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Running back is considered the marquee position by most fantasy leaguers. Win that position, and it can be a stepping stone to winning your league.
So appropriate than when John Moore of Sea Isle City, N.J., won the Running Backs position in the Fantasy Index Open, he also moved into first place overall. Only one position (quarterback) is left to grade.
Adrian Peterson was the big question mark at this position, after tearing up his knee last December. Would he be ready on opening day? Would he start the year on the PUP list? How much speed and explosiveness would he lose?
Moore put Peterson all the way up at No. 4 on his draft board (behind Foster, McCoy and Rice), and it paid off nicely, as Peterson came within 9 yards of the single-season record for rushing yards.
Scoring for this contest is just like the Experts Poll. The higher you rank a player, the more his production counts towards your score. Those who put Peterson in their top 20 got his actual production (311.4 points) multiplied by some number between 30 (1st-place vote) and 11 (20th-place vote). We used to scored these things on a 1-20 scale, but that makes the 20th picks worth only 5 percent as much as the first-place votes.
Moore ranked Peterson fourth, so he got 8,408 points (27 x 311.4) points for that selection.
Moore is a real estate agent by day. In the overall standings, he’s trailed right now by two industry pros – Sam Hendericks and Adam Holtz.
Chris Hertzberg from Austin, Texas, and Kevin Cuozzo from Boston finished 2nd and 3rd in the running backs category.
The winner of the Fantasy Index Open wins a gigantic trophy from Affordable Trophies. They've been making trophies for fantasy leagues for over 15 years. The trophy they'll be handing out for this one is similar in size to an NFL Lombardi trophy.
The winner of this competition also wins a spot in the Experts Poll proper, where he'll compete alongside the likes of Hendricks and the other panelists in that competition. This is a win-and-your-in competition.
FANTASY INDEX OPEN -- OVERALL TOP 20 (all positions except QB)
Points
272,086 John Moore (Sea Isle City, N.J.) real estate agent
270,898 Sam Hendricks (Lynchburg, Va.) football writer
268,635 Adam Holtz (Rochester, Minn.) football writer
267,633 Shane Scott (Toronto, Ont.) teacher
267,155 Brian Staines (Gibsonia, Pa.) teacher
267,014 Manny De Jesus Jr. (Gilbert, Ariz.) student
266,952 Jeff Tefertiller (Oklahoma City, Okla.) IT
266,888 Kevin Cuozzo (Boston, Mass.) payroll
266,708 Jared Smola (Rochester, N.Y.) football writer
266,524 Bill Rehor (Culver City, Calif.) screenwriter
266,446 Zach Leavitt (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) accountant
266,359 Keith Mason (Sumter, S.C.) buyer
266,275 Scott Kopischke (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) sales engineer
266,194 Kirk Kennedy (Pink Hill, N.C.) teacher
266,087 Anthony Borbely (Taylor, Mich.) college student
266,026 Maurile Tremblay (San Diego, Calif.) attorney
265,935 Moishe Steigmann (Milwaukee, Wis.) rabbi
265,752 Jamie Alberts (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.) banker
265,548 Mike McIlraith (Fort Worth, Tex.) mechanical engineer
265,502 Joshua Smith (Olympia, Wash.) staffing scheduler
265,490 Nathan Priest (Hagerstown, Md.) teacher (substitute)
265,390 Michael O'Brien (Brighton, Colo.) fingerprint examiner
264,967 Jason Pilon (Blaine, Minn.) office grunt
264,635 Chris Hertzberg (Austin, Tex.) attorney
264,566 Bob Adelman (St. Louis, Mo.) sales
FANTASY INDEX OPEN -- RUNNING BACKS
Points
74,396 John Moore (Sea Isle City, N.J.) real estate agent
74,076 Chris Hertzberg (Austin, Tex.) attorney
73,767 Kevin Cuozzo (Boston, Mass.) payroll
73,215 Shane Scott (Toronto, Ont.) teacher
72,918 Zach Leavitt (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) accountant
72,905 Mike Craig (Kokomo, Ind.) electrician
72,887 Jeff Tefertiller (Oklahoma City, Okla.) IT
72,512 Maurile Tremblay (San Diego, Calif.) attorney
72,265 Jared Smola (Rochester, N.Y.) football writer
72,139 Anthony Borbely (Taylor, Mich.) college student
72,009 Paul Kuchar (Schaumburg, Ill.) teacher
71,961 Michael Stanco (Clermont, Fla.) pro wrestler
