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September 22, 2021

Bruce Almighty! Boegel slices through Blackout field in Week 2

Bruce Boegel of Cottage Grove, Minn. defeated all comers and walked away with a $25 Fantasy Index gift certificate, thanks to his king-of-the-mountain score (273.2 points) in Week 2 of the Fantasy Index Blackout competition.

His Week 2 lineup included five maximum-points players (Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, Aaron Jones, T.J. Hockenson and the Tampa Bay defense/special teams). Diontae Johnson was a home run; he appeared in just 1.3 percent of Blackout lineups.

We will begin accepting Week 3 entries tonight.

Week 1 winning score
Bruce Boegel - Cottage Grove, Minn. - "Bruce B."
Pos	Name	Team	Score
QB	Lamar Jackson	BAL	38.65
QB	Russell Wilson	SEA	26.75
RB	Aaron Jones	GB	41.50
RB	Derrick Henry	TEN	47.70
WR	Stefon Diggs	BUF	16.00
WR	Keenan Allen	LAC	14.80
WR	Diontae Johnson	PIT	19.50
TE	T.J. Hockenson	DET	20.60
TE	Mark Andrews	BAL	10.70
PK	Justin Tucker	BAL	6.00
PK	Harrison Butker	KC	5.00
ST	L.A. Rams	LAR	7.00
ST	Tampa Bay	TB	19.00
	Total		273.20

Week 2 perfect score
Pos	Player	Team	Score
QB	Kyler Murray	ARI	41.10
QB	Lamar Jackson	BAL	38.65
RB	Derrick Henry	TEN	47.70
RB	Aaron Jones	GB	41.50
WR	Cooper Kupp	LAR	36.80
WR	Tyler Lockett	SEA	31.80
WR	Terry McLaurin	WAS	27.70
TE	~~Travis Kelce~~	KC	~~23.90~~
TE	T.J. Hockenson	DET	20.60
TE	~~Rob Gronkowski~~	TB	~~19.90~~
TE	Robert Tonyan	GB	14.20
PK	Graham Gano	NYG	17.00
PK	Randy Bullock	TEN	15.00
ST	Tampa Bay	TB	19.00
ST	Chicago	CHI	18.00
	Total		369.05

A familiar name appears atop the season-long standings after Week 2. David Wilde won the Fantasy Index Blackout competition in 2018, and he won the Fantasy Index Open rankings accuracy competition in 2019. Will somebody step up and stop this guy?

Top 25 overall after the Week 2 games
Rk	Last	Score	Team Name	Player Name	Hometown
1.	4	480.0	SHADOW DAD	David Wilde	Mukwonago, WI
2.	46	444.1	It Ertz when I Lose	Kenneth Yuen	Arlington Heights, IL
3.	7	443.8	Roughriders	Mike Erickson	Bluffdale, UT
4.	42	437.5	Andy N.	Andy Noll	Oakdale, MN
5.	33	432.9	Dantes inferno	Pasquale DiJulio	Philadelphia
6.	-	431.9	Jerusalem Juggernauts	Mike Craig	Kokomo, IN
7.	-	431.7	Trunk Monkey	Gary Allen	Hanahan, SC
8.	16	430.9	GREGH987	Greg Heminway	Cameron Park, CA
9.	-	430.6	Wild Turkey	John Macho	Elko New Market, MN
10.	31	428.0	Paul O.	Paul Olson	Brooklyn, NY
11.	-	427.2	Ed and Roberta	Ed Taylor	Wenatchee, WA
12.	22	427.0	PDXHawkFan	Eric Liljenberg	-
13.	-	426.4	Tom C.	Tom Covelle	Wakefield, MA
14.	-	425.3	stevemealone	Steve Robbins	Moorestown, NJ
15.	-	424.2	Flash	Cody Hager	Portland, OR
16.	13	424.2	PC Principal	Stephen Hicks	Holden Beach, NC
17.	-	423.3	JK Too	John Kunka	Orland Park, IL
18.	-	422.8	Bruce b.	Bruce Boegel	Cottage Grove, MN
19.	-	422.7	Osprey	Dennis Burke	Mesa, AZ
20.	-	422.0	Mike T.	Mike Taylor	Meridian, ID
21.	8	421.5	Texan Eddie	Edward Pena	Houston, TX
22.	-	421.4	FIUSER0824	Victor Kitzes	Black Diamond, WA
23.	-	421.1	Jerry M	Austin Metzger	Rochester, NY
24.	-	420.1	2murf1	Murphy Delaune	The Woodlands, TX
25.	49	419.4	Fantasy Index (official picks)	Fantasy Index	Seattle, WA

Weekly scoring leaders, 2021 season
Week	Name	Hometown	Team	Points	Perfect score	Pct Perfect
2	Bruce Boegel	Cottage Grove, Minn.	Bruce B.	273.20	369.05	74.0%
1	Mark Becker	Los Angeles	Mark B.	228.40	326.10	70.0%

In retrospect it seems as if Derrick Henry is an obvious must-start, but he appeared in only 12.9 percent of Blackout lineups this week.

