2011 NFL Fantasy Tight ENDS...the TOP 10.......Is this the year that the GLADIATOR in the BAY takes the TOP SPOT.....n the TE n LAMBEAU is TOP 5

The Quarterbacks BMF......the man who is also liked by the Running Backs and the Offensive Lineman. Some can even get down the field better than your #1 WIDE OUT. I remember when there was a time that all the TE used to do was occasionally catch the ROCk but was better suited to BLOCK then catch. Some of the BEST TEs to play the game did both very well.

The New Tight Ends are a different breed.......they have WR Speed.......built like Linebackers.......some block like Guards and Tackles.....and in the RED ZONE......simply unstoppable.

the 2011 TOP 10 NFL Fantasy Tight Ends powered by BLUEDUDE SPORTSTALK........and SPORTSBLOGsmurf:

1. Vernon DAVIS Fightin' TURTLES COLLEGE PARK MD....GOLD RUSH: Don't THROW ROCKS AT THE THRONE.......GATES FED EX that #1 Joint up to the BAY....I will cover the NEXT DAY Air. Simply put....the MAN at Tight END. Then you say well who is going to get him the BALL....he will get the ball more than the WRs you would think. The NINERS just have to put themselves in a situation where they can utilize this ELITE TALENT on O. The only reason I wouldn't pick him #1 because the best QB in the BAY AREA is in the PAC-10......Andrew LUCK of STANFORD RED. But I put him #1 because it sounds good.

2. Antonio GATES Small FORWARD Kent STATE...DIEGO: If he keep himself injury free and now QB Phillip RIVERS has his #1 WR in JACKSON......GATES is unstoppable in the Red ZONE let alone all over the field. Give me an ELITE QB,...an ELITE TE,......and an ELITE WR........Why have the BOLTS struggled in the AFC and not had an opportunity to get to the SUPER BOWL. PUT SIMPLY.......the Kicking Game......or Defense not showing up.........Not making the BIg Play when they need it. If they can get things squared away in DIEGO.......they will make deep run in JANUARY......as for GATES......a FANTASY MUST at TE and on your team.

3. Jeremichael FINLEY Hookem' HORNS AUSTIN TX.....LAMBEAU: You said what.......everyone will know him by week 4 trust me. A devestating injury in the first half of last season.....FINdawg missed more than half hi games. There is no one more talented but DAVIS from the NINERS. And with QB Aaron RODGERS throwing him the PIG.....the SKY is the LIMIT on this young man. I have him rated above the usuals because he is healthy and that guy throwing to him is an ELITE QB and healthy.

4. Rob GRONKOWSKI Desert Swarm TUSCON......GILLETTE Foxboro: He will get many opportunities and judging from pre season he and QB tom BRADY have been on the same page for sometime. Right now GRONKOWSKI might be BRADY's #1 target and in the Passing game of the PATS they have switched from going Down field with Randy MOSS.....to exposing Defenses underneath with mismatches using guys like Gronkowski. A sleeper of a pick and he had a QUIET 10 TDs last season as a rookie.

5. Dallas CLARK Kinnick STADIUM......Circle CITY LUCAS Oil Complex: The only reason he is not in my Top 3....#18 is not healthy and CLARK'S Numbers might suffer up front and that could continue over a course of a season. No denying his abilty to jut shred team anywhere on the field. The one draw back now is that with the developement of the YOUNG WRs on the COLTS....will he still get his touches......and Reggie WAYNE from the U needs his also.

6. Mercedes LEWIS WESTWOOD L A......the JAGS of Northern FLA: He was a savior last season and opposite of JONES-DREW'S Production......a God Send for Head Man Jack Del RIO. He will continue his dominance in that offense whether it is GARRARD back thir or the Rookie QB Gabbert from MIZZOU. A Safe pick becuase the JAGS have 2 staples in the RED ZONE......Pocket Hercules.......or that SL89 MERCEDES.

7. Jason WITTEN SMOKEY and ROCKY TOP UT........BIG D: He is still a TOP 10 but WITTEN has lost a lot in which he never really was the most athletic guy he is just a GOOD OLD SCHOOL TE. His numbers might fall a little with the emergence of RB Felix JONES and WR Dez BRYANT. But WIITEN BIZ stays the same........BLOCK in the running game.......Move the CHAINS possession by posseseion....and get his in the RED ZONE.......he is a Good #3 scorer on your fantasy team.

8. Tony GONZALEZ Power Forward CAL BERKELEY....Georgia DOME.....the HOUSE Deion BUILT: Ditto what ii said about WITTEN....an important COG in what the FALCONS do offensively......just a little more of his production will go now to Rookie WR Julio JONES. GONZO will still be a huge threat in the RED ZONE...but with all that talent on the outside and BURNER TURNER behind QB MATTY ICE......will GONZO'S Production stay the same? ........a risk even at #8 now

9. Owen DANIELS Naperville ILLINOIS CENTRAL HS REDSKINS....RELIANT Energy COMPLEX: before he tore his KNEE up a season and a half ago.....he and WR BEAST MODE #80 from the U were about to do their best WAYNE and CLARK impersonation of the COLTS in H-TOWN. He should be about 100% and he is good as any of the 4 guys in front of him if he stays out of training room. I would take him as high as 5 maybe 6 because of teams keying on RB Arian FOSTER and 'DRE 80. Good solid season expected from DANIELS.

10. Brandon PETTIGREW aka JUMBOTRON STILLWATER OK.....T. BOONE PICKENS $ Motor CITY LIONS: lookout......another one of those DAVIS and FINdawg types.....Big...athletic.......space eater.....can run.......and block. Throw in a healthy QB MATTHEW STAFFORD and WR Calvin JOHNSON aka MEGATRON....and JUMBOTRON will get plenty of touched. 2011 is this young mans coming out party and if you take him as high as 6.....don't be MAD...Be GLAD......cuz the LIONS FANS wear no more TRASH BAGS.

Best of the REST of the TEs in 2011 to be picked up on Reserve or Waiver Line

Jimmy GRAHAM SAINTS talented eventually could join DAVIS and FINdawg
Kellen WINSLOW aka K2 BUCS will utilize him a lot in the RED ZONE
Fred DAVIS SKINS finally start to get it n Talented 'SKINS will use him
Dustin KELLER JETS still a nice pick later rounds or reserve
Zach MILLER Seahawks Who is the QB in the SEATTLE n then what?
Aaron Hernandez PATRIOTS more of a WR may be a TOP 10
Heath MILLER STEELERS has to block...so Recieving STATS take a hit

You see at the TOP the CHANGING of the GUARD. DAVIS and FINLEY are remarkable talents and if the NINERS can ever get a guy to throw to DAVIS.......PRODUCTION will be through the roof.

Look for GRAHAM, HERNANDEZ, KELLER, WINSLOW, and DAVIS to maybe sneak in that bottom 1/3 on the list.