Fantasy Index Blackout

November 24, 2021

Florida man goes on rampage, beats hundreds

Rick Heidorn of Minneola, Fla. had the top-scoring entry among hundreds who played Fantasy Index Blackout in Week 11. We're sending a $25 Fantasy Index gift certificate to recognize the beatdown, which was led by maximum points players Jonathan Taylor, Aaron Rodgers, Justin Herbert, Justin Jefferson and the New England defense / special teams. Click through to see the winning lineup, the perfect lineup, the "wisdom of crowds" lineup, season-long standings, and the percentage of use for Week 11. We are now accepting entries for Week 12.

Enter this week. Sign into your account and click "Your Stuff" at the top of the page. When the subscriber area page draws on your screen, click the link that says "Fantasy Index Blackout 2021" and choose your best lineup for this week (PPR scoring). We try to make it more challenging by removing some of the players that everybody would pick.

Week 11 winning score
Rick Heidorn, Minneola, Fla. - "Cincinnati Buckeye"
(Maximum-points picks in bold)
Pos	Name	Team	Score
QB	Justin Herbert	LAC	40.10
QB	Aaron Rodgers	GB	37.35
RB	Jonathan Taylor	IND	53.40
RB	Dalvin Cook	MIN	22.50
WR	Justin Jefferson	MIN	37.20
WR	Stefon Diggs	BUF	18.30
WR	Deebo Samuel	SF	16.40
TE	Mark Andrews	BAL	15.30
TE	Hunter Henry	NE	4.50
PK	Justin Tucker	BAL	10.00
PK	Tyler Bass	BUF	1.00
ST	Buffalo	BUF	0.00
ST	New England	NE	18.00
	Total		274.05

Week 11 perfect score
(Blackouts in ~~strikethrough~~)
Pos	Name	Team	Score
QB	Justin Herbert	LAC	40.10
QB	Aaron Rodgers	GB	37.35
RB	Jonathan Taylor	IND	53.40
RB	Austin Ekeler	LAC	41.50
WR	Justin Jefferson	MIN	37.20
WR	~~Davante Adams~~	GB	~~30.50~~
WR	Elijah Moore	NYJ	29.60
WR	Darnell Mooney	CHI	23.10
WR	Diontae Johnson	PIT	23.10
TE	Zach Ertz	ARI	28.80
TE	~~Travis Kelce~~	KC	~~18.80~~
TE	~~Darren Waller~~	LV	~~18.60~~
TE	Adam Trautman	NO	16.80
PK	Jake Elliott	PHI	16.00
PK	Evan McPherson	CIN	14.00
ST	New England	NE	18.00
ST	Houston	HOU	12.00
ST	Philadelphia	PHI	12.00
	Total		367.85

Several commonly-chosen players were major disappointments -- none more than Ceedee Lamb. Justin Herbert was the only maximum-points player favore by the masses.

Week 11 Wisdom Of Crowds score
Pct	Position	Name	Team	Score
40.2%	QB	Justin Herbert	LAC	40.10
37.8%	QB	Joe Burrow	CIN	12.50
34.2%	RB	Nick Chubb	CLE	22.40
34.2%	RB	AJ Dillon	GB	15.70
51.6%	WR	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	4.40
43.5%	WR	Deebo Samuel	SF	16.40
40.7%	WR	Stefon Diggs	BUF	18.30
54.9%	TE	Mark Andrews	BAL	15.30
44.7%	TE	Mike Gesicki	MIA	10.00
48.4%	PK	Tyler Bass	BUF	1.00
28.9%	PK	Justin Tucker	BAL	10.00
44.3%	ST	Miami	MIA	4.00
34.6%	ST	Carolina	CAR	5.00
		Total		175.10

Ralph Cunningham stretched his lead in the season-long competition to 65.5 points. Several entrants from way outside the top 25 rocketed up the standings this week, so there's still time to make a run.

