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Experts Poll kickers

Chris Boswell's struggles key at kicker position

With the Experts Poll, sometimes it’s not who you pick but who you don’t. That was the case at the Kicker Position. Scott Pianowski of Yahoo wins this one, and Chris Boswell was his MVP.

Boswell, of course, had a lousy season for the Steelers, but if we wind the clock back to late May, Pianowski was the guy who saying louder than anyone else, “Don’t draft Chris Boswell”. Boswell was only 13th on this board. He appeared 3rd to 9th on the vast majority of other draft boards, creating a lot of value for Pianowski at this position.

Injuries and roster moves played a larger role than usual at this position. Of the top 12 kickers on the board, five played fewer than 16 games: Zuerlein, Bryant, Boswell, Gano and Bailey. In this attrition-based contest, there’s nothing worse than getting stuck with a zero week after week.

Michael Nazarek (Fantasy Football Mastermind) and Jesse Pantuosco (RotoWorld) took 2nd and 3rd place at this position.

Paul Charchian of LeagueSafe, meanwhile, captured 4th, so remains the overall leader. (Charchian won the other position we’ve scored – Defenses & Special teams). After two rounds, only two experts have ranked in the top 5 at both of them – Charchian and Harold Simons (who won his way into this competition by winning the Fantasy Index Open in 2017).

Still to come are the more telling positions: QB, RB, WR, TE.

EXPERTS POLL (kickers)
ContestantPoints
Scott Pianowski34,865
Michael Nazarek34,751
Jesse Pantuosco34,723
Paul Charchian34,643
Harold Simons34,474
Mike Clay34,247
Jody Smith34,093
Cory Bonini34,059
Patrick Chance34,053
Sam Hendricks33,881
Chris Liss33,812
Alan Satterlee33,800
Jeff Ratcliffe33,658
Justin Eleff33,625
Bob Henry33,587
David Dorey33,519
Tony Holm33,248
Michael Nease33,207
Lenny Pappano33,206
Aaron Bland32,952

Here are the overall standings (with a third of the positions graded).

EXPERTS POLL (overall)
ContestantDefPKPoints
Paul Charchian1467,979
Harold Simons4567,497
Scott Pianowski10167,468
Jesse Pantuosco8367,437
Michael Nazarek11267,339
Patrick Chance6967,036
Chris Liss31166,848
Justin Eleff21466,777
Cory Bonini9866,734
Jody Smith13766,580
Jeff Ratcliffe71366,410
Lenny Pappano51966,194
David Dorey121666,010
Sam Hendricks171065,956
Alan Satterlee151265,947
Bob Henry141565,841
Mike Clay20665,508
Tony Holm181765,322
Michael Nease161865,317
Aaron Bland192064,414

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