Greg Forgione of Springfield, Pa. and his team Fear the Walking Dez finished tops in the Fantasy Index Super League this week with 182 points. Greg managed to (mostly) avoid dogs n a week when a lot of highly-regarded players flopped. He leapt from 40th to 14th in the overall standings. We're sending Greg a $25 gift card as congratulations for his effort.
Robert Beckman of Mount Dora, Fla. finished third in scoring this week and vaulted from fourth to first place in the overall standings. The overall champion at the end of the year will win a Year 2016 Fantasy Index Super Fanatic newsletter package. More important, the winner will appear in next year's Fantasy Football Index magazine; he or she will have the choice of participating in the Mock Draft or Mock Auction printed int he magazine.
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Greg Forgione's winning lineup for Week 10: | ||||
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Fear the Walking Dez - Greg Forgione | Pts | . | Perfect Lineup | Pts |
Brady, Tom NEP QB | 24 | Cousins, Kirk WAS QB | 32 | |
Manning, Eli NYG QB | 27 | Roethlisberger, Ben PIT QB | 30 | |
Gurley, Todd STL RB | 14 | Langford, Jeremy CHI RB | 29 | |
Peterson, Adrian MIN RB | 27 | West, Charcandrick KCC RB | 27 | |
Beckham, Odell NYG WR | 16 | Brown, Antonio PIT WR | 25 | |
Brown, Antonio PIT WR | 25 | Bryant, Martavis PIT WR | 23 | |
Jeffery, Alshon CHI WR | 2 | Floyd, Michael ARI WR | 23 | |
Gronkowski, Rob NEP TE | 17 | Gronkowski, Rob NEP TE | 17 | |
Olsen, Greg CAR TE | 8 | Miller, Zach CHI TE | 22 | |
Brown, Josh NYG PK | 14 | Hopkins, Dustin WAS PK | 17 | |
Hauschka, Steven SEA PK | 8 | Santos, Cairo KCC PK | 17 | |
Total: | 182 | Total: | 262 |
Here are this week's highest scores: | ||||
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Rk | Score | Team Name | Owner | Hometown |
1. | 182 | Fear the Walking Dez | Greg Forgione | Springfield, Pa. |
2. | 175 | Deadbeats | Dallas Bothum | Thief River Falls, Minn. |
3. | 164 | Buck Xpress | Robert Buckman | Mount Dora, Fla. |
4. | 164 | Welcome to the Machine | Kevin Dallas | Covington, Ky. |
5. | 163 | RG3-Free | Brad Thaler | Springfield, Va. |
6. | 161 | Hawaii Magazines | Craig Apana | Ewa Beach, Hawaii |
7. | 159 | The Joker is Wild | Bruce Sadler | Lakeland, Fla. |
8. | 159 | Beats by Ray | Nathan Kline | Topton, Pa. |
9. | 156 | JAWS | Johnny Bazzano | Santa Rosa, Calif. |
10. | 156 | Liam Neeson, Being Eaten by Wolves | Bill Rehor | Culver City, Calif. |
Many of the most heavily-used players were big disappointments in Week 10. The percentage refers to the number of contestants who had that player in their lineup. Most contestants used Rob Gronkowski, Todd Gurley and Tom Brady, so they didn't necessarily gain ground by using those players. (But they avoided losing ground.)