Top 25 overall after the Week 11 games
Rk	Last	Score	Team Name	Player Name	Hometown
1.	1.	2331.70	Ralph C.	Ralph Cunningham	Owasso, OK
2.	4.	2266.20	stevemealone	Steve Robbins	Moorestown, NJ
3.	2.	2260.60	Flash	Cody Hager	Portland, OR
4.	34.	2249.15	Newman	Samuel Dugan	Wilkinsburg, PA
5.	22.	2243.85	StarBs	Russell Brown	New Orleans, LA
6.	8.	2243.65	NP	Nathan Priest	Hagerstown, MD
7.	3.	2239.75	Rancor Keeper	Dwight Johnson	Columbia, MD
8.	13.	2239.15	Bruce B.	Bruce Boegel	Cottage Grove, MN
9.	21.	2233.65	Mike T.	Mike Taylor	Meridian, ID
10.	42.	2233.00	18 rocks	Brad Dengler	Morton, WA
11.	5.	2229.10	Barney's Rubble	Paul Barnes	Silver Spring, MD
12.	7.	2228.05	T-Bones	Tim Ferschl	Menomonee Fls, WI
13.	17.	2222.80	frank m.	Frank Manero	Bristol, PA
14.	32.	2221.50	Steve K.	Steve Klitzner	Miami
15.	50.	2216.80	Plano Guru	Larry Heffelfinger	Plano, TX
16.	16.	2216.35	Edward J.	Edward Jansen	Midland, MI
17.	6.	2216.05	SHADOW DAD	David Wilde	Mukwonago, WI
18.	9.	2215.35	FIUSER0824	Victor Kitzes	Black Diamond, WA
19.	11.	2212.25	The 546 Posse	Michael Livengood	Ward, AR
20.	19.	2211.80	Xiola Blue	Richard Jackson	Berkeley, CA
21.	10.	2210.85	Math Mania	Steven Math	Austin, TX
22.	37.	2202.65	VooDoo	Jacques Smith	Chevy Chase, MD
23.	20.	2202.50	SDBOLTGUY	Michael Ginesi	Oceanside, CA
24.	44.	2201.95	Replacements	Don Rydahl	Crystal, MI
25.	28.	2193.85	Jerusalem Juggernauts	Mike Craig	Kokomo, IN

Weekly scoring leaders, 2021 season
Week	Name	Hometown	Team	Points	Perfect score	Pct Perfect
11	Rick Heidorn	Minneola, Fla.	Cincinnati Buckeye	274.05	367.85	74.5%
10	Nathan Priest	Hagerstown, Md.	NP	260.40	309.10	84.2%
9	Edward Jansen	Midland, Mich.	Edward J.	213.40	309.80	68.9%
8	Howard Davenport	Metairie, La.	Prince of Darkness	225.20	298.40	75.5%
7	Russell Brown	New Orleans	StarBs	253.95	313.95	80.9%
6	Duke Fame	Cincinnati	The First Crowëll	251.00	317.60	79.0%
5	Richard Hodges	Tacoma, Wash.	IOFTHETIGER	281.81	394.10	71.5%
4	Tim Lamarra	Pittsgrove, N.J.	Tim L.	241.15	340.95	70.7%
	Kevin Johnson	Rio Rancho, N.M.	Mile High Hoosier	241.15	340.95	70.7%
3	John Distaffen	Rochester, N.Y.	John D.	246.60	320.75	76.9%
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%

CeeDee Lamb and Tyler Bass were the biggest lemons of the week. Austin Ekeler appeared on only about 1 out of 8 entries.

