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Jay Harding claims win at tight ends position

Congratulations to Jay Harding of The Fantasy Football Firm. He was able to work his way to the top at the tight ends position in the Experts Poll we publish in the magazine.

Paul Charchian (LeagueSafe.com) and L.A. Hale (FantasyGives.org) were the other top finishers in this category.

At the tight end position, Delanie Walker, Jordan Reed and Tyler Eifert were the three most important relative values. They were lightly regarded in the eyes of most, but they ended up being top-5 scorers (using the system of 6 for touchdowns and 1 for every 10 yards). Harding ranked these guys 11th, 12th and 16th. That gave him a big edge over most of the field (9 didn’t even have Eifert in their top 20, and 7 didn’t list Reed.)

Harding also helped himself by being low on Josh Hill (15th) and Dwayne Allen (not listed), who got a lot of love from the other experts.

EXPERTS POLL (Tight Ends)
RkAnalystPoints
1.Jay Harding30,426
2.Paul Charchian30,232
3.L.A. Hale29,915
4.Michael Nazarek29,665
5.Lenny Pappano29,553
6.Sam Hendricks29,320
7.Scott Pianowski29,084
8.Mike Clay29,035
9.David Dorey29,027
10.Pete Owers28,798
11.Chris Liss28,529
12.Bob Henry28,473
13.Mike Nease28,288
14.Todd Voorhees28,006
15.Alan Satterlee27,697
16.Bryan Hough27,654
17.Tony Holm27,535
18.Cory Bonini27,459
19.Scott Sachs26,829
20.Micah James25,622

With half of the six positions graded, Charchian is the overall leader. But Chris Liss (Rotowire) and Harding are both within 300 points, and that’s essentially nothing in this scoring format (with big points being award for every pick by every expert – the higher a player is ranked, the more he counts).

EXPERTS POLL, overall (K+Def+TE)
RkAnalystPoints
1.Paul Charchian95,743
2.Chris Liss95,652
3.Jay Harding95,416
4.Sam Hendricks94,868
5.Scott Pianowski94,860
6.Michael Nazarek94,843
7.L.A. Hale94,673
8.David Dorey94,143
9.Bob Henry94,080
10.Lenny Pappano94,039
11.Pete Owers93,849
12.Todd Voorhees93,798
13.Mike Clay93,467
14.Cory Bonini93,303
15.Bryan Hough93,216
16.Alan Satterlee92,165
17.Mike Nease91,831
18.Scott Sachs91,721
19.Tony Holm91,111
20.Micah James90,069

—Ian Allan

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