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Extra Point Press wins Experts Draft League

McCaffrey-McBride pairing tough to beat

Congratulations go out to Sam Hendricks of Extra Point Press. He won our Experts Draft league competition, beating a field of 11 other fantasy experts.

Draft results were presented in our preseason magazine. We go 22 rounds, and it's a best-ball league with PPR scoring. Each week during the season, teams get their top-performing 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE-PK-Defense. It's a play-all league, so the high score goes 11-0 for that week, 2nd-best goes 10-1, etc. Hendricks' team had the highest score 5 times in 17 weeks.

Spots in the league were determined by the previous year's finish in the Experts Poll; top 11 finishers qualified, plus one reader participant (champion of our Fantasy Index Blackout competition).

Hendricks' faith in Christian McCaffrey paid off handsomely, as did his 2nd-round pick (Trey McBride). Travis Etienne was a nice 7th-round value, and a couple of later wide receiver picks (Wan'Dale Robinson, Romeo Doubs) worked out with some big weeks along the way, as well. The quarterback triumvirate of Allen, Mayfield and Nix also panned out.

Scott Pianowski (Yahoo Sports) came in 2nd. His first pick (Bijan Robinson) also worked out very well, as did a couple of mid-round wideouts (Khalil Shakir, Jauan Jennings), and the late selection of Dalton Schultz saved him when Tucker Kraft got hurt. Mention must also be made of the Kicker duo: Brandon Aubrey and Ka'imi Fairbairn.

Jeff Erickson (Rotowire) came in 3rd. Erickson's running back selections were huge, with Derrick Henry, Javonte Williams and Zach Charbonnet all working out. Nice quarterback duo (Dak Prescott and Trevor Lawrence, as well). Selecting Michael Wilson late was also a key investment.

As with any best-ball league, it becomes a war of attrition, and bad luck with injuries can destroy a team. Sam was one of the few to have multiple healthy quarterbacks; one team was gutted by running back injuries, with just one healthy starter for most of the season.

Final standings are below; rosters in our preseason annual, or at this link.

FANTASY INDEX EXPERTS DRAFT LEAGUE RESULTS
TeamW-L-TPFAvg PF
Extra Point Press129-56-22424142.6
Yahoo Sports123-61-32308135.8
Rotowire121-66-02295135.0
FTN Fantasy118-69-02329137.0
Footballguys.com/Wood111-75-12184128.5
Fantasy Football Mastermind89-96-22125125.0
Footballguys.com/Henry88-97-22120124.7
Draft Sharks80-106-12057121.0
Fantasy Points74-111-21986116.8
Fantasy Index Blackout73-112-22036119.8
YouRulz65-122-01939114.1
FullTime Fantasy43-143-11877110.4

--Andy Richardson

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