Old Man Tony G vs ?

[Don Draper]

For the past couple of years, this guy never got much respect.

Tony Gonzalez threw up 35.2 points this week!

Here's a quality team he beat all by himself...

QB Eli Manning 8.9
RB1 Reggie Bush 3.9
RB2 Michael Turner 1.5
WR1 Victor Cruz 5.6
WR2 Eric Decker 3.5
WR3 Steve Smith (CAR) 3.1
TE Dustin Keller 3.5
FLEX Rashad Jennings 2.7
K Nick Folk 1.0
D Miami 1.0
Total = 34.7

[BillyWaz]

For the past couple of years, this guy never got much respect.

Tony Gonzalez threw up 35.2 points this week!

Here's a quality team he beat all by himself...

QB Eli Manning 8.9
RB1 Reggie Bush 3.9
RB2 Michael Turner 1.5
WR1 Victor Cruz 5.6
WR2 Eric Decker 3.5
WR3 Steve Smith (CAR) 3.1
TE Dustin Keller 3.5
FLEX Rashad Jennings 2.7
K Nick Folk 1.0
D Miami 1.0
Total = 34.7

Keller actually had 7.7. Use Jermichael Finley....he had 0......

on bye

[Don Draper]

guess i shouldn't have used the STATS score for Keller as it wasn't updated yet.

here's the starting team that Tony G beat. not bad for a 36 year old! congrats to all his owners

QB Eli Manning 8.9
RB1 Reggie Bush 3.9
RB2 Michael Turner 1.5
WR1 Victor Cruz 5.6
WR2 Eric Decker 3.5
WR3 Steve Smith (CAR) 3.1
TE Jacob Tamme 1.6
FLEX Rashad Jennings 2.7
K Nick Folk 1.0
D Miami 1.0
Total = 32.8

[DonnyG.]

The man really defies the very concept of age itself. The greatest pass-catching TE to ever play in the history of the NFL.

[BillyWaz]

The man really defies the very concept of age itself. The greatest pass-catching TE to ever play in the history of the NFL.

Agreed....simply unbelievable!

[KenGill]

This guy walks into the hall of fame as one of the greatest to ever play. I had him in 2011 and he was one of the reasons I won that league. Unfortunately couldn't get him this season and had to settle for J. Finley.

[Greg Ambrosius]

This guy walks into the hall of fame as one of the greatest to ever play. I had him in 2011 and he was one of the reasons I won that league. Unfortunately couldn't get him this season and had to settle for J. Finley.

Gonzalez is just AMAZING and I wouldn't be surprised if he postpones that retirement by a year or two. He's playing as well now as he ever has in an elite offense that could contend for years. I hope he keeps playing.

This was supposed to be the year of the Tight End. Well, it kind of is, with Tony G leading the way:

Gonzalez, Tony (ATL) WhoDaHellCares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 617 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 158.7 17.6
Gronkowski, Rob (NE) Q The Swearengen Solution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 611 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 154.1 17.1
Graham, Jimmy (NO) Spanky's All Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 533 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 140.3 17.5
Witten, Jason (DAL) Team Zwickel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 585 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 130.5 14.5

Now look at the Tight End ADPs from the NFFC 12-teamers:

#1 Jimmy Graham (TE, NO) 11.96 1 50 237
#2 Rob Gronkowski (TE, NE) 18.08 5 49 237
#3 Aaron Hernandez (TE, NE) 47.12 1 101 237
#4 Antonio Gates (TE, SD) 48.88 22 113 46 -2.88 237
#5 Vernon Davis (TE, SF) 67.40 26 108 237
#6 Jermichael Finley (TE, GB) 69.51 32 98 237
#7 Jason Witten (TE, Dal) 84.61 47 152 237
#8 Brandon Pettigrew (TE, Det) 88.45 47 122 237
#9 Fred Davis (TE, Was) 93.46 60 130 237
#10 Tony Gonzalez (TE, Atl) 95.04 61 159 237

He was the 10th tight end picked, going 70 or so spots behind Graham and Gronk. Now that's VALUE!!

[Coach JP]

Have to admit, Tony G has been spectacular when it wasn't expected. That new offense fits him perfectly.

Another old TE who deserved his due, and who saved my season, was Heath Miller. Grabbed him week 2 when Hernandez went down, and he's 5th out of all TE's with 14.4 points per game. Undrafted to top 5 at the position.