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Continuing with the grading of the Fantasy Index Experts Poll, some new faces have popped up. Kevin Marshall of Draftwizard.com is the winner in the wide receiver category, followed by Colin Darlington of MyStartEmSitEm.com.
James Serra of First Place Sports Software, meanwhile, remains the overall leader, with a lead of 1,153 points over Scott Pianowski (Yahoo! Sports). David Dorey (The Huddle), who finished 3rd in the wide receiver category, and Rick Hawes (Fanball) are about another 500 points back.
At wide receiver, Marshall didn’t make any one pick that gave him a huge advantage, but put together a well-rounded card. He was among the highest on Wes Welker (12th), Brandon Marshall (11th), Vincent Jackson (14th) and DeSean Jackson (18th). Those picks all helped him. And he was among the lowest on Steve Smith (8th), Terrell Owens (15th) and T.J. Houshmandzadeh (17th). Those picks all helped him relative to the other experts.
In this competition, every pick – 120 for each of the experts – is graded, with players receiving more credit the higher they are ranked. Marshall went with Larry Fitzgerald as his No. 1 wide receiver; that pick was worth 3,744 points (20 x 187.2). He went with Andre Johnson No. 2; that pick was worth 4,064 points (19 x 213.9). Follow that process for every pick by every expert and Marshall is the winner in this category.
The fantasy scoring system here is 6 points for TDs, 4 for TD passes, 1 for every 10 run/rec yards and 1 for every 20 passing yards.
When the scoring is done for all six positions, the top 11 finishers will win spots in our Mock Draft league (with the No. 1 finisher getting to choose where he would like to select). That field should be set in a few days.
The Fantasy Index picks aren't included in these results. Out of fairness to the competition, we stay in the administrator role. (Most notably, our picks aren't locked into the same deadline, which usually is around May 20.) But if you plug in our magazine picks, which are printed in early June, we would have fared poorly at the wide receiver position – as in 500 points behind every other expert. That’s almost solely due to Anthony Gonzalez getting hurt early in the first game of the season. We had Gonzalez 9th, while only three other experts even snuck him into the bottom of their top 20. In this scoring system, team health is crucial (since you’re not allowed to submit lineups or make waiver moves), and one injury can change everything. Had Gonzalez stayed healthy and done what we thought he would (1,100 yards and 8 TDs), we would have finished 2nd relative to the 20 experts.
FANTASY INDEX EXPERTS POLL: WIDE RECEIVERS
Points
34,246 Kevin Marshall
34,169 Colin Darlington
33,793 David Dorey
33,740 Nathan Zegura
33,647 Pretzel May
33,596 James Serra
33,580 Christopher Harris
33,515 Scott Pianowski
33,505 Scott Endsley
33,374 Sam Hendricks
33,345 Michael Nazarek
33,210 Bob Henry
33,162 Rick Hawes
33,058 Jeffrey Kamys
32,988 Cory Bonini
32,937 Alan Satterlee
32,837 Bo Mitchell
32,654 Chris Liss
32,646 Louis Tranquilli
32,616 Lenny Pappano
FANTASY INDEX EXPERTS POLL: OVERALL (so far)
(Includes WR, TE, K, Def)
Points
112,696 James Serra
111,543 Scott Pianowski
111,028 David Dorey
110,919 Rick Hawes
110,748 Pretzel May
110,518 Chris Liss
110,488 Christopher Harris
110,326 Nathan Zegura
110,137 Kevin Marshall
110,026 Colin Darlington
109,991 Sam Hendricks
109,897 Alan Satterlee
109,851 Michael Nazarek
109,780 Bob Henry
109,273 Jeffrey Kamys
108,977 Scott Endsley
108,854 Louis Tranquilli
108,802 Lenny Pappano
108,563 Bo Mitchell
107,954 Cory Bonini
MULTIPLIER NUMBERS FOR WIDE RECEIVERS
Using the scoring system of 6 points for TDs and 1 for every 10 yards:
Points
213.9 Andre Johnson
206.4 Randy Moss
202.4 DeSean Jackson
187.2 Larry Fitzgerald
186.4 Reggie Wayne
181.5 Roddy White
175.9 Brandon Marshall
171.8 Vincent Jackson
162.4 Wes Welker
162.0 Marques Colston
161.9 Chad Ochocinco
155.4 Santonio Holmes
152.7 Hines Ward
144.4 Steve Smith
139.3 Greg Jennings
135.7 Calvin Johnson
133.6 Anquan Boldin
124.3 Terrell Owens
109.1 T.J. Houshmandzadeh
109.0 Santana Moss
103.2 Lee Evans
101.6 Roy Williams
94.0 Braylon Edwards
85.8 Bernard Berrian
84.0 Antonio Bryant
82.9 Dwayne Bowe
72.2 Torry Holt
68.2 Ted Ginn
46.5 Eddie Royal
27.3 Lance Moore
00.0 Anthony Gonzalez
—Ian Allan
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