Fantasy Football Week 13 Rankings: Tight Ends

It's not every week that you can walk into a match-up with an opponent and safely say your tight end will drop 10+ catches, 100+ yards, and one or more scores. No, not unless you have Dallas Clark or one of our other top seven tight ends this week, and even then you're doing a lot of praying before the results come in.

With losses like Owen Daniels and Chris Cooley for the season, certain players under-performing (Jason Witten), and the depth at tight end as a fantasy position being very thin, it's important to know which tight end to play each week.

We still like Houston's James Casey as a sleeper, although he doesn't make the list this week. Read on for the rankings and some analysis on who does:

1. Antonio Gates @ CLE
2. Dallas Clark vs. TEN
3. Vernon Davis @ SEA
4. Brent Celek @ ATL
5. Jason Witten @ NYG   
6. Tony Gonzalez vs. PHI
7. Visanthe Shiancoe @ AZ
8. Greg Olsen vs. STL
9. Heath Miller vs. OAK
10. Kellen Winslow @ CAR
11. Jermichael Finley vs. BAL
12. Zach Miller @ PIT (Start )
13. Jeremy Shockey @ WAS
14. Kevin Boss vs. DAL
15. Fred Davis vs. NO
16. John Carlson vs. SF

Notes: All of our top four guys should have huge days, as their roles are either way too tempting to ignore, or their match-ups are too friendly for them to not go off.

We're barely going with Antonio Gates over Dallas Clark (who should be active), but the Browns can't stop anyone in any facet on defense, so we expect Gates to have one of his better days of the year. The same goes for Brent Celek, who is facing an Atlanta defense that simply gets routinely destroyed by tight ends.

Greg Olsen has a terrific match-up against the Rams this week , so start him (along with Jay Cutler), and take a flier on Visanthe Shiancoe. He may be dealing with a rib injury he sustained in a valiant effort last week, but the Cardinals are weak against tight ends, and Brett Favre loves him in the red-zone.

John Carlson is our wild card at the unusual 16th spot in the tight end rankings, simply because he has so much darn talent, and we're banking on Seattle passing more than running, especially with the inept likely returning.

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