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Who do you want to believe? We asked some of the best in the industry to give us their top picks in our Experts Contest – here’s how it played out in Week One.

AJ Mass from ESPN took the early lead in the 2009 Experts Contest. He correctly put Fred Jackson among the top-5 running backs and predicted top-5 performances from the defenses of the New York Giants and the Tennessee Titans.

Jay Clemons from Sports Illustrated finished second for the week and he was one of the only experts to call for a top-5 week from Matt Hasselbeck.

Nearly every expert had Adrian Peterson among the top-5 at running back and Drew Brees and Tom Brady in the top quarterback category.

Jared Smola from Draft Sharks and Michael Jones of Football Diehards are tied for third. The trio tied for fifth consisted of Eric Karabell of ESPN, Jeff Boggis from Fantasy Sports Empires and Tony Holm from Fantasy Sharks.

THE TOP 15:

1. AJ Mass, ESPN

2. Jay Clemons, Sports Illustrated

T3. Jared Smola, Draft Sharks; Michael Jones, Football Diehards

T5. Eric Karabell, ESPN; Jeff Boggis, Fantasy Sports Empires; Tony Holm, Fantasy Sharks

T8. Pete Davidson, Fantasy Phenoms; Matt Schauf, RapidDraft; Mike Gilbert, RotoExperts; Paul Bourdett, Roto Experts

T12. Adam Conn, 411fantasy.com; Tristan Cockcroft, ESPN; Brad Evans, Yahoo

T15. Jeff Thitoff, 411fantasy.com; Ginny Loveless, Football Diehards; Steve Sheiner, FanBall

Check back each week for the weekly and season-to-date standings.