Percentage of Week 11 lineups that included the player
Pct	Score	Name	Pos	Team
54.9%	15.30	Mark Andrews	TE	BAL
51.6%	4.40	CeeDee Lamb	WR	DAL
48.4%	1.00	Tyler Bass	PK	BUF
44.7%	10.00	Mike Gesicki	TE	MIA
44.3%	4.00	Miami	ST	MIA
43.5%	16.40	Deebo Samuel	WR	SF
40.7%	18.30	Stefon Diggs	WR	BUF
40.2%	40.10	Justin Herbert	QB	LAC
39.8%	13.00	JaMarr Chase	WR	CIN
37.8%	12.50	Joe Burrow	QB	CIN
34.6%	5.00	Carolina	ST	CAR
34.2%	22.40	Nick Chubb	RB	CLE
34.2%	15.70	AJ Dillon	RB	GB
33.3%	37.35	Aaron Rodgers	QB	GB
30.1%	18.00	New England	ST	NE
28.9%	10.00	Justin Tucker	PK	BAL
26.4%	0.00	Buffalo	ST	BUF
26.0%	53.40	Jonathan Taylor	RB	IND
23.6%	22.50	Dalvin Cook	RB	MIN
21.1%	32.25	Jalen Hurts	QB	PHI
20.3%	9.80	A.J. Brown	WR	TEN
18.7%	1.00	Randy Bullock	PK	TEN
17.5%	20.45	Ryan Tannehill	QB	TEN
16.3%	13.00	Nick Folk	PK	NE
16.3%	7.00	Harrison Butker	PK	KC
15.9%	37.20	Justin Jefferson	WR	MIN
15.5%	5.00	Baltimore	ST	BAL
15.0%	24.30	Joe Mixon	RB	CIN
15.0%	19.20	Chris Godwin	WR	TB
14.6%	12.80	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	DAL
13.4%	11.30	Dalton Schultz	TE	DAL
13.0%	20.20	Keenan Allen	WR	LAC
13.0%	20.30	Mike Evans	WR	TB
12.6%	41.50	Austin Ekeler	RB	LAC
11.8%	11.10	Pat Freiermuth	TE	PIT
11.0%	4.50	Hunter Henry	TE	NE
11.0%	5.90	Kyle Pitts	TE	ATL
10.2%	9.00	Greg Zuerlein	PK	DAL
10.2%	20.90	James Conner	RB	ARI
9.8%	0.00	Dan Arnold	TE	JAC
9.4%	1.00	Chase McLaughlin	PK	CLE
9.4%	11.10	T.J. Hockenson	TE	DET
8.9%	14.75	Derek Carr	QB	LV
8.1%	14.00	Dawson Knox	TE	BUF
7.7%	22.60	D'Andre Swift	RB	DET
7.7%	12.00	Ryan Succop	PK	TB
7.3%	4.00	Arizona	ST	ARI
7.3%	10.55	Russell Wilson	QB	SEA
7.3%	28.05	Cam Newton	QB	CAR
7.3%	3.00	L.A. Chargers	ST	LAC
7.3%	3.00	Zane Gonzalez	PK	CAR
6.9%	7.10	DK Metcalf	WR	SEA
6.5%	2.90	C.J. Uzomah	TE	CIN
5.7%	20.60	Jaylen Waddle	WR	MIA
5.7%	11.20	Dallas Goedert	TE	PHI
5.3%	5.00	New Orleans	ST	NO
5.3%	22.25	Tua Tagovailoa	QB	MIA
4.9%	8.00	Greg Joseph	PK	MIN
4.9%	12.00	Robbie Gould	PK	SF
4.1%	28.65	Kirk Cousins	QB	MIN
4.1%	2.00	Seattle	ST	SEA
3.7%	6.00	Jason Sanders	PK	MIA
3.7%	13.40	Leonard Fournette	RB	TB
3.3%	7.50	Hunter Renfrow	WR	LV
3.3%	5.00	Matt Prater	PK	ARI
3.3%	4.00	Pittsburgh	ST	PIT
2.9%	6.80	Jeff Wilson	RB	SF
2.9%	6.25	Justin Fields	QB	CHI
2.9%	16.00	DJ Moore	WR	CAR
2.9%	7.00	Daniel Carlson	PK	LV
2.9%	0.00	Kyler Murray	QB	ARI
2.9%	28.80	Zach Ertz	TE	ARI
2.9%	14.45	Mac Jones	QB	NE
