Fantasy Football 2006: Draft Tip #15

We'll finish our look at the 2006 rookies with the Tight Ends.

My rookie tight end rankings?

1. Vernon Davis
2. Everyone else (Leonard Pope, Joe Klopfenstein, Marcedes Lewis, Anthony Fasano, and Tony Sheffler)

Just about everyone is rating Davis as not only one of the top rookies, but also as potential top ten tight end draft pick. Why? His size, speed, and natural ability. Add to this that the only thing between Davis and a starting position is Eric Johnson, well... looks pretty good. But, hold on there a minute pilgram, he also has the misfortune of being on the receiving end of things thrown by Alex Smith (or Trent Dilfer).

Everyone is comparing Davis to Antonio Gates, and they may be right. But remember, Gates played 15 games his first year and only managed 389 yards and 2 TDs. My advice is to give Davis at least a year to learn the ropes, especially given the 49ers offensive state right now.

As for the rest, don't even bother. Not to say there isn't talent, size, speed and so on, there is. But let's face it, most Fantasy Football leagues have only 10 or so teams. AND, most teams only draft one Tight End. AND, I would be hard pressed to rank any of the rookies other than Davis among the top 25 TEs.

Next up: While we finish up the site redesign, I'll take a look at some of the individual league projections and intricacies of their scoring systems.