Percentage of Week 2 lineups that included the player
Pct	Score	Name	Pos	Team
48.6%	14.80	Keenan Allen	WR	LAC
48.0%	20.60	T.J. Hockenson	TE	DET
47.7%	41.10	Kyler Murray	QB	ARI
46.4%	7.00	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO
43.0%	41.50	Aaron Jones	RB	GB
41.7%	16.00	Stefon Diggs	WR	BUF
38.2%	10.70	Mark Andrews	TE	BAL
37.6%	12.00	New England	ST	NE
36.7%	5.00	Denver	ST	DEN
36.1%	5.00	Harrison Butker	PK	KC
31.7%	29.35	Aaron Rodgers	QB	GB
29.8%	19.00	Tampa Bay	ST	TB
28.2%	26.75	Russell Wilson	QB	SEA
24.8%	4.00	Washington	ST	WAS
21.9%	5.00	Tyler Bass	PK	BUF
21.9%	6.00	Justin Tucker	PK	BAL
20.7%	11.00	Brandon McManus	PK	DEN
20.7%	13.30	Noah Fant	TE	DEN
19.8%	22.10	Justin Herbert	QB	LAC
18.8%	17.40	CeeDee Lamb	WR	DAL
15.7%	1.80	Tyler Higbee	TE	LAR
15.7%	20.45	Josh Allen	QB	BUF
15.7%	19.10	Najee Harris	RB	PIT
15.1%	5.40	Amari Cooper	WR	DAL
15.1%	11.85	Dak Prescott	QB	DAL
14.1%	22.50	Austin Ekeler	RB	LAC
13.5%	10.00	Matt Prater	PK	ARI
12.9%	47.70	Derrick Henry	RB	TEN
12.9%	14.20	Robert Tonyan	TE	GB
11.6%	9.00	Matt Gay	PK	LAR
11.3%	2.00	Pittsburgh	ST	PIT
11.0%	7.00	L.A. Rams	ST	LAR
10.7%	36.80	Cooper Kupp	WR	LAR
10.7%	18.50	Justin Jefferson	WR	MIN
10.7%	9.50	Logan Thomas	TE	WAS
10.0%	12.30	Kyle Pitts	TE	ATL
8.8%	5.00	Mason Crosby	PK	GB
8.8%	15.10	Chris Carson	RB	SEA
8.5%	17.70	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	DAL
8.2%	10.90	David Montgomery	RB	CHI
8.2%	31.80	Tyler Lockett	WR	SEA
7.8%	2.70	Antonio Brown	WR	TB
7.8%	8.10	Joe Mixon	RB	CIN
7.5%	7.00	Chase McLaughlin	PK	CLE
7.2%	1.00	Arizona	ST	ARI
7.2%	22.00	Matthew Stafford	QB	LAR
7.2%	19.30	Calvin Ridley	WR	ATL
7.2%	8.00	Greg Zuerlein	PK	DAL
6.6%	16.20	Chris Godwin	WR	TB
6.6%	6.00	Jason Myers	PK	SEA
6.3%	5.80	Jared Cook	TE	LAC
6.3%	4.00	New Orleans	ST	NO
6.3%	5.00	Robbie Gould	PK	SF
6.0%	23.70	Jalen Hurts	QB	PHI
6.0%	4.40	Dallas Goedert	TE	PHI
5.6%	24.50	Mike Evans	WR	TB
5.3%	38.65	Lamar Jackson	QB	BAL
4.4%	7.30	A.J. Brown	WR	TEN
4.4%	12.00	Robert Woods	WR	LAR
4.1%	12.00	Buffalo	ST	BUF
3.8%	6.30	Jonathan Taylor	RB	IND
3.8%	3.30	Juwan Johnson	TE	NO
3.5%	10.40	Allen Robinson	WR	CHI
3.5%	9.30	Antonio Gibson	RB	WAS
3.1%	21.65	Baker Mayfield	QB	CLE
3.1%	11.00	Kansas City	ST	KC
3.1%	2.80	Marquez Callaway	WR	NO
3.1%	5.00	Chris Boswell	PK	PIT
3.1%	22.10	Mike Williams	WR	LAC
2.8%	13.00	Nick Folk	PK	NE
2.8%	13.40	JaMarr Chase	WR	CIN
2.8%	15.90	Adam Thielen	WR	MIN
2.8%	7.10	Mike Gesicki	TE	MIA
2.8%	1.30	Gerald Everett	TE	SEA
2.8%	5.00	Seattle	ST	SEA
2.5%	16.10	Deebo Samuel	WR	SF
2.5%	8.90	Melvin Gordon	RB	DEN
2.2%	2.00	San Francisco	ST	SF
2.2%	0.00	Jason Sanders	PK	MIA