2.4%	7.70	David Montgomery	RB	CHI
2.4%	13.00	Chris Boswell	PK	PIT
2.4%	3.50	Tee Higgins	WR	CIN
2.4%	3.80	Brandin Cooks	WR	HOU
2.4%	9.00	Indianapolis	ST	IND
2.4%	2.20	Cole Kmet	TE	CHI
2.4%	8.00	Chicago	ST	CHI
2.4%	12.00	Philadelphia	ST	PHI
2.4%	9.40	Michael Gallup	WR	DAL
2.4%	7.00	Dallas	ST	DAL
2.4%	18.60	Myles Gaskin	RB	MIA
2.0%	11.00	Michael Badgley	PK	IND
2.0%	6.00	Cincinnati	ST	CIN
2.0%	7.00	Mason Crosby	PK	GB
2.0%	0.00	Younghoe Koo	PK	ATL
2.0%	14.00	Evan McPherson	PK	CIN
1.6%	15.50	Tyler Lockett	WR	SEA
1.6%	5.00	Las Vegas	ST	LV
1.6%	2.00	Green Bay	ST	GB
1.6%	11.10	Josh Jacobs	RB	LV
1.6%	20.70	Mike Williams	WR	LAC
1.6%	10.10	DeVonta Smith	WR	PHI
1.2%	1.00	Washington	ST	WAS
1.2%	0.00	Antonio Brown	WR	TB
1.2%	0.00	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO
1.2%	5.80	Jared Cook	TE	LAC
1.2%	11.10	Carson Wentz	QB	IND
1.2%	5.00	D'Onta Foreman	RB	TEN
1.2%	13.70	Baker Mayfield	QB	CLE
1.2%	22.20	Adam Thielen	WR	MIN
1.2%	0.00	Amari Cooper	WR	DAL
0.8%	3.20	Evan Engram	TE	NYG
0.8%	16.80	Adam Trautman	TE	NO
0.8%	4.50	Christian Kirk	WR	ARI
0.8%	4.00	Graham Gano	PK	NYG
0.8%	8.50	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	NE
0.8%	6.50	Corey Davis	WR	NYJ
0.8%	11.00	Dustin Hopkins	PK	LAC
0.8%	11.70	Josiah Deguara	TE	GB
0.8%	13.35	Daniel Jones	QB	NYG
0.8%	23.10	Diontae Johnson	WR	PIT
0.8%	2.00	Jacksonville	ST	JAC
0.8%	11.60	Saquon Barkley	RB	NYG
0.8%	17.40	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB	SF
0.8%	4.30	Michael Pittman	WR	IND
0.8%	21.30	Terry McLaurin	WR	WAS
0.8%	6.50	Tyler Conklin	TE	MIN
0.4%	7.65	Matt Ryan	QB	ATL
0.4%	0.00	Bryan Edwards	WR	LV
0.4%	7.00	Detroit	ST	DET
0.4%	23.10	Darnell Mooney	WR	CHI
0.4%	11.00	Kadarius Toney	WR	NYG
0.4%	25.20	Taylor Heinicke	QB	WAS
0.4%	8.90	Kendrick Bourne	WR	NE
0.4%	9.50	Antonio Gibson	RB	WAS
0.4%	9.00	Joey Slye	PK	WAS
0.4%	5.60	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	BUF
0.4%	16.00	Jake Elliott	PK	PHI
0.4%	9.30	Austin Hooper	TE	CLE
0.4%	5.90	Rashod Bateman	WR	BAL
0.4%	0.00	Marquise Brown	WR	BAL
0.4%	0.00	Elijah Mitchell	RB	SF
0.4%	6.70	Gerald Everett	TE	SEA
0.4%	10.20	Trevor Lawrence	QB	JAC
0.4%	1.00	Cairo Santos	PK	CHI
0.4%	11.00	Kansas City	ST	KC
0.4%	7.90	Jakobi Meyers	WR	NE
0.4%	7.50	Damien Harris	RB	NE
0.4%	11.80	James Robinson	RB	JAC
0.4%	29.60	Elijah Moore	WR	NYJ

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