In a wild week one, Derek Ellingson of La Quinta, CA picked a bunch of the heavy hitters to hop out to a solid lead with his team, Tatooine Tan Tans. His high score (256.90) leads the field by 20.9.

Enter now for Week 2 https://fantasyindex.com/members/competitions/2023/blackout/.

Week 1 highest score
Derek Ellingson, LA Quinta - "Tatooine Tan Tans"
(Maximum-points picks in bold)
PosNameTeamScore
QBTua TagovailoaMIA35.80
QBJalen HurtsPHI16.20
RBAaron JonesGB26.70
RBNick ChubbCLE16.70
WRClavin RidleyJAC24.10
WRTyreek HillMIA44.50
WRJustin JeffersonMIN24.00
TET.J. HockensonMIN11.5
TECole KmetCHI9.40
PKBrandon McManusJAC7
PKYounghoe KooATL6.00
STDallasDAL25.00
STJacksonvilleJAC10.00
Total256.90

There are a lot of familiar names on this week’s maximum points players. The tight end group was certainly unexpected. Hope you picked the Dallas DST!

Week 15 perfect score
(Blackouts in strikethrough)
PosNameTeamScore
QBTua TagovailoaMIA35.80
QBMac JonesNE29.3
QBKirk CousinsQB25.9
RBAaron JonesGB26.70
RBAustin EkelerSD26.40
WRTyreek HillMIA44.50
WRBrandon AiyukSF32.90
WRStefon DiggsBUF26.20
TEHunter HenryNE16.60
TEHayden HurstCAR15.10
PKNick FolkTEN15.00
PKJake ElliotPHI13.00
STDallasDAL25.00
STN.Y. JetsNYJ19.00
Total340.10

There were a lot of unexpected outcomes to start the season, especially at TE and DST. Only Hill and Ekeler made both the High Score and Most Popular rosters. The most selected players in week one put up just about 57% of the maximum possible score.

Week 1 Wisdom Of Crowds score
(Maximum-points picks in bold)
PosNameTeamScore
QBLamar JacksonBAL12.25
QBJalen HurtsPHI16.2
RBAustin EkelerLAC26.40
RBChristian McCafferySF25.9
WRJustin JeffersonMIN24.00
WRJaMarr ChaseCIN9.1
WRTyreek HillMIA44.50
TEMark AndrewsBAL0.00
TET.J. HockensonMIN11.50
PKJustin TuckerBAL5.00
PKYounghoe KooATL6.00
STBaltimoreBAL7.00
STWashingtonWSH7.00
Total194.85

Just a note about this column, I’m going to be taking over the back end of the Blackout Contest this season. We will be picking some good Blackout players to make it hard on you all. I’m also hoping to include more information here in the Weekly Results post as I get more familiar with the process. If you have any comments or suggestions let me know in the comments or look me up on Discord: benbenben7726

--Ben Prator