Fantasy Football Advice: Tiering TEs

Fantasy football drafts are about to begin and fantasy football leagues are starting to fill up (If you have not joined a league or are looking for a new league, try playing fantasy football at Ants or CDM or visit the discounts page of 123fantasyfootball.com and try signing up for a league over there). Accordingly, the fantasy football player rankings need to start flowing fast and furious. Never settle on anyone's rankings, you need to put your own assumptions and experiences in there and you need to know the current fantasy football average draft position of every player. Average draft position (aka ADP) is the fantasy football equivalent of stock quotes.

This year the TEs are muddled together, which is very upsetting for me. I usually have feasted by grabbing a top-flight TE and crushing the competition. However, that is not the case this year. The top two TEs are Gates and Gonzo. Both of these players are truly talented but both have many questions. Gates has a young QB who lacks experience. Who knows if he is going to get the same attention that Drew gave him. However, he plays in the AFC West where defense is not allowed. That is why 4 games against the Raiders and KC should make anyone happy. Same goes for Gonzo...he is no longer the stud he used to be. He is a great PPR TE...he catches a ton of balls and will give you a little something each week...but he starts slow. IF Drew was still the QB at SD then Gates would be the top TE...however, Gonzo has the hobgoblin of consistency on his side. I wish I had enough faith to proclaim that he would snap back this year...but I don't he is just steady...never misses games...a great player.

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