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January 22, 2016

Fantasy Index Open

Carpenter builds a well-rounded champion

A carpenter from New Jersey is the winner in our Fantasy Index Open competition. Frank Rotella from Sewell, N.J. He was able to make enough good picks to emerge as the best of the 192 entries we received before the start of the first full week of preseason games.

Rotella finished in the top 20 in only one category. He was 6th at quarterbacks. He didn’t bomb in any of them. He was just outside the top 10 percent at running backs (21st), 57th at kickers, 60th at tight ends, 83rd at wide receivers and 79th at defenses and special teams.

His strong finish at quarterback was enough to edge him ahead of Jason Howell, a regional manager from Oakland, Calif. Howell had finished 2nd at running backs, along with 7th at kicker and 20th at wider receiver, but finished down at 70th at the quarterback position.

Both Rotella and Howe earn spots in the Experts Poll that will be featured in the pages of the 2016 edition of Fantasy Football Index magazine, where they will compete against 18 industry analysts.

Rotella wins a gigantic trophy from the folks at Affordable Trophies (the company that’s been partnering with us on this competition over the last four years.

The overall top 20 includes a dispatcher, a fingerprint examiner, a rabbi and an execustive recruiter.

FANTASY INDEX OPEN, Overall (top 20)
Name	Hometown	Occupation	Overall
Frank Rotella	Sewell, N.J.	Carpenter	281,382
Jason Howe	Oakland, Calif.	Regional Manager	281,273
Pete Collins	Orland Park, Ill.	Product Architect	280,328
Matt Weight	Minneapolis, Minn.	Football Enthusiast	280,052
Michael O'Brien	Brighton, Colo.	Fingerprint Examiner	279,848
Scott Anderson	Lakewood, Colo.	Account Executive	279,777
Moishe Steigmann	Milwaukee, Wis.	Rabbi	279,360
Mark Stoecker	Dallas, Tex.	Attorney	279,243
Zach Leavitt	Highlands Ranch, Colo.	Accountant	279,199
Gary Allen	Charleston, S.C.	Engineer	279,031
Johnny Bazzano	Santa Rosa, Calif.	Dispatcher	278,938
Daniel MacDonald	Torrance, Calif.	Transportation Manager	278,930
Jim Coventry	Chicago, Ill.	Writer	278,811
Michael Kolton	Green Bay, Wis.	Teacher	278,752
Greg Resin	Hermosa Beach, Calif.	Executive Recruiter	278,738
John Ruppe	Fort Myers, Fla.	Business Owner	278,723
Steve Moyer	Oakland, Calif.	Investment realtor	278,662
Daniel Bowman	Liberty, Mo.	Federal Employee	278,565
Ben MacLeod	Manchester, N.H.	Academic Advisor	278,535
Andrew Leahy	Audubon, N.J.	Sales Director	278,348

Here are the final standings, in alphabetical order by first name, with rank at each position (out of 192 entries), total points, and place (out of 192).

