Conference Championship Fantasy Football Rankings: Tight Ends

- Updated: Wednesday, January 14th

Scoring: These rankings are based on standard scoring (one point per 25 passing yards and per 10 rushing/receiving yards and four points per passing touchdown and six points per rushing/receiving touchdown) and are for the Conference Championship round of the NFL playoffs only.

These rankings are from Kevin Hanson (follow him on Twitter).

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Here are my tight end rankings for Sunday's Conference Championship Games:

1. Rob Gronkowski, New England Patriots (vs. IND)

Whether or not he once again throws Sergio Brown "out of the club," it's Gronk's fantasy owners that are ready for a fiesta. Counting last week's playoff win, Gronk has posted a 16-game line of 89/1,232/13 this season. With Tom Brady throwing only 30 pass attempts in Week 11 against the Colts as Jonas Gray ran the ball at will, Gronk had just five targets, but he still finished with four catches for 71 yards and a touchdown. While he has the highest ceiling of any tight end, Gronk also has the highest floor as he finished as a top-12 fantasy tight end in all but two games this season.

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2. Coby Fleener, Indianapolis Colts (at NE)

Teammate Dwayne Allen left their regular-season matchup against the Patriots early and Fleener finished with seven catches for a career-high 144 yards. With Allen healthy again, however, we shouldn't expect a repeat performance from Fleener as he has just eight targets in two playoff games.

3. Luke Willson, Seattle Seahawks (vs. GB)

With 4.5 speed, Willson is one of the faster tight ends in the league and he's put together an impressive three-game stretch. Even though the Seahawks have a run-first offense that spreads ahead targets, Wilson has turned his 11 targets into nine catches for 239 yards and three touchdowns over the past three games.

4. Dwayne Allen, Indianapolis Colts (at NE)

Although Fleener (51/774 on 92 targets) has nearly twice as many targets, receptions and yards than Allen (29/395 on 50 targets), both tight ends had the same amount of touchdowns (eight). Only four other tight ends -- Gronk and three out of the playoffs (Antonio Gates, Julius Thomas and Jimmy Graham) -- had more. Allen is more reliant on touchdowns than Fleener for a productive outing, but the second likeliest tight end (after Gronk) to score this weekend.

5. Andrew Quarless, Green Bay Packers (at SEA)

Quarless had four catches for 31 yards and a touchdown last week against the Cowboys. Although the Seahawks have the league's top-ranked pass defense (and overall defense), opposing tight ends have fared better than opposing wide receivers or running backs in terms of fantasy points allowed. Either way, it's difficult to count on anyone outside of the top-four fantasy tight ends this weekend.

6. Tim Wright, New England Patriots (vs. IND)

The good news is that 18.18 percent of Wright's targets went for touchdowns in the regular season. The bad news is that he had just 26 catches and 33 targets over the course of the entire season.

7. Richard Rodgers, Green Bay Packers (at SEA)

Rodgers was targeted only once last week and made the most the target (13-yard touchdown) after getting targeted five times in Week 17. Rodgers is nothing more than a roll of the dice this week (like most weeks).

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