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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Tight End Rankings | June 17, 2009

TIGHT ENDS

TIER ONE

1. Jason Witten, DAL | Age: 27.4 | Value Score: 99

2. Antonio Gates, SD | Age: 29.3 | Value Score: 97

TIER TWO

3. Kellen Winslow II, TB | Age: 26.1 | Value Score: 90

4. Dallas Clark, IND | Age: 30.2 | Value Score: 89

5. Dustin Keller, NYJ | Age: 24.9 | Value Score: 87

6. Greg Olsen, CHI | Age: 24.5 | Value Score: 86

7. Owen Daniels, HOU | Age: 26.8 | Value Score: 85

8. Tony Gonzalez, ATL | Age: 33.5 | Value Score: 83

9. Chris Cooley, WAS | Age: 27.2 | Value Score: 82

10. Zach Miller, OAK | Age: 23.7 | Value Score: 78

11. John Carlson, SEA | Age: 25.4 | Value Score: 74

TIER THREE

12. Tony Scheffler, DEN | Age: 26.5 | Value Score: 67

13. Heath Miller, PIT | Age: 26.9 | Value Score: 65

14. Jeremy Shockey, NO | Age: 29.1 | Value Score: 65

15. Vernon Davis, SF | Age: 25.5 | Value Score: 62

16. Brent Celek, PHI | Age: 24.7 | Value Score: 58

TIER FOUR

17. Marcedes Lewis, JAX | Age: 25.3 | Value Score: 45

18. Jared Cook, TEN | Age: 22.4 | Value Score: 43

19. Brandon Pettigrew, DET | Age: 24.6 | Value Score: 42

20. Bo Scaife, TEN | Age: 28.7 | Contract: Thru 2009 | Value Score: 40

21. Visanthe Shiancoe, MIN | Age: 29.3 | Value Score: 38

22. Kevin Boss, NYG | Age: 25.7 | Value Score: 38

23. Anthony Fasano, MIA | Age: 26.5 | Value Score: 35

24. Martellus Bennett, DAL | Age: 22.5 | Value Score: 32

25. Shawn Nelson, BUF | Age: 23.9 | Value Score: 28

TIER FIVE

26. Randy McMichael, STL | Age: 30.2 | Value Score: 17

27. #Chase Coffman, CIN | Age: 22.9 | Value Score: 16

28. Jermichael Finley, GB | Age: 22.5 | Value Score: 15

29. Todd Heap, BAL | Age: 29.5 | Value Score: 14

30. Ben Watson, NE | Age: 28.7 | Value Score: 14

31. Donald Lee, GB | Age: 29.0 | Value Score: 13

32. Cornelius Ingram, PHI | Age: 24.3 | Value Score: 13

33. James Casey, HOU | Age: 25.0 | Value Score: 12

34. L.J. Smith, BAL | Age: 29.4 | Contract: Thru 2009 | Value Score: 12

35. Alex Smith, NE | Age: 27.3 | Value Score: 11

36. Martin Rucker, CLE | Age: 24.3 | Value Score: 10

37. Travis Beckum, NYG | Age: 22.7 | Value Score: 10

38. Fred Davis, WAS | Age: 23.7 | Value Score: 9

TIER SIX

39. Billy Miller, NO | Age: 32.4 | Value Score: 6

40. Brad Cottam, KC | Age: 24.8 | Value Score: 6

41. Jerramy Stevens, TB | Age: 25.8 | Value Score: 6

42. Chris Baker, NE | Age: 29.8 | Value Score: 5

43. Ben Utecht, CIN | Age: 28.2 | Value Score: 5

44. Leonard Pope, ARI | Age: 26.0 | Value Score: 4

45. #David Martin, MIA | Age: 30.5 | Value Score: 4

46. Jeff King, CAR | Age: 25.5 | Value Score: 4

47. Dante Rosario, CAR | Age: 24.8 | Value Score: 4

48. Desmond Clark, CHI | Age: 32.4 | Value Score: 3

49. Daniel Graham, DEN | Age: 30.8 | Value Score: 3

50. Derek Fine, BUF | Age: 26.0 | Value Score: 3

51. *Ben Patrick, ARI | Age: 25.1 | Value Score: 3


1 comment:

EdMcGon said...

Chris, you have Gates over-rated. His health issues over the last few years drop him out of the top tier IMO. Plus, Chambers and Jackson have nibbled away at Gates' production.

That said, I also think one of the guys you have in the lower tiers will step up to the first tier this year, although I am having trouble picking one or two. Guys that stand out to me are Brent Celek and Jared Cook, although Cook may be more of a long term prospect.

If Celek can match his production from last year's playoffs, he might even top Witten.