk got the Julio Jones treatment last week. Expect that to change against the Lions. |
| 2 | Travis Kelce | vs. SF | He's fresh off a pair of scores last week and safety Tartt (shoulder) is banged up. |
| 3 | Zach Ertz | vs. IND | He's a target-monster right now with Alshon Jeffery still out and Mike Wallace on IR. |
| 4 | George Kittle | @ KC | The Niners should be chasing, and I'm inclined to trust the production I saw in Week 1. |
| 5 | Evan Engram | @ HOU | He was limited in practice on Wednesday, but it appears to be a minor injury (ankle). |
| 6 | Trey Burton | @ ARI | It's possible A-Rob is slowed by Patrick Peterson, perhaps opening the door for Burton... |
| 7 | Jordan Reed | vs. GB | He's Jack Doyle sans the timeshare. |
| 8 | Kyle Rudolph | vs. BUF | He caught 7-of-8 balls against Green Bay last week and the matchup is a plus. |
| 9 | Jimmy Graham | @ WAS | The guy everyone said would score 10 billion touchdowns has precisely zero so far. |
| 10 | Jack Doyle | @ PHI | He's never off the field (58 snaps last week) so I still like him as a low-end TE1. |
| 11 | O.J. Howard | vs. PIT | The Steelers were gashed by Kelce last week (7-109-2). |
| 12 | Jared Cook | @ MIA | He followed up his Week 1 explosion by catching all four balls thrown his way last week. |
| 13 | Jesse James | @ TB | He exploded for 138 yards in Week 2 and has an epic matchup against the Bucs. |
| 14 | Eric Ebron | @ PHI | He is a red zone threat for Andrew Luck, like it or not. |
| 15 | David Njoku | vs. NYJ | The Jets have been stingy against tight ends so far--against Levine Toilolo and A.J. Derby... |
| 16 | Benjamin Watson | @ ATL | A few targets could pay off with Atlanta missing Pro Bowlers Keanu Neal and Deion Jones. |
| 17 | Austin Seferian-Jenkins | vs. TEN | I'm honestly just chasing a score, here. Hey, at least Bortles is hot, right? |
| 18 | Will Dissly | vs. DAL | This supposed "blocking specialist" keeps producing. DAL just allowed 7-67-1 to Engram. |
| 19 | Ricky Seals-Jones | vs. CHI | Not giving up on RSJ just yet. Bears allowed combined 6-65-1 to Dissly/Vannett last week. |
| 20 | Charles Clay | @ MIN | Jimmy Graham managed 95! receiving yards vs. MIN last week. Clay has to be considered. |