Week 8 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings: Vernon Davis Ready To Take On Cleveland
2) VERNON DAVIS (CLE)- Davis comes off his bye looking to get back on track after a quiet week against Detroit in Week 6. Cleveland is ranked 26th against opposing TE's this year so I expect him to have at least one score and 70 yards receiving.
3) JASON WITTEN (@PHI)- Tony Romo will weigh heavily on Witten this week as the blitz happy Eagles will be in his face for most of the game. Witten had three TD's against the Eagles last year and is a solid play this week.
4) ANTONIO GATES (@KC)- Antonio returned to the lineup last week for the Chargers as he scored a TD and finished with six receptions. Early reports out of San Diego are that he is already practicing this week for the Monday night game versus KC., which is something he has not be able to do for awhile now. A healthy Gates makes him a top 4 TE for the rest of the year.
5) AARON HERNANDEZ (@PIT)- Tough match up this week for the Patriots as they take on a tough Steeler defense in Pittsburgh. The Steelers rank number one against the pass. Hernandez should be 100% after his week off last week and is a viable piece in one of the league's best offense.
6) BRANDON PETTIGREW (@DEN)- Brandon continues to be the team's number two target and a major red zone threat for the Lions. If Matt Stafford can not go this week, I like Pettigrew's chances even better working with Shaun Hill.
7) FRED DAVIS (@BUF)- Davis continues to post excellent numbers regardless of what inept quarterback he has to play with. Last week he went off for a TD and 80 yards receiving with John Beck under center. He was targeted eight times and should continue to see the majority of the looks with starting WR Santana Moss lost to injury for the next few weeks.
8) OWEN DANIELS (JAX)- Daniels continues to lead the team in weekly targets without Andre Johnson in the Texan line up. He was productive again last week in yardage leagues as he had 71 yards and four catches. I see a Jax let down after emotional Monday win making Daniels a mid-tier TE1 this week.
9) JERMAINE GRESHAM (@SEA)- Gresh comes off the bye looking to get back into the end zone against the league's 20th ranked pass defense. QB Andy Dalton likes him inside the 20 making him once again a solid play this week.
10) ROB GRONKOWSKI (@ PIT)- Gronk scored three TD's the last time the two teams met and will attempt to come close to that again against a tough Pitt secondary on Sunday. I am tempering my expectations this time and expect Aaron Hernandez to outscore him. He is still a solid play in TD only leagues though.
11) JARED COOK (IND)- Cook's value has been on the rise since the Titan's lost star wide out Kenny Britt. Britt has two touchdowns in his last three games although he doesnt get many receptions he makes them count.
12) VISANTHE SHIANCOE (@CAR)- Shiancoe is listed on the injury report so keep an eye on him before game time on Sunday. New QB Christian Ponder found him last year for a TD and as long as AP is running the ball the play action pass will be open all day for Visanthe.
13) EVAN MOORE
14) GREG OLSEN
15) DALLAS CLARK
16) ED DICKSON
17) MERCEDES LEWIS
18) JAKE BALLARD
19) SCOTT CHANDLER
20) DANIEL FELLS
21) HEATH MILLER
22) BRENT CELEK
23) LANCE KENDRICKS
24) ANTHONY FASANO
Written by John Marino exclusively for TheFantasyFix.com.
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