How many Tight End jokes can you think of in the next twenty seconds?  Go ahead, I'll wait.

The tight end position is the funniest position in football (not just for the name either).  They block, they catch, hell some even run the ball.  They might be the most do-it-all position in the NFL.  Might be.  But for fantasy purposes, they can be an absolute treasure trove or wasteland.  And, if this year is any indication, they could be the ultimate resource in winning a championship.

It takes until about after Week 3 before I start trusting the validity of scores and teams in the league, so let's go ahead and dig a little deeper into what we're seeing so far in the season.

Tight Ends Anonymous

The two highest scoring teams in the league, right now, are Tim and Dan respectively.  Who has the highest scoring tight end totals?  Those two, in order.  Dan's got a pretty big gap on yours truly - who's in third - but Tim is smoking the competition like it's no one's business.  Easy now Jimmy Graham.  The tight end position could very well be the key to winning a championship this year.  But if it's any indication, it's a huge boost to have a great Tight End this year, not just a good one.

Where The Wild Things Are

That's just a fancy way of saying "check out the flex spot".  Look where Tim is again.  The dude isn't winning because he has the greatest running game in the world (although Lynch is darn good), nor is he winning because he has the greatest WR core (but then there's Desean Jackson).  He's winning because he's winning the funny spots at TE and flex.  Meanwhile, Joe's seeing a nice boost here too.

That'll Cost y\You A Quarter(back)

You gotta feel for Ken right now.  He's DOMINATING the QB position this year.  And, at the very least, he's got a deep WR group.  So that should get him a win somewhere, but it just hasn't come together.  Ken's up 20 points on the second highest scoring team from the QB spot, Dan.  This year was touted to be a deep QB class, and so far it has been as six teams are averaging nearly 16 points or more from their QB spot.

What Really Matters

I'm naturally biased towards the WR/RB positions.  If you dominate there, I think you can sustain success throughout the year.  Or, at the very least, compete.  That's not discredit teams who dominate at other positions, it's just that, with more players playing those two spots, you're going to get less volatility (again, my opinion).  So if that matters, at all, then Dan, Tim, Bryan, and Joe are all looking prettier in my eyes than everyone else (cue the Chang meme).  They're all in the top five in scoring amongst those two positions.

Having said all that, let's move on to the power rankings to see who goes where something something.