Updated September 15, 2012 – Thursday night players removed from Week 2 rankings
TE Rankings
| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent |
| 1 | Rob Gronkowski | NE | ARI |
| 2 | Jimmy Graham | NO | at CAR |
| 3 | Aaron Hernandez | NE | ARI |
| 4 | Vernon Davis | SF | DET |
| 5 | Kyle Rudolph | MIN | at IND |
| 6 | Antonio Gates | SD | TEN |
| 7 | Coby Fleener | IND | MIN |
| 8 | Tony Gonzalez | ATL | DEN |
| 9 | Jacob Tamme | DEN | at ATL |
| 10 | Fred Davis | WAS | at STL |
| 11 | Greg Olsen | CAR | NO |
| 12 | Jermaine Gresham | DET | at SF |
| 13 | Dennis Pitta | BAL | at PHI |
| 14 | Brandon Pettigrew | DET | at SF |
| 15 | Martellus Bennett | NYG | TB |
| 16 | Jason Witten | DAL | at SEA |
| 17 | Jared Cook | TEN | at SD |
| 18 | Brent Celek | PHI | BAL |
| 19 | Marcedes Lewis | JAC | HOU |
| 20 | Scott Chandler | BUF | KC |
| 21 | Owen Daniels | HOU | at JAC |
| 22 | Joel Dreessen | DEN | at ATL |
| 23 | Anthony Fasano | MIA | OAK |
| 24 | Tony Moeaki | KC | at BUF |
| 25 | Ed Dickson | BAL | at PHI |
