Tight Ends

ON THE RISE

BO SCAIFETitans
Vince Young's old teammate at Texas led a committee of tight ends in catchesand yards.

OWEN DANIELSTexans
Despite missing two games, the former college QB and WR led all rookie tightends in receptions, yards and touchdowns.

VERNON DAVIS49ers
He'll triple the numbers he put up in a rookie year that was derailed by abroken fibula.

ON THEDECLINE

DESMOND CLARKBears
The arrival of first-rounder Greg Olsen drops the vet from the realm of fantasystarters.

BUBBA FRANKSPackers
The former Pro Bowl player caught one TD pass over the last two seasons whileGreen Bay's other TEs combined for seven.

JEREMY SHOCKEYGiants
He's still a solid receiver, but in his sixth season it's time to stopoverrating him.

SLEEPERS

MARCEDES LEWISJaguars
This 2006 first-round pick's production was limited by a high ankle sprain.

DAVID MARTINDolphins
Tight ends tend to thrive in the offense of former Chargers coordinator CamCameron.

VISANTHE SHIANCOEVikings
Despite paltry totals, he displayed good hands in catching 12 of the 14 passesthrown his way last season.

SI PLAYERRANKINGS FOR 2007 with 2006 stats

 	 	GAMES	CATCHES	REC. YARDS	YARDS/CATCH	YARDS/GAME	100-YARD GAMES	TDs	BYE WEEK
1.	Antonio Gates, Chargers	16	71	924	13.0	57.8	1	9	7
2.	Tony Gonzalez, Chiefs	15	73	900	12.3	60.0	3	5	8
3.	Todd Heap, Ravens	16	73	765	10.5	47.8	0	6	8
4.	Alge Crumpler, Falcons	16	56	780	13.9	48.8	1	8	8
5.	Vernon Davis, 49ers	10	20	265	13.2	26.5	0	3	6
6.	Jeremy Shockey, Giants	15	66	623	9.4	41.5	0	7	9
7.	Benjamin Watson, Patriots	13	49	643	13.1	49.5	0	3	10
8.	Dallas Clark, Colts	12	30	367	12.2	30.6	0	4	6
9.	Jason Witten, Cowboys	16	64	754	11.8	47.1	0	1	8
10.	Chris Cooley, Redskins	16	57	734	12.9	45.9	0	6	4
11.	Kellen Winslow, Browns	16	89	875	9.8	54.7	0	3	7
12.	L.J. Smith, Eagles	16	50	611	12.2	38.2	1	5	5
13.	Owen Daniels, Texans	14	34	352	10.4	25.1	0	5	10
14.	Randy McMichael, Rams	16	62	640	10.3	40.0	0	3	9
15.	Heath Miller, Steelers	16	34	393	11.6	24.6	1	5	6
16.	Visanthe Shiancoe, Vikings	16	12	81	6.8	5.1	0	0	5
17.	Marcedes Lewis, Jaguars	15	13	126	9.7	8.4	0	1	4
18.	David Martin, Dolphins	11	21	198	9.4	18.0	0	2	9
19.	Bo Scaife, Titans	14	29	370	12.8	26.4	0	2	4
20.	Desmond Clark, Bears	16	45	626	13.9	39.1	1	6	9
21.	Tony Scheffler, Broncos	13	18	286	15.9	22.0	0	4	6
22.	Chris Baker, Jets	16	31	300	9.7	18.8	0	4	10
23.	Alex Smith, Buccaneers	14	35	250	7.1	17.9	0	3	10
24.	Marcus Pollard, Seahawks	15	12	100	8.3	6.3	0	0	8
25.	Zach Miller, Raiders +	13	50	484	9.7	37.2	0	4	5
26.	Daniel Graham, Broncos	12	21	235	11.2	19.6	0	2	6
27.	Greg Olsen, Bears +	11	40	489	12.2	44.5	0	1	9
28.	Eric Johnson, Saints	13	34	292	8.6	22.5	0	2	4
29.	David Thomas, Patriots	15	11	159	14.5	10.6	0	1	10
30.	Leonard Pope, Cardinals	16	16	161	10.1	10.1	0	0	8
31.	Dan Campbell, Lions	16	21	308	14.7	19.3	0	4	6
32.	Bubba Franks, Packers	16	25	232	9.3	14.5	0	0	7

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