Fantasy Football Week 12 TE Rankings: Ryan Griffin & Ross Dwelley Rise

Getty Ross Dwelley of the San Francisco 49ers

Welcome to our fantasy football tight end rankings for Week 12 of the 2019 NFL regular season. This week, we examine whether or not Ross Dwelley can build off of his stellar Week 11 performance, or will the potential return of George Kittle make Dwelley’s fantasy relevancy short-lived?

Reminder: These rankings are based on full-PPR scoring formats.

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Tight End Outlook Week 12

As a George Kittle (TE1) owner, it’s been extremely difficult to watch him miss out on such superb matchups over the past two weeks, most notably the 49ers most recent game against the Arizona Cardinals. The Cards defense has been a hunting ground for opposing tight ends to feast all season long, allowing the most fantasy points to the position. Kittle’s injury replacement Ross Dwelley (TE9) kept that pattern alive in Week 11, finding the endzone twice and posting 17.4 fantasy points.

Dwelley will look to keep the magic going in Week 12 against a Green Bay Packers defense who has had their fair share of struggles containing tight ends this year. Over their last four games, they’ve allowed an average of 98.5 receiving yards and a total of four touchdowns to the position.

If Kittle returns, he automatically becomes the top TE option in fantasy for the week, leaving Dwelley nearly unrosterable. However, if Kittle is held out for yet another week, Dwelley works his way into near must-start territory.

One of the few tight ends to outscore Dwelley in Week 11 happens to be a tight end that the majority of fantasy football owners seem to keep ignoring. New York Jets‘ Ryan Griffin (TE4) finished the week as the TE1 racking up 21.9 points on the evening. Since Week 5, Griffin has scored the third-most fantasy points by a tight end. That’s more total points than Zach Ertz, Darren Waller, Travis Kelce, Mark Andrews, and George Kittle. Essentially everybody who is somebody at the position.

Griffin faces off with an Oakland Raiders team who surrenders the third-most fantasy points to the position on the season. Oakland has allowed four receiving touchdowns to tight ends over their last five games.

Week 12 Fantasy Rankings: Tight Ends

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