FANTASY INDEX OPEN, Final Standings (alphabetical)
Name	QB	RB	WR	TE	PK	ST	Overall	Place
Adam Bergeron	17	162	40	51	126	166	276,173	57
Adam Locke	185	114	68	103	113	100	270,369	167
Adam Sheets	143	124	17	122	27	94	275,954	63
Adam Taylor	3	182	189	28	81	21	275,378	77
Andrew Leahy	99	10	56	41	130	6	278,348	20
Andy Richardson	37	44	184	1	143	95	276,145	58
Ben MacLeod	27	85	33	153	41	11	278,535	19
Bill D'Allesandro	47	112	78	110	174	33	274,098	106
Bill Mason	107	179	44	168	166	5	271,919	145
Billy Friedrich	22	175	21	31	88	140	277,619	32
Bob Adelman	190	151	52	119	108	10	269,101	178
Bob Tecca	155	147	125	173	66	102	270,775	159
Brad Freeman	88	23	5	164	86	179	277,076	41
Brad Henderson	150	33	142	77	123	61	273,523	119
Brent Miles	75	108	54	38	36	148	277,031	43
Brenton Roberts	59	165	131	133	15	73	274,523	96
Brett Watts	63	16	77	48	182	3	276,728	46
Brian Sauber	154	115	172	80	170	46	269,934	170
Bruce Alwine	141	138	124	74	191	137	269,128	176
Charles Raifman	172	38	88	30	34	160	274,962	89
Chris Durham	152	1	120	65	145	139	276,580	50
Chris Henkle	175	66	105	59	25	117	274,050	107
Chris Hertzberg	29	120	37	93	138	176	275,108	83
Chris Weber	54	40	109	67	33	96	277,532	35
Chris Whitney	128	149	53	171	74	142	272,302	141
Chris Winder	25	14	190	176	67	43	273,269	123
Cliff Shannon	102	19	119	37	164	84	274,991	88
Cory Bonini	7	72	111	102	118	30	277,992	27
Craig Leedy	64	56	110	43	51	56	277,353	39
Curt Goldgrabe	158	96	36	132	184	104	271,604	151
Dale Gander	44	110	49	124	59	169	275,850	66
Dana Duffield	120	79	57	9	140	72	276,057	60
Daniel Bowman	39	65	11	131	68	123	278,565	18
Daniel MacDonald	5	8	108	166	95	134	278,930	12
Dave Cohen	134	26	29	114	135	141	275,278	80
Dave Pizzica	189	77	2	5	104	68	275,822	68
Dave Wilde	32	132	35	141	12	55	277,822	29
David Bouchard	61	61	159	170	106	151	272,349	140
Dennis Lyons	67	22	143	24	23	60	278,126	23
Derek Irelan	48	118	75	181	82	99	273,606	115
Don Pavelka	162	70	82	162	159	47	271,369	153
Doug Brown	140	48	62	76	37	78	276,217	55
Doug Pacey	80	160	117	128	93	128	272,760	133
Drew Englebright	35	27	74	42	56	172	278,177	22
Duke Davis	173	101	164	154	17	153	270,640	162
Ed Burke	148	130	188	49	152	48	269,123	177
Ed Weiss	117	71	25	151	60	131	275,736	69
Eric Goetz	98	144	134	85	3	38	275,716	70
Eric Gustitus	84	172	27	182	92	18	273,600	116
Eric Scolnick	82	163	177	152	79	150	270,377	166
Fabrizio Danova	89	169	87	121	132	86	272,477	136
Frank Rotella	6	21	83	60	57	79	281,382	1
Frank Shinnick	129	91	161	15	29	145	274,822	93
Gary Allen	130	102	7	32	75	17	279,031	10
Geoff Greggs	71	154	141	106	84	19	273,776	112
Glen Williams	165	187	127	19	28	25	273,004	129
Greg Heminway	177	54	150	62	112	80	271,792	148
Greg Resin	85	31	97	8	26	116	278,738	15
Henry Goers	113	32	98	79	185	184	271,880	146
Henry Gong	121	20	92	150	125	189	272,421	138
Ian Allan	133	116	64	69	97	138	273,901	110
Ian MacEwen	24	141	149	57	39	126	275,959	62
J.Brack Varnon	163	128	13	29	47	27	276,753	45
Jacques Dugger	49	145	171	175	163	24	270,480	164
