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Rotowire wins experts draft league

Top wideouts carried Chris Liss to victory

Congratulations to Chris Liss of Rotowire. He's the winner of the Experts Draft League that we drafted back in May, published in our preseason annual. Scott Pianowski of Yahoo Sports came in 2nd, and L.A. Hale of Fantasy Gives finished 3rd.

Drafting from the No. 5 position, Liss started out with Odell Beckham Jr., then selected Jordy Nelson -- coming off a torn ACL -- in the second round. He went wide receiver again in the third (Mike Evans) before selecting his first running back in the fourth. That also worked out well: DeMarco Murray.

Waiting on a quarterback also turned out favorably (Kirk Cousins in the ninth round). His late-round selections at Kicker (Matt Bryant) and Defense (Denver Broncos) didn't hurt, either.

It wasn't all good, as neither of the tight ends Liss selected (Dwayne Allen and Jared Cook) panned out.

This was a Draftmasters type league with no transactions allowed after the initial draft. It hurt Liss at tight end, and killed other teams that were hard hit by injuries. Nothing you can do if your top running backs and receivers get hurt or otherwise struggle.

Michael Nazarek of FF Mastermind, for example, selected Rob Gronkowski and Keenan Allen with two of his top three picks. Bryan Hough of Fantasy Titan 101 selected Thomas Rawls and Ameer Abdullah as two of his top 4 running backs. Jim Nienaber, the Super League Qualifier, was burned by Sammy Watkins, Dion Lewis and Karlos Williams. Cam Newton was also an underachiever.

Full standings are shown below. Each team played every other team every week during the season. Top score went 11-0, 2nd-highest score 10-1, etc.

Congratulations, Chris!

FANTASY INDEX EXPERTS DRAFT LEAGUE
TeamWinsLossesPoints
Rotowire1344220,636
Yahoo Sports1195720,196
Fantasy Gives1086819,635
Extra Point Press918518,458
Fantasy Titan 101918518,337
Fantasy Football Warehouse918518,205
League Safe819517,501
FFMastermind.com809617,677
Draft Sharks7210417,479
The Huddle7110517,248
USA Today Fantasy Sports6211416,918
Super League Qualifier5612016,005

--Andy Richardson

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