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Fantasy Index Experts Poll

Bob Henry wins the tight ends -- in a runaway

Usually with these experts poll competitions, there isn’t much difference between the entry. A pick here, a pick there, and a guy is elevated slightly above the others. That’s for the Fantasy Index Open (which has 170 entries) and the Experts Poll proper in the magazine, with 20 industry analysts duking it out.

But there was an uncharacteristic knockout at tight end. Bob Henry of Footballguys.com simply blew everyone away. Henry finished with 31,174 points, almost 2,000 points ahead of everyone else. Michael Nazarek of Fantasy Football Mastermind finished 2nd, and Micah James (FFmagicman.com) took 3rd.

Henry ranked Antonio Gates 10th (higher than everyone else), which helped his score. He also tied for highest on Travis Kelce (16th), who had a nice season but wasn’t even in the top 20 of all but two other guys. Henry also benefited by being the lowest on Dennis Pitta (15th) and the 3rd-lowest on Kyle Rudolph (14th). Both of those guys got hurt.

EXPERTS POLL, TIGHT ENDS (standard scoring)
RkTeamPoints
1.Bob Henry31,174
2.Michael Nazarek29,320
3.Micah James29,168
4.Tom Deskovitz28,870
5.Scott Pianowski28,663
6.Scott Sachs28,594
7.Chris Liss28,561
8.Mike Clay28,267
9.Michael Fabiano28,081
10.L'Roy Anthony Hale28,037
11.Michael Livengood28,036
12.Lenny Pappano27,958
13.Cory Bonini27,770
14.Bryan Hough27,533
15.David Dorey27,530
16.Sam Hendricks27,277
17.Tony Holm26,710
18.Bill Enright26,209
19.Paul Charchian25,988
20.Alan Satterlee24,991

We’ve also got the deal this year where we’re looking at the alternate scoring method – the Chris Liss scoring system. He suggested some kind of mulligan system, so that when you blow a pick on a guy like Dennis Pitta, it doesn’t count so much against your score.

In the Chris Liss Scoring System (the floor system), you start by taking the 20th-best guy at the position. In this case, Scott Chandler (67.7 points). Then, players receive credit only for production above and beyong 67.7 points. If you get a guy below that threshold, whether it’s 0, 20 or 50 points, those guys just count as zero (the assumption being that in a regular fantasy league, you would figure out that they suck and replace them with a Chandler-type guy.

In the alternate scoring system, the standings are pretty similar this time around. No big movers.

EXPERTS POLL, TIGHT ENDS (floor scoring)
RkTeamPoints
1.Bob Henry12,654
2.Michael Nazarek11,785
3.Tom Deskovitz11,640
4.Scott Sachs11,601
5.Micah James11,599
6.Scott Pianowski11,233
7.Mike Clay11,164
8.Chris Liss11,147
9.Lenny Pappano11,074
10.Cory Bonini11,051
11.Michael Fabiano10,973
12.Michael Livengood10,915
13.L'Roy Anthony Hale10,847
14.Sam Hendricks10,761
15.David Dorey10,692
16.Bryan Hough10,331
17.Bill Enright9,992
18.Tony Holm9,810
19.Paul Charchian9,629
20.Alan Satterlee9,034

At the halfway point of the poll, only two experts have ranked above-average at all three positions, Michael Nazarek and Micah James. But the higher-scoring positions are still to come (QB, RB and WR).

The top 11 finishers qualify to participate in the Mock Draft league in the magazine. Here’s what the overall standings look like right now (with 3 of 6 positions scored).

EXPERTS POLL, OVERALL (standard scoring)
RkNameTEPKDefPoints
1.Micah James31999,101
2.Bob Henry191798,721
3.Michael Nazarek25898,374
4.Mike Clay831597,377
5.Scott Sachs613196,684
6.Bryan Hough146796,471
7.Tom Deskovitz416296,221
8.Michael Livengood1111496,064
9.Michael Fabiano9101495,764
10.Chris Liss718395,565
11.Cory Bonini1381695,357
12.Scott Pianowski5171095,158
13.David Dorey1572095,087
14.Tony Holm1741995,042
15.L'Roy Anthony Hale1015694,798
16.Alan Satterlee2021394,465
17.Sam Hendricks16121894,091
18.Lenny Pappano12201193,873
19.Bill Enright1819592,717
20.Paul Charchian19141292,710

Here are the overall standings with the revised scoring system (with the safety net below guys like Pitta). In revised scoring, Cory Bonini, Tom Deskovitz and Lenny Pappano each move up 4-7 spots. Bryan Hough, Mike Clay and Tony Holm each fall by 4-7 spots.

EXPERTS POLL, OVERALL (floor scoring)
RkNameTEPkDefPoints
1.Bob Henry191419,740
2.Tom Deskovitz311219,564
3.Micah James55619,402
4.Cory Bonini101419,354
5.Michael Nazarek261119,203
6.Scott Sachs412319,194
7.Chris Liss818118,925
8.Mike Clay781318,311
9.Michael Livengood1216518,159
10.David Dorey1522018,044
11.Scott Pianowski6171217,965
12.Michael Fabiano1171917,906
13.Bryan Hough1610817,722
14.Lenny Pappano9201017,709
15.L'Roy Anthony Hale1319917,686
16.Sam Hendricks14141717,609
17.Bill Enright1713717,354
18.Tony Holm1841817,079
19.Alan Satterlee2031616,396
20.Paul Charchian19151516,333

—Ian Allan

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