James Wimmers	167	42	80	34	64	53	275,576	73
Jamie Alberts	78	121	102	105	16	41	275,843	67
Jared Ross	191	59	160	27	115	35	268,830	180
Jason Howe	70	2	20	135	7	52	281,273	2
Jason Howes	81	28	81	54	48	130	277,467	37
Jason Pilon	157	46	61	143	167	9	273,297	120
Jay Harding	137	129	16	11	65	32	277,803	30
Jeff Alberts	142	148	174	167	173	120	267,490	185
Jeff Fossett	68	183	173	187	142	57	267,944	183
Jeff Friedrich	11	94	107	179	63	122	275,615	72
Jeff Noordhoff	164	104	42	90	72	63	274,371	99
Jeff Ross	122	150	45	149	154	146	271,649	150
Jeffery Lebeouf	105	136	26	144	136	175	273,003	130
Jeremy Schwartz	100	58	94	26	146	54	275,569	74
Jesse McGuigan	19	24	69	158	177	75	275,439	76
Jim Coventry	55	87	91	4	53	114	278,811	13
Jim Kangas	132	135	166	66	40	144	272,459	137
Jim Kovac	69	181	114	22	119	2	275,082	85
John Broadbent	1	5	192	161	190	4	273,534	118
John D. Smith	56	12	4	101	121	190	278,290	21
John Dent	110	133	72	71	105	76	274,241	103
John Duggins	187	60	99	23	13	67	273,291	121
John Lapertosa	101	146	43	13	71	107	276,579	51
John Moore	94	122	70	73	155	1	274,758	94
John Ruppe	15	98	73	63	19	143	278,723	16
John Smulowitz	20	153	181	186	144	177	268,452	182
John Stolzmann	114	106	15	55	50	180	276,491	52
Johnny Bazzano	10	119	85	95	43	14	278,938	11
Johnny Pullen	188	157	183	192	96	170	259,998	192
Jon Hansen	124	7	186	89	131	59	272,737	134
Jon Rodningen	41	191	151	112	150	39	270,921	157
Jonathan Mora	127	83	156	140	122	155	271,353	154
Joseph Michelangelo	8	176	140	21	120	110	276,195	56
Keen Johnson	90	37	39	17	89	132	278,038	26
Ken Norman	87	81	101	165	127	62	273,271	122
Ken Valis	16	164	158	6	85	178	275,179	81
Kenneth Jones	65	78	47	18	114	23	278,112	24
Kenneth Yuen	4	41	121	184	181	8	276,076	59
Kevin Cuozzo	115	171	162	82	169	89	269,902	171
Kevin E. Smith	111	105	24	72	180	15	275,017	87
Kevin Hall	21	109	132	115	165	156	273,732	113
Kyle Soppe	72	143	12	156	176	157	273,054	128
Larry Weinhauer	42	159	145	36	35	77	275,697	71
Mark Burns	73	89	106	136	175	85	272,667	135
Mark Kundrotas	23	125	14	94	187	51	275,979	61
Mark Stoecker	12	107	22	159	11	113	279,243	8
Matt Weight	38	18	133	45	1	64	280,052	4
Michael DeSario	104	34	153	14	111	173	274,731	95
Michael Kolton	86	131	32	40	4	50	278,752	14
Michael Livengood	106	158	89	145	30	31	274,212	105
Michael McAninch	170	3	79	130	87	13	275,948	64
Michael McIlraith	79	97	115	58	110	159	274,274	102
Michael O'Brien	74	49	19	61	45	12	279,848	5
Michael Stoltz	161	90	175	139	172	191	266,757	187
Miguel Tames	14	17	136	155	21	109	277,911	28
Mike Balliet	131	127	48	88	148	101	273,223	124
Mike Clay	153	45	65	70	129	158	273,730	114
Mike Craig	116	84	58	120	49	121	275,352	78
Mike Knorowski	62	99	155	25	134	118	274,342	100
Mike Kovacev	96	126	67	134	98	127	273,577	117
Mike McIlraith	180	190	59	129	62	133	269,270	174
Mike Nease	146	111	93	53	147	66	273,184	127
Mike Rickel	9	100	130	137	192	111	272,891	132
Mike Taylor	149	67	66	47	77	91	275,338	79
Mike Wells	91	69	148	127	160	185	271,147	156
