In fantasy football, we get fixated on total points at the end of the year. But MOST leagues are head to head on a weekly basis. That makes total points less important than consistent performance. We also want guys who can carry our team with a great week. The following RB consistency rankings aim to give you another tool for deciding between players in your fantasy draft. This is just one of many tools, so check out the rest of our Fantasy Football Draft Kit.
Rationale- The only thing that matters is the last two years worth of fantasy football data. Since injuries do happen during games that can skew weekly results a full game at the TE position for my analysis is 30 snaps taken. This takes into account the variation in formations in the NFL. Percentage rankings for top-20, top-12 and top-5 weeks will be presented along with a statistical rating.
Player Top-20%
Trey Burton 114.3
Jordan Reed 85.7
Cameron Brate 80.8
Rob Gronkowski 80.0
Evan Engram 78.6
Delanie Walker 77.4
Travis Kelce 74.2
Zach Ertz 74.1
Eric Ebron 73.9
Jimmy Graham 71.0
Kyle Rudolph 71.0
David Njoku 70.0
Hunter Henry 68.0
Tyler Eifert 66.7
Luke Willson 66.7
Jack Doyle 63.3
Vance McDonald 60.0
Ben Watson 60.0
Charles Clay 57.7
Greg Olsen 57.1
Vernon Davis 55.6
Rhett Ellison 55.6
Austin Hooper 52.2
Garrett Celek 50.0
Player Top-12 %
Trey Burton 71.4
Rob Gronkowski 70.0
Zach Ertz 63.0
Travis Kelce 61.3
Hunter Henry 60.0
Jimmy Graham 58.1
Tyler Eifert 55.6
Luke Willson 55.6
Eric Ebron 52.2
Evan Engram 50.0
Kyle Rudolph 48.4
Cameron Brate 46.2
Delanie Walker 45.2
Rhett Ellison 44.4
Jordan Reed 42.9
Greg Olsen 42.9
Vernon Davis 40.7
David Njoku 40.0
O.J. Howard 38.5
Charles Clay 34.6
Vance McDonald 33.3
Ben Watson 33.3
Tyler Kroft 33.3
Player Top-5 %
Rob Gronkowski 55.0
Evan Engram 35.7
Travis Kelce 35.5
Tyler Eifert 33.3
Cameron Brate 30.8
O.J. Howard 30.8
Trey Burton 28.6
Jordan Reed 28.6
Hunter Henry 28.0
Zach Ertz 25.9
Jimmy Graham 25.8
Greg Olsen 23.8
Vance McDonald 20.0
Delanie Walker 19.4
Eric Ebron 17.4
Jack Doyle 16.7
Kyle Rudolph 16.1
Charles Clay 15.4
Dwayne Allen 15.0
FlurrySports Player Rating
Rob Gronkowski 77.0
Trey Burton 68.6
Travis Kelce 60.6
Evan Engram 57.1
Tyler Eifert 55.6
Zach Ertz 55.6
Hunter Henry 54.4
Cameron Brate 53.1
Jimmy Graham 52.9
Jordan Reed 51.4
Eric Ebron 46.1
Delanie Walker 45.2
Kyle Rudolph 43.2
O.J. Howard 43.1
Greg Olsen 42.9
Vance McDonald 37.3
Vernon Davis 36.3
Luke Willson 35.6
Charles Clay 34.6
Jack Doyle 33.3
David Njoku 30.0
What Have We Learned?
-The numbers support the fantasy football myth on the TE position: after the first few guys, the rest of the field is close in quality
-Gronk is a beast and Kelce earns his second-best TE forecast
-Greg Olsen has many great weeks, but too many bad weeks to justify his ADP at his age
-Jimmy Graham could be a scary red zone target for Rodgers this year
-Trey Burton has shown flashes in a small sample (seven games) to prove he is worth his ADP 100/TE10, because he could be the next Kelce
-Eric Ebron and Cameron Brate are worthy late round picks with great value at their ADPs/TE16
-Tyler Eifert is great when healthy
