FantasyFootballGuidebook.com finshes 5th out fo 20 Experts in Fantasy Index Magazine WR Rankings for 2018

Now at 6th overall after WR, TE, K and Defenses all added together.


With the Fantasy Index Experts Poll, the wide receiver position played out almost the same as the tight ends yesterday. Alan Satterlee of the Charlotte Observer was the winner, while Bob Henry of Football Guys came out on the top in the alternative scoring method.
With tight ends, Satterlee had a handful of picks that stood out. That wasn’t so much the case here, where it appears he picked up some value here and there. He ranked Mike Evans 5th, which helped him along (Evans was about 4 spots lower on most boards). He also helped himself by being among the highest on T.Y. Hilton (10th) and JuJu Smith-Schuster (13th).
Whatever the reasons, after all 20 picks of all 20 experts were scored, Satterlee finished in the No. 1 spot, with 55,481 points. Three others also made it over the 55,000-point mark (less than 1 percent behind): Henry, Lenny Pappano (Draft Sharks) and Michael Nease (Big Guy Fantasy Sports).

EXPERTS POLL, WR (standard scoring)
Analyst	Points
Alan Satterlee	55,481
Bob Henry	55,413
Lenny Pappano	55,142
Michael Nease	55,034
Sam Hendricks	54,742
Scott Pianowski	54,526
Cory Bonini	54,398
Paul Charchian	54,205
Jeff Ratcliffe	54,174
Patrick Chance	54,030
Harold Simons	53,813
Michael Nazarek	53,737
Mike Clay	53,655
Jesse Pantuosco	53,653
Jody Smith	53,524
David Dorey	53,458
Justin Eleff	53,319
Chris Liss	53,300
Tony Holm	53,276
Aaron Bland	53,241

If we use the scoring system that establishes a floor beneath picks (reducing the impact of injuries and benchings) than Henry takes top honors, with the top 4 spots going to the same four analysts.
For this scoring system, I set the floor at 25 wide receivers. In a 12-team league with everyone starting two wide receivers, that would be 24 starting wide receivers. I assumed that those who missed on picks would be able to get production on par with the best backup receivers, using trades and free-agent pickups – guys tend to emerge throughout the season. Emmanuel Sanders ranked 25th in scoring at this position, with 127.5 points, so that was deemed to be the floor – so credit was only given to production beyond that point.

EXPERTS POLL, WR (VBD scoring)
Analyst	Points
Bob Henry	17,362
Michael Nease	17,261
Alan Satterlee	17,253
Lenny Pappano	17,016
Cory Bonini	16,774
Paul Charchian	16,652
Scott Pianowski	16,598
Sam Hendricks	16,580
Harold Simons	16,491
Jeff Ratcliffe	16,410
Patrick Chance	16,282
Mike Clay	16,249
Chris Liss	16,160
Jesse Pantuosco	16,057
Jody Smith	15,948
Michael Nazarek	15,948
David Dorey	15,916
Tony Holm	15,781
Justin Eleff	15,728
Aaron Bland	15,686

With two positions left to grade, Satterlee is the overall leader. Scott Pianowski and Pappano are about 1,000 points back, but somebody from further back could still make a run – the QB and RB positions tend to be the most important.

EXPERTS POLL, OVERALL (standard scoring)
Analyst	Def	PK	TE	WR	Points
Alan Satterlee	15	12	1	1	150,605
Scott Pianowski	10	1	8	6	149,543
Lenny Pappano	5	19	2	3	149,501
Bob Henry	14	15	4	2	149,226
Michael Nazarek	11	2	3	12	149,172
Sam Hendricks	17	10	6	5	148,474
Jesse Pantuosco	8	3	10	14	148,258
Paul Charchian	1	4	15	8	148,087
Chris Liss	3	11	5	18	148,060
Patrick Chance	6	9	11	10	147,927
Michael Nease	16	18	9	4	147,881
David Dorey	12	16	7	16	147,101
Harold Simons	4	5	17	11	146,902
Cory Bonini	9	8	20	7	146,134
Justin Eleff	2	14	14	17	146,107
Jeff Ratcliffe	7	13	18	9	146,090
Jody Smith	13	7	19	15	145,512
Tony Holm	18	17	13	19	144,895
Mike Clay	20	6	16	13	144,805
Aaron Bland	19	20	12	20	144,306

Grading picks of experts, of course, is a subjective exercise. You can score them a lot of different ways, with different guys potentially “winning”. If we instead use the VBD scoring method, Henry is the current leader, with Nease and Pappano close behind.

EXPERTS POLL, OVERALL (VBD scoring)
Analyst	Def	PK	TE	WR	Points
Bob Henry	15	16	1	1	28,692
Michael Nease	9	12	4	2	28,534
Lenny Pappano	11	11	3	4	28,374
Alan Satterlee	18	13	2	3	28,168
Scott Pianowski	3	6	11	7	28,081
David Dorey	1	9	6	17	27,563
Paul Charchian	2	2	16	6	27,543
Sam Hendricks	17	4	9	8	27,464
Michael Nazarek	13	3	5	16	27,442
Chris Liss	5	10	12	13	27,424
Patrick Chance	7	18	8	11	27,377
Jesse Pantuosco	12	8	10	14	27,247
Cory Bonini	4	1	20	5	26,838
Harold Simons	8	7	19	9	26,669
Jeff Ratcliffe	14	19	17	10	26,479
Aaron Bland	19	5	7	20	26,270
Jody Smith	16	14	13	15	26,137
Tony Holm	6	15	14	18	26,071
Justin Eleff	10	17	15	19	25,923
Mike Clay	20	20	18	12	25,355