2.2%	1.00	Cole Kmet	TE	CHI
2.2%	13.40	Damien Harris	RB	NE
1.9%	18.75	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	PIT
1.9%	13.45	Jameis Winston	QB	NO
1.9%	9.00	Tristan Vizcaino	PK	LAC
1.9%	1.90	Jarvis Landry	WR	CLE
1.9%	6.30	Kareem Hunt	RB	CLE
1.9%	5.00	Younghoe Koo	PK	ATL
1.9%	27.70	Terry McLaurin	WR	WAS
1.9%	12.00	Dustin Hopkins	PK	WAS
1.6%	21.90	DJ Moore	WR	CAR
1.6%	18.00	Chicago	ST	CHI
1.3%	10.00	Rodrigo Blankenship	PK	IND
1.3%	1.00	Aldrick Rosas	PK	NO
1.3%	14.00	Daniel Carlson	PK	LV
1.3%	6.80	Jonnu Smith	TE	NE
1.3%	8.40	Javonte Williams	RB	DEN
1.3%	19.50	Diontae Johnson	WR	PIT
1.3%	24.90	Courtland Sutton	WR	DEN
1.3%	9.70	Chase Claypool	WR	PIT
1.3%	22.80	Brandin Cooks	WR	HOU
1.3%	7.80	Jakobi Meyers	WR	NE
0.9%	11.60	Leonard Fournette	RB	TB
0.9%	3.00	Jake Elliott	PK	PHI
0.9%	8.00	Cairo Santos	PK	CHI
0.9%	3.60	DeVonta Smith	WR	PHI
0.9%	23.30	Marquise Brown	WR	BAL
0.6%	1.50	KJ Hamler	WR	DEN
0.6%	4.00	Baltimore	ST	BAL
0.6%	6.20	Hunter Henry	TE	NE
0.6%	11.80	D'Andre Swift	RB	DET
0.6%	11.00	Indianapolis	ST	IND
0.6%	7.60	Cole Beasley	WR	BUF
0.6%	20.05	Ryan Tannehill	QB	TEN
0.6%	3.00	N.Y Giants	ST	NYG
0.6%	10.50	Mecole Hardman	WR	KC
0.6%	8.00	Carolina	ST	CAR
0.6%	4.60	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	KC
0.6%	5.00	Austin Seibert	PK	DET
0.6%	9.50	Christian Kirk	WR	ARI
0.6%	3.80	Dalton Schultz	TE	DAL
0.6%	5.00	Evan McPherson	PK	CIN
0.6%	12.50	Chase Edmonds	RB	ARI
0.6%	9.00	Austin Hooper	TE	CLE
0.6%	0.00	Philadelphia	ST	PHI
0.6%	15.00	Randy Bullock	PK	TEN
0.6%	7.30	Elijah Mitchell	RB	SF
0.6%	5.00	Cincinnati	ST	CIN
0.6%	1.00	Josh Lambo	PK	JAC
0.6%	16.40	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	PIT
0.3%	9.70	Dawson Knox	TE	BUF
0.3%	2.80	Corey Davis	WR	NYJ
0.3%	3.00	Detroit	ST	DET
0.3%	1.80	Tyler Kroft	TE	NYJ
0.3%	6.90	Miles Sanders	RB	PHI
0.3%	6.80	Kenny Golladay	WR	NYG
0.3%	17.20	Darrell Henderson	RB	LAR
0.3%	8.40	Sammy Watkins	WR	BAL
0.3%	2.40	C.J. Uzomah	TE	CIN
0.3%	3.50	Tyler Conklin	TE	MIN
0.3%	8.00	Zane Gonzalez	PK	CAR
0.3%	11.30	Ty'Son Williams	RB	BAL
0.3%	3.00	Tennessee	ST	TEN
0.3%	8.60	Myles Gaskin	RB	MIA
0.3%	25.30	Matt Ryan	QB	ATL
0.3%	3.00	N.Y. Jets	ST	NYJ
0.3%	18.00	Tee Higgins	WR	CIN
0.3%	24.50	Teddy Bridgewater	QB	DEN
0.3%	13.30	Mike Davis	RB	ATL
0.3%	4.00	L.A. Chargers	ST	LAC
0.3%	24.90	Jared Goff	QB	DET
0.3%	27.70	Kirk Cousins	QB	MIN
0.3%	1.70	Laviska Shenault	WR	JAC
0.3%	0.00	Will Dissly	TE	SEA
0.3%	18.35	Joe Burrow	QB	CIN
0.3%	1.60	Zach Ertz	TE	PHI
0.3%	5.00	Miami	ST	MIA
0.3%	6.70	Jamaal Williams	RB	DET

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