Player | Use | Pts |
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Gronkowski, Rob NEP TE | 94% | 17 |
Gurley, Todd STL RB | 84% | 14 |
Brady, Tom NEP QB | 78% | 24 |
Rodgers, Aaron GBP QB | 67% | 24 |
Gostkowski, Stephen NEP PK | 57% | 9 |
Hopkins, DeAndre HOU WR | 54% | 11 |
McManus, Brandon DEN PK | 46% | 1 |
Green, A.J. CIN WR | 45% | 6 |
Williams, DeAngelo PIT RB | 40% | 6 |
Reed, Jordan WAS TE | 33% | 14 |
Robinson, Allen JAC WR | 33% | 11 |
Olsen, Greg CAR TE | 32% | 8 |
Thomas, Demaryius DEN WR | 32% | 7 |
Tucker, Justin BAL PK | 31% | 2 |
Cobb, Randall GBP WR | 29% | 4 |
Beckham, Odell NYG WR | 27% | 16 |
Eifert, Tyler CIN TE | 27% | 2 |
Crosby, Mason GBP PK | 20% | 4 |
Edelman, Julian NEP WR | 19% | 5 |
Peterson, Adrian MIN RB | 18% | 27 |
Here are all of this year's winners: | ||||||
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Wk | Pts | Team | Owner | Hometown | Perfect | Pct |
10 | 182 | Fear the Walking Dez | Greg Forgione | Springfield, Pa. | 262 | 69.5% |
9 | 209 | Klingons Around Uranus | Bud Stafford | El Dorado Hills, Calif. | 279 | 74.9% |
8 | 241 | Cuse Singleton | Peter Richmond | Alexandria, Va. | 276 | 87.3% |
7 | 186 | Fight Club | Ed Burke | Philadelphia | 265 | 70.2% |
6 | 189 | Child Please | Scott Anderson | Lakewood, Colo. | 262 | 72.1% |
5 | 168 | Amari 2600 | Tom Deskovitz | South Lyon, Mich. | 256 | 65.6% |
4 | 131 | Angry Smelt | Mike Todd | Neotsu, Ore. | 234 | 56.0% |
3 | 232 | Homestarmy | Jason Pilon | Columbia Heights, Minn. | 301 | 77.1% |
2 | 169 | Deadbeats | Dallas Bothum | Thief River Falls, Minn. | 275 | 61.5% |
1 | 187 | Nordic Norsemen | Robert Slocum | Ridgefield, Wash. | 254 | 73.6% |
And here are the top 25 teams after Week 10:
Rk | Last | Pts | Owner | Hometown | Team |
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1. | 4. | 1602 | Robert Buckman | Mount Dora, Fla. | Buck Xpress |
2. | 1. | 1598 | Dave Cohen | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Physically Unable to Perform |
3. | 2. | 1583 | Phil Scarcella | Palm Coast, Fla. | NoleSteelers |
4. | 5. | 1574 | Howard Davenport | Metairie, La. | Shock |
5. | 3. | 1571 | Barry St. Peter | Pittsfield, Mass. | STP's |
6. | 8. | 1566 | Peter Richmond | Alexandria, Va. | Cuse Singleton |
7. | 9. | 1560 | Bill Rehor | Culver City, Calif. | Liam Neeson, Being Eaten by Wolves |
8. | 6. | 1560 | Ed Weiss | Parsippany, N.J. | Chubbs Peterson |
9. | 10. | 1557 | Brad Thaler | Springfield, Va. | RG3-Free |
10. | 7. | 1554 | Rob Rinehart | Petaluma, Calif. | Rambone |
11. | 11. | 1544 | Scott Nicolino | Seattle | Sea Monkey Mafia |
12. | 16. | 1540 | Dennis Snyder | Modesto, Calif. | Bohica |
13. | 13. | 1539 | Dave Smith | Avon Park, Fla. | Memphis Mojo |
14. | 40. | 1534 | Greg Forgione | Springfield, Pa. | Fear the Walking Dez |
15. | 18. | 1531 | Jane Williams | Wooster, Ohio | Williams Winners |
16. | 14. | 1527 | Andy Richardson | Port Chester, N.Y. | Fantasy Index Andy Richardson |
17. | 15. | 1521 | Rick Stark | Manchester Center, Vt. | Stark's Stars |
18. | 21. | 1521 | Adam Massaro | Akron, N.Y. | East Ave White Harlem |
19. | 17. | 1521 | John Roberts | Kapolei, Hawaii | Honolulu Hawks |
20. | 48. | 1520 | Dallas Bothum | Thief River Falls, Minn. | Deadbeats |
21. | 22. | 1519 | Ian Allan | Seattle | Ian Allan (Fantasy Index) |
22. | 19. | 1518 | James Nienaber | Georgetown, Ohio | Smashmouth55 |
23. | 12. | 1517 | Rich Nadler | Aurora, Ill. | Chris Carter's Fall Guys |
24. | 34. | 1515 | Lyle Knutson | South St Paul, Minn. | Gators |
25. | 26. | 1515 | John Ruppe | Fort Myers, Fla. | JR's Rammers |