Week 2 Fantasy Football TE Rankings

Billy Heyen

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The season's opening week was fairly predictable for the tight end position. Travis Kelce, George Kittle and Evan Engram all looked like stars. The Browns defense, vulnerable all of 2018 to TEs, allowed Delanie Walker to have a huge game. Vernon Davis looked young again in a start for the oft-injured Jordan Reed. Players like Greg Olsen, Kyle Rudolph and Jason Witten were pretty boring -- to paraphrase Walker paraphrasing Dennis Green on Sunday, they were who we thought they were. Our Week 2 fantasy TE rankings mostly reflect the status quo at a top-heavy position.

Two youngsters made their cases for big moves up, though. T.J. Hockenson set the NFL record for receiving yards in a debut by a TE (131 yards on six catches). He also caught his first NFL touchdown. And for Baltimore, Mark Andrews lived up to the preseason hype with eight catches for 108 yards and a TD, looking like the TE he was at Oklahoma when he was regarded as best in the country.

WEEK 2 NON-PPR RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | D/ST | Kicker

For Week 2, we slid Ryan Griffin (vs. Browns) into our rankings, as the Jets' TE seems bound to do something against maybe the worst tight end defense in football. We'd also expect Davis to remain the TE to have in Washington because Reed's injuries are too unpredictable, and it looks like C.J. Uzomah might be the tight end to own in Cincinnati even before Tyler Eifert gets injured.

Week 2 DFS: FD Cash | FD GPP | DK Cash | DK GPPY! Cash | Y! GPP

Reminder:  These rankings will be adjusted throughout week, so check back often for the latest updates and analysis! 

WEEK 2 PPR RANKINGS: Running back | Wide receiverTight end

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Week 2 Fantasy TE Rankings

These rankings are for standard, non-PPR leagues.

1 Travis Kelce, KC @ OAK
2 George Kittle, SF @ CIN
3 Zach Ertz, PHI @ ATL
4 O.J. Howard, TB @ CAR
5 Evan Engram, NYG vs. BUF.  Engram looked like a star ready to be born in Week 1, catching 11 passes for 116 yards as the obvious top option in New York's passing game. The Bills were the stingiest defense at allowing fantasy points to TEs in 2018, but if someone's gonna break that trend, it's Engram on the 12-15 targets he's likely to see in Week 2.
6 Jared Cook, NO @ LAR
7 Delanie Walker, TEN vs. IND
8 T.J. Hockenson, DET vs. LAC.  The Chargers have a much better defense than the Cardinals' D that Hockenson dominated in Week 1. But with a rookie tight end picked in the top 10 like Hockenson, you really just want to see that the ability is for real. That much is obvious, as his 131 receiving yards in Week 1 were the most ever by a TE in his debut.
9 Mark Andrews, BAL vs. ARZ.  Andrews, like Hockenson, lived up to the Week 1 hype. While Baltimore doesn't get to play Miami again, the Week 2 matchup against Arizona gives us a very good copycat possibility for Andrews to match Hockenson's 131 yards and a touchdown from Week 1.
10 Darren Waller, OAK vs. KC. Waller led the Raiders with eight targets on Monday night, catching seven for 70 yards. They aligned him all over their formation, showing he should get frequent and diverse usage throughout the season. The preseason hype on Waller appears to have been warranted. 
11 David Njoku, CLE @ NYJ
12 Jimmy Graham, GB vs. MIN
13 Eric Ebron, IND @ TEN.  Jacoby Bissett proved he could move the ball in Week 1, even against a difficult Chargers defense. That didn't translate into production for Ebron, who had only one catch for eight yards to go along with a bad drop. The broken collarbone sustained by Devin Funchess could open up a few more targets for Ebron, though a matchup with a Titans defense that just stifled Cleveland isn't a great place to start.
14 Austin Hooper, ATL vs. PHI
15 Trey Burton, CHI @ DEN.  After a putried Week 1 showing, Chicago's offense gets another tough matchup on the road at Denver. Assuming Burton plays, he should provide a slight boost, and if you drafted him as your fantasy starter, you should hold on at least one more week to see if Mitchell Trubisky looks more comfortable with his starting tight end back.
16 Greg Olsen, CAR vs. TB
17 Vance McDonald, PIT vs. SEA
18 Ryan Griffin, NYJ vs. CLE.  You, the reader, could probably catch a few passes against the Browns if you lined up at tight end. It's that bad. Griffin's not a bad play if you're stuck in a weird spot at the position, because he's got as good a shot of any player down here in the rankings of catching four passes and a touchdown. 
19 Vernon Davis, WAS vs. DAL.  It's hard to imagine a Case Keenum-led offense has many more big days in it, but Davis showed his own personal ability is still present on his 48-yard touchdown catch in Week 1, which might already be a play of the season candidate. Davis provides a good threat for at least one big play and/or touchdown.
20 Jason Witten, DAL @ WAS
21 C.J. Uzomah, CIN vs. SF. Uzomah dominated the work at TE for the Bengals in Week 1, outsnapping Tyler Eifert by 16 and catching four passes for 66 yards. While both have slight value because Cincinnati likes two-TE sets, Uzomah is the better option.
22 Mike Gesicki, MIA vs. NE
23 Kyle Rudolph, MIN @ GB. Yuck. No catches in Week 1 and only one target. As long as Minnesota's offense is firmly committed to the run, Rudolph isn't worth fantasy owners' time.
24 Matt LaCosse, NE @ MIA
25 Jack Doyle, IND @ TEN
26 Tyler Eifert, CIN vs. SF
27 Will Dissly, SEA @ PIT
28 Geoff Swaim, JAX @ HOU
29 Jordan Akins, HOU vs. JAX
30 Tyler Higbee, LAR vs. NO

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