Moishe Steigmann	52	43	55	39	10	105	279,360	7
Nathan Kline	30	178	104	50	116	149	274,216	104
Nathan Priest	66	167	63	157	55	129	273,782	111
Nathan Roberts	147	189	182	190	90	182	264,195	190
Nathan Zanon	36	64	9	35	179	69	278,059	25
Nick Petrevski	43	80	165	138	18	81	275,171	82
Norm Shirk	179	188	84	183	6	74	269,358	173
Owen Kennedy	144	11	152	52	31	37	276,391	53
Paul McCann	183	186	31	160	162	83	267,779	184
Paul Owers	51	4	129	126	107	171	276,222	54
Paul Staas	40	142	28	12	153	164	276,639	49
Pete Collins	151	13	34	2	8	112	280,328	3
Pete Owers	166	30	51	108	78	188	273,207	125
Pete Richmond	126	139	178	44	42	162	272,064	143
Peter Johnson	50	36	169	163	161	174	271,298	155
Rich Mays	186	35	95	188	117	49	268,504	181
Richard Fechter	26	161	23	81	99	29	277,535	34
Richard Jackson	45	25	146	104	91	98	275,895	65
Richard Loppnow	118	63	46	98	24	82	276,864	44
Richard Meadors	31	93	103	172	171	192	269,642	172
Richard Meyers	108	9	180	68	189	168	270,776	158
Rob Dammers	53	6	76	169	38	88	277,773	31
Robert Milelli	93	155	50	177	156	34	271,692	149
Rocky Petrella	125	53	139	87	20	44	275,507	75
Rudy Flores	184	180	191	189	157	152	260,351	191
Rustin Paul	77	192	8	92	188	186	269,935	169
Rusty Stephens	57	82	138	178	137	65	272,285	142
Sam Wood	135	88	116	116	83	187	271,863	147
Scott Anderson	2	52	113	83	52	183	279,777	6
Scott Kopischke	145	117	38	64	102	103	274,457	97
Scott Liles	46	62	100	123	9	92	277,317	40
Scott Sachs	123	177	144	174	14	7	272,391	139
Seamus McGuigan	156	113	90	16	103	90	274,332	101
Sean Chi	97	55	128	118	109	125	273,909	109
Sebastian Falsone	13	57	41	185	44	165	276,683	47
Sergio Garcia	103	156	137	117	73	28	273,190	126
Shane Scott	159	137	126	99	94	70	272,012	144
Stephen McKenzie	174	15	135	180	183	58	269,230	175
Steve Blenker	139	47	10	142	58	22	277,381	38
Steve Clark	181	184	122	113	178	71	266,702	188
Steve Horne	138	185	163	147	133	26	268,923	179
Steve Hoyt	92	168	170	191	2	163	269,961	168
Steve Math	112	170	168	97	46	161	271,420	152
Steve Moyer	34	50	60	20	76	154	278,662	17
Steve Tortora	178	103	176	7	128	135	270,696	161
Steven Alessandrini	58	134	18	109	124	16	276,645	48
Thomas Alexander	192	173	123	148	141	87	264,559	189
Tim Smith	95	86	147	46	70	97	275,022	86
Tim Wandling	168	51	96	86	32	36	274,844	91
Todd Voorhees	176	92	179	146	22	42	270,513	163
Tom Deskovitz	160	39	71	78	168	93	272,951	131
Tom Morande	33	140	30	84	80	124	277,070	42
Tommy Libretti	119	29	157	10	5	108	277,521	36
Tony Holm	182	74	1	107	158	136	274,450	98
Tony Zeller	76	75	112	125	69	147	274,825	92
Travis Perry	169	174	185	33	100	181	267,439	186
Trevor Ross	83	95	118	56	151	106	273,963	108
Trey Quinn	60	76	187	96	186	45	270,466	165
Victor Kitzes	109	166	167	111	149	20	270,733	160
Will Carpenter	18	152	86	100	139	119	274,850	90
William Rehor	28	123	154	91	61	115	275,104	84
Zach Leavitt	171	73	3	3	101	40	279,199	9
Zach Nizolek	136	68	6	75	54	167	277,539	33

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