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Experts Poll, tight ends

Waller helps Holm win Tight Ends category

When we conducted out annual Experts Poll in mid-May last year, Tony Holm of Fantasy Sharks was the only one of the 20 panelists to include Darren Waller (who didn’t even play in 2017 and hardly played in 2018). Waller had a huge season, helping lift Holm to a first-place finish at the tight end position.

Holm had other good selections. He got some value out of being higher than most on Austin Hooper, Jason Witten, Kyle Rudolph and Greg Olsen, as well as being one of the lowest on David Njoku. But it was the Waller pick that gave him the biggest boost.

Waller caught 90 passes. Using PPR scoring, he was worth 223 points. Using our complex scoring grid that made Holm’s Waller pick worth 1,338 points (6 x 223). Had Holm ranked him 19th, the pick would have been worth 1,561 points (7 x 223). (The first-place votes get multiplied by 25, and the sliding scale goes down to 6 for the 20th-place votes).

It’s an arbitrary scoring system, but it’s the one we use. Bryan Teegardin finished in 2nd in this category. Chris Liss of Rotowire.com took 3rd.

EXPERTS POLL, TIGHT ENDS
AnalystPoints
Tony Holm42,932
Bryan Teegardin41,096
Chris Liss41,060
Alan Satterlee40,658
Bob Henry40,222
Paul Charchian40,081
Brack Varnon40,076
Michael Nazarek39,875
Scott Pianowski39,853
Sam Hendricks39,826
Mike Clay39,784
Michael Nease39,262
Aaron Bland39,168
David Dorey38,994
Cory Bonini38,942
Jeff Ratcliffe38,708
John Hansen38,669
Jesse Pantuosco38,161
Lenny Pappano37,528
Jody Smith37,237

Liss won our alternative scoring title at this position. In this scoring system, we look only at tight ends ending up in the top 12 (the starters in a typical 12-team league). The guys from 13th on just get tossed – there’s no difference between a tight end who finished 15th, 25th, 45th or who didn’t even play). The intent here is to remove the huge impact of players who miss a bunch of games with injuries.

This this alternative format, Liss blew everyone away. He was by far the lowest on tight end most others were really high on (Eric Ebron), and he was by far the highest on Mark Andrews, who had a nice season for Baltimore. Liss also helped his cause by being one of the highest on Jared Cook.

TIGHT ENDS (alternate)
AnalystPoints
Chris Liss9,524
Paul Charchian9,361
Scott Pianowski9,266
Brack Varnon9,184
Bryan Teegardin9,100
Tony Holm8,907
Michael Nease8,783
Bob Henry8,671
Alan Satterlee8,624
Michael Nazarek8,588
Sam Hendricks8,486
Aaron Bland8,476
Lenny Pappano8,432
Cory Bonini8,429
John Hansen8,407
David Dorey8,389
Mike Clay8,368
Jesse Pantuosco8,364
Jeff Ratcliffe8,353
Jody Smith8,306

—Ian Allan

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