2012 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings: Week 2

Each week during the NFL season, we will rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, because if you're looking at who the 50th-best running back or the 17th-best kicker is for that week, you need more help than any Web site can give you.

Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski did what we have come to expect them to do - find the end zone - but they weren't the only tight ends to enjoy big opening weeks. Gronkowski's teammate Aaron Hernandez also caught a touchdown pass against Tennessee, while Tony Gonzalez enjoyed a triumphant and productive return to Kansas City, where his Hall of Fame career started. No one had a more surprising Week 1 performance, however, than Baltimore's Dennis Pitta. Pitta was Joe Flacco's top target in the Ravens' dominating win over Cincinnati on Monday night, catching five passes for 73 yards and a score. Can he do it two weeks in a row, this time against a tough Philadelphia defense? Also what sort of encore does rookie Coby Fleener (6 rec., 82 yds.) have in mind, and what can we expect from Jason Witten, who was largely ineffective (2 rec., 10 yds.) in his first action after suffering a lacerated spleen in the preseason?

2012 NFL Week 2 Fantasy Football Rankings — Tight Ends

Rankings are based upon Athlon Sports' standard scoring system:

OFFENSIVE SCORING
All touchdowns are 6 points
1 point for 25 yards passing
1 point for 10 yards rushing/receiving
Receptions are .5 points
Interceptions/fumbles are minus-2 points

Additional Week 2 Positional Rankings

Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Kickers
Defense/Special Teams

Week 2 Start or Sit