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Cory Bonini comes out on top -- again

Cory Bonini of USA Today Fantasy Sports becomes the first double dipper in this year’s Experts Poll. He won the defense category earlier, and he’s back on top in the all-important running backs category.

Bonini finished with almost 1,000 more points than Tony Holm of Fantasy Sharks (who was also 2nd behind Bonini in defenses).

Another Sharks writer, Mike Nease, finished 3rd in this category.

This was a position littered with injuries and underachievers, of course. Bonini’s best decision was the calculated gamble to leave Arian Foster off his list entirely. Most of the others put Foster in their top 10. Foster missed most of the year, and that one paid off handsomely.

Bonini also created some value by being higher than most on Lamar Miller and Jeremy Hill, while being lower than most on LeVeon Bell and DeMarco Murray. He went with Adrian Peterson as his No. 1 back over guys like Eddie Lacy and Jamaal Charles, which also helped.

EXPERTS POLL (running backs)
RkAnalystPoints
1.Cory Bonini41,276
2.Tony Holm40,308
3.Mike Nease40,140
4.Alan Satterlee39,977
5.Lenny Pappano39,641
6.David Dorey39,620
7.Jay Harding39,374
8.L.A. Hale39,331
9.Bryan Hough39,315
10.Scott Pianowski39,290
11.Bob Henry39,178
12.Sam Hendricks38,704
13.Todd Voorhees38,684
14.Mike Clay38,525
15.Chris Liss38,286
16.Pete Owers37,963
17.Michael Nazarek37,927
18.Micah James37,850
19.Scott Sachs37,455
20.Paul Charchian37,012

On the overall board, L.A. Hale remains at the top of the heap with one position left to score (quarterbacks). Chris Liss, Jay Harding and Alan Satterlee aren’t far behind.

EXPERTS POLL, overall
Rk analystRBWRTEPKDefPoints
1.L.A. Hale8331316181,119
2.Chris Liss15611110180,030
3.Jay Harding71511212179,750
4.Alan Satterlee42151511179,550
5.Sam Hendricks127696179,450
6.Lenny Pappano5105177179,176
7.Scott Pianowski1014759179,165
8.Bob Henry11812103178,896
9.Bryan Hough9416414178,788
10.Cory Bonini11818161178,786
11.Paul Charchian2092114178,314
12.Michael Nazarek17114813178,231
13.David Dorey6179319178,047
14.Tony Holm2517202177,595
15.Mike Nease31213195177,428
16.Mike Clay141381415177,171
17.Pete Owers161610718176,657
18.Micah James18120188175,652
19.Todd Voorhees131914217175,501
20.Scott Sachs192019620171,174

—Ian Allan

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