71,707 Sam Hendricks (Lynchburg, Va.) football writer
71,668 Kirk Kennedy (Pink Hill, N.C.) teacher
71,667 Richard Jackson (Berkeley, Calif.) attorney
71,641 Scott Kopischke (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) sales engineer
71,635 Nathan Priest (Hagerstown, Md.) teacher (substitute)
71,449 Mike McIlraith (Fort Worth, Tex.) mechanical engineer
71,411 David Dorey (McKinney, Tex.) football writer
71,359 Tod Denison (Bakersfield, Calif.) materials manager
71,357 Chris Rito (Martinsville, Ind.) chemist
71,004 Steve Tortora (Wallingford, Conn.) management
70,984 Adam Holtz (Rochester, Minn.) football writer
70,984 Bill Rehor (Culver City, Calif.) screenwriter
70,970 Mike Nease (West Chicago, Ill.) football writer
70,925 Adam Thygeson (Portland, Ore.) teacher
70,925 Daniel Bowman (Liberty, Mo.) government employee
70,815 Cole Houchens (Carrollton, Tex.) sales
70,761 Michael Crow (Orion, Ill.) systems engineer
70,734 Manny De Jesus Jr. (Gilbert, Ariz.) student
70,652 Dish Adams (Los Angeles, Calif.) football writer
70,452 Jamie Alberts (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.) banker
70,423 Marc Price (Kelowna, B.C.) law firm administrator
70,395 Brian George (Billings, Mont.) sales
70,310 John D. Smith (Mount Laurel, N.J.) warehouse supervisor
70,259 Jason Pilon (Blaine, Minn.) office grunt
70,216 Keith Mason (Sumter, S.C.) buyer
70,039 Ed Weiss (Parsippany, N.J.) accountant
69,788 Justin Colver (Draper, Utah) Medicare sales
69,645 David Erickson (Los Angeles, Calif.) camera assistant
69,636 Patty Saderholm (Elko, Nev.) graphic artist
69,599 Ralph Traino (Youngstown, Ohio) accountant
69,517 Pete Meyer (Merrill, Wis.) sales
69,456 Rob Carraher (Lincoln, Neb.) student
69,392 Jim DiLorenzo (Grayslake, Ill.) production planner
69,323 Miguel Tames (Miami, Fla.) sales
69,104 Brian Laskiewicz (Randolph, N.J.) attorney
69,087 Jim Nienaber (Georgetown, Ohio) wholesaler
68,976 Daniel Williams (Murrieta, Calif.) appraiser
68,944 Sean Chi (San Jose, Calif.) attorney
68,906 Brian Staines (Gibsonia, Pa.) teacher
68,776 Ian Allan (Seattle, Wash.) football writer
68,775 Treavor Phipps (Salem, Ind.) steamfitter
68,720 Kevin Weakland (Tracy, Calif.) DBA
68,713 Russell Ditnes (Jamison, Pa.) attorney
68,700 Moishe Steigmann (Milwaukee, Wis.) rabbi
68,668 Joshua Smith (Olympia, Wash.) staffing scheduler
68,560 Todd Weigel (Milwaukee, Wis.) blackjack dealer
68,504 Robert Honaker (Baltimore , Md.) Education
68,472 Jason Spann (St. Louis, Mo.) software engineer
68,406 Jim Bukowski (Chicago, Ill.) accountant
68,393 Ty Tietjen (Brandon, S.D.) teacher (math)
68,295 Rustin Paul (New York, N.Y.) attorney
68,247 Michael O'Brien (Brighton, Colo.) fingerprint examiner
68,163 Dana Duffield (Rochester, Minn.) software engineer
68,044 Eric Huber (Milwaukee, Wis.) football writer
67,855 Isaac McNally (Billings, Mont.) car salesman
67,843 Stephen McKenzie (Red Wing, Minn.) business owner
67,517 Scott Sachs (Huron, Ohio) headhunter
67,488 TC Cannon (Oklahoma City, Okla.) sales
67,464 Bob Adelman (St. Louis, Mo.) sales
67,326 Geoff Maleman (Redondo Beach, Calif.) public relations
66,802 Adam Locke (Lynnwood, Wash.) teacher
66,723 Mike Sarmento (San Jose, Calif.) sales manager
66,646 Bill Mason (Huntersville, N.C.) operator
66,471 Ken Yuen (Arlington Heights, Ill.) attorney
66,457 Ed Borcky (Wallingford, Pa.) operator
66,174 Bradley Wolfrum (Alpharetta, Ga.) business owner
65,889 Richard Meyers (Huntsville, Ala.) quality engineer
65,670 John Lanfranca (Kansas City, Mo.) firefighter
65,598 David Di Gregorio (Norristown, Pa.) retired clerk
65,234 Michae McAninch (Naperville, Ill.) network engineer
65,115 Mark Burns (Runnemede, N.J.) sales manager
65,089 Kevin E. Smith (Philadelphia, Pa.) student
64,352 Steve Simon (Waterloo, Iowa) dental technician
63,932 Craig Smith (Ozark, Mo.) attorney
63,732 Bob Tecca (Minneapolis, Minn.) IT manager
62,609 Andy Gough (Dallas, Tex.) IT project manager
62,541 Manny De Jesus Sr. (Gilbert, Ariz.) insurance agent
58,315 Rob Dammers (Ringwood, N.J.) senior tech analyst
57,097 Joe Russo (San Diego, Calif.) biochemist
53,106 Scott Anderson (Lakewood, Colo.) professional desk driver
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