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Managing Editor and Director of Operations for Sports Grumblings LLC, is nationally published covering the National Football League, Major League Baseball, College Football and has been a FSWA Writer of the Year finalist. Involved with Fantasy Sports since 1973, Tony has hosted radio and internet broadcasts that include the 'Dog and Tony Show' with NFL draft analyst D.J Boyer, 'Football Central', 'Finn on Sports', 'Gridiron Gamblers', and is the Senior NFL analyst for the PBS broadcast of "NFL Intellect".

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Antonio Gates - Fantasy Football Keeper Ranking

The parameters of a fantasy keeper league are vast and in turn so is any column that outlines the value of specific players to protect in year-to-year formats. The variables considered in this position-by-position keeper chart is a combination of the following:

1) 2008 projected production
2) Long-term value
3) Durability
4) Offensive scheme
5) Competition at position

The following list of tight ends is not a reflection of the Sports Grumblings world famous FFRS (Fantasy Forecast Ranking System). It's one man's opinion and an early forecast for the 2008 fantasy football season.

Rank	Tight End	Team	Keeper Analysis
1	Antonio Gates	San Diego	The Chargers have grown their weapons - Gates still tops
2	Kellen Winslow	Cleveland	Only needs to find the endzone more in 2008
3	Jason Witten	Dallas	The Cowboys tight end will challenge the top TE's in '08
4	Dallas Clark	Indianapolis	With Harrison aging, Clark is the likely slot receiver in '08
5	Ben Watson	New England	His production is on he verge of peaking
6	Chris Cooley	Washington	The new offense in Washington will assist Cooley
7	Tony Gonzalez	Kansas City	The aging future Hall of Famer will see a new offense in '08
8	Owen Daniels	Houston	His numbers will continue to grow in a young HOU offense
9	Heath Miller	Pittsburgh	Big Ben's favorite redzone option
10	Tony Scheffler	Denver	Shanahan and Cutler will throw more in 2008
11	Vernon Davis	San Francisco	Mike Martz isn't known for featuring tight ends
12	Todd Heap	Baltimore	The veteran simply can't be relied on due to injuries
13	Donald Lee	Green Bay
14	Jeremy Shockey	New York Giants
15	Alge Crumpler	Atlanta
16	Greg Olsen	Chicago
17	Brent Celek	Philadelphia
18	Zach Miller	Oakland
19	Alex Smith	Tampa Bay
20	L.J. Smith	Philadelphia
21	Bo Scaife	Tennessee
22	David Martin	Miami
23	Jeff King	Carolina
24	Marcedes Lewis	Jacksonville
25	Ben Troupe	Tennessee
26	Desmond Clark	Chicago
27	Dan Graham	Denver
28	Leonard Pope	Arizona
29	Chris Baker	New York Jets
30	Kris Wilson	Kansas City
31	Joe Klopfenstein	St. Louis
32	Visanthe Shiancoe	Minnesota