Each day this week, the women here at Playing the Field will be bringing you our best fantasy football advice. We won't do it on a video in skimpy clothes. We won't do it groping each other (at least not that you can see). But you can rest assured that the advice you find here comes from actual female fans who have actually played fantasy ball. A few of us are even champions.

 

Today Holly brings you Tight Ends.  

 

If you're lucky enough to be hovering near the top of your league's draft order, it doesn't take a whole lot of mental gymnastics to deduce which guys will be snapped up first.  There's a hard gap in last season's point production following these six, all of whom are on schedule to produce big again this year:

Jason Witten, Cowboys.  Govawls!  Witten's coming off a thousand yard season with another one in his sights.  Get him while he's hot.

Antonio Gates, Chargers.  Currently relaxing with a toe injury, but don't be fooled. A toe injury will not deter Gates.  A pack of wild pumas would not deter Gates.

Dallas Clark, Colts.  The guy plays like he's been shot out of a cannon.  Colts fans will miss Ben Utecht, but none of Indy's offseason moves suggest anything that would affect Clark's point total.

Chris Cooley, Redskins.  High, high intangible upside, by which I mean you're just fooling yourself if you think there's not a horde of bloggers bumping Cooley up the list thanks to his offseason internet adventures.

Tony Gonzalez, Chiefs.  Another 1000+ gainer, the Kansas City stalwart should be given frequent fruit baskets by his defensive teammates for keeping their sorry asses off the field as long as he does.

 

Blew through all your early rounds on a RB binge?  Never fear.  There's genuine quality lurking in the creamy middle of the chart.

Jeremy Shockey, Saints.  The pride of the MIA, playing for a high-octane offense like New Orleans, reunited with Sean Payton AND with a chip on his shoulder?  Bangarang.

Heath Miller, Steelers.  This guy ends up on my roster every year, and I'm not really sure how, but he's solid like a casserole--set it and forget it.

Todd Heap, Ravens.  It's Baltimore, so you have to think about it like this--where else is the ball supposed to go?  Even if one of their freshly hatched QBlets could get the ball that far downfield, they don't have any receivers.  And, lest we forget: introducing Cam Cameron on headset, patron saint of the position.

Tony Scheffler, Broncos.  Don't be fooled by last year's numbers--he's healing up, moving up to second on Denver's depth chart, and most promising of all, becoming a preferred destination for Jay Cutler during practice.

Rest easy with these worry-free sleeper picks:

Martrez Milner, Falcons.  You don't actually think they're going to wise up and give the ball to Jerious Norwood, right?  Milner will be the primary TE target in Atlanta this season, for whatever that's worth.

Alge Crumpler, Titans.  "Sleeper" may be a misnomer after last season's numbers, but now he's a Titan, one with a recent history of getting lots of looks from Vince Young in the red zone.

Ben Watson, Patriots.  He's still in and out of practice due to injury, but the guy's a Patriot. The points have to come from somebody.

Leonard Pope, Cardinals.  Resist the temptation to gravitate towards a name you know as your draft winds down.  He's hurt, the front office just imported Jerame Tuman from Pittsburgh, and the Cardinals won't use TEs in a manner that'll net you points anyway.

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