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September 24, 2025

John L. Wins Blackout

A.J. Brown. T.J. Hockenson and Mark Andrews shook off slow starts to deliver a win for John Lemark from White Plains, NY and his team John L.

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John’s roster put up a laudable 74% of the available points to claim the top spot. He missed at running back but landed the top eligible quarterback in Caleb Williams. His faith in Ricky Pearsall and Garrett Wilson paid off as well, both appeared on fewer than 10% of entries. Here is John’s winning roster :

Week 3 highest score
John Lemark, White Plains, NY
(Maximum-points picks in bold)
% Selected	Position	Team	Name	Score
26.34%	QB	Caleb Williams	CHI	32.10
54.55%	QB	Dak Prescott	DAL	18.55
6.53%	RB	Travis Etienne	JAC	11.60
2.10%	RB	Tony Pollard	TEN	13.90
9.32%	WR	Garrett Wilson	NYJ	24.40
12.82%	WR	A.J. Brown	PHI	22.90
7.23%	WR	Ricky Pearsall	SF	19.70
11.66%	TE	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	15.90
10.26%	TE	Mark Andrews	BAL	27.10
10.96%	PK	Cam Little	JAC	5.00
39.39%	PK	Cameron Dicker	LAC	11.00
35.90%	ST	Kansas City Chiefs	KC	6.00
4.43%	ST	Pittsburgh Steelers	PIT	15.00
Total				223.15

The most popular roster bounced back with 53% of the available points after only scoring 47% in Week 2. It was a bust week for Zay Flowers who appeared in 43% of entries. Brian Thomas is still struggling, he put up just 7.50 points for the 21% of managers who selected him and Chris Boswell hit the 21% of managers who selected him with the ol’ double doink, scoring just 3.00 points. Here is a look at the Wisdom of the Crowd score for week 3:

Week 3 Wisdom Of The Crowd Score
(Maximum-points picks in bold)
% Selected	Position	Team	Name	Score
54.55%	QB	DAL	Dak Prescott	18.55
38.46%	QB	KC	Patrick Mahomes	15.40
34.03%	RB	MIN	Jordan Mason	23.60
34.03%	RB	TB	Bucky Irving	13.90
42.66%	WR	BAL	Zay Flowers	3.30
25.17%	WR	LAR	Davante Adams	14.60
20.51%	WR	JAC	Brian Thomas	7.50
55.71%	TE	DET	Sam LaPorta	7.30
47.79%	TE	DAL	Jake Ferguson	21.20
39.39%	PK	LAC	Cameron Dicker	11.00
20.98%	PK	PIT	Chris Boswell	3.00
35.90%	ST	KC	Kansas City Chiefs	6.00
35.90%	ST	TB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14.00
Total				159.35

Six top scoring players were blacked out in a solid showing. The perfect roster put up 302.55 points and included seven players with selection rates under 10%. Both running backs, Omarion Hampton and David Montgomery were selected just a hand full of times and Geno Smith surprised just about everyone with his QB2 finish. Here is the max points roster:

Week 3 Perfect Score
(Blackouts in ~~strikethrough~~)
% Selected	Position	Team	Name	Score
~~n/a~~	QB	~~PHI~~	~~Jalen Hurts~~	~~33.30~~
26.34%	QB	CHI	Caleb Williams	32.10
~~n/a~~	QB	~~BAL~~	~~Lamar Jackson~~	~~29.90~~
0.47%	QB	LV	Geno Smith	28.95
~~n/a~~	RB	~~IND~~	~~Jonathan Taylor~~	~~32.80~~
3.26%	RB	DET	David Montgomery	29.40
~~n/a~~	RB	~~DET~~	~~Jahmyr Gibbs~~	~~26.90~~
0.47%	RB	LAC	Omarion Hampton	24.90
~~n/a~~	WR	~~HOU~~	~~Nico Collins~~	~~24.40~~
9.32%	WR	NYJ	Garrett Wilson	24.40
11.66%	WR	DEN	Courtland Sutton	23.80
12.82%	WR	PHI	A.J. Brown	22.90
4.43%	TE	NE	Hunter Henry	29.00
10.26%	TE	BAL	Mark Andrews	27.10
10.96%	PK	TB	Chase McLaughlin	17.00
6.29%	PK	SEA	Jason Myers	14.00
~~n/a~~	ST	~~MIN~~	~~Minnesota Vikings~~	~~26.00~~
4.43%	ST	PIT	Pittsburgh Steelers	15.00
35.90%	ST	TB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14.00
Total				302.55

Last week’s winner, Matt K, had a rough go of it this week scoring just 152.15 points and dropping from 30th down to 80th. This week’s winner, John L. jumps to 78th place overall. BeeboSamuel claims the top overall spot by pairing a 2nd place finish with his 29th place finish last week. Last week’s leader, Tetairoa McMillan and Wife, slid to 3rd overall with a 61st place finish. Here is a look at the Top 25 overall through three weeks:

Top 25 Overall
Rk	Team Name	Score
1	BeeboSamuel	558.85
2	Travis P.	554.40
3	Tetairoa McMillan and Wife	552.50
4	Troy R.	550.70
5	Texas Armadillo	538.05
6	Cyclehorn	533.70
7	RK Edge	531.50
8	SHADOW DAD	529.75
9	Math Mania	528.30
10	Cheektavegas Dawgs	527.00
11	Mustangs	526.85
12	Mega Jesuits	526.80
13	Bo knows Tecmo Bowl	526.40
14	Rancor Keeper	525.95
15	Frank M.	525.45
16	Dave W.	524.15
17	Hounds	522.20
18	Donald D.	520.85
19	PRIME TIME	518.50
20	More than a Thielen	518.05
21	Trunk Monkey	517.70
22	Tee-oh-dub-dee	517.45
23	Roughriders	514.60
24	Whoops Eiferted	513.60
25	Bob A	513.05

Here’s a look at the Top 25 from this week :

Top 25 Week 3
Rk	Team Name	Score
1	JOHN L.	223.15
2	BeeboSamuel	220.30
3	Mega Jesuits	209.45
4	Texas Armadillo	207.80
4	Travis P.	207.80
6	Bruce C.	207.70
7	Bo knows Tecmo Bowl	206.55
8	Miles	206.30
9	STORM CHASERS	206.25
10	RK Edge	206.20
11	Blanda's Bombers	205.25
12	Department of Gridiron Excellence	203.65
13	Chris D.	202.85
14	Midland Marauders	202.20
15	Steve K.	201.90
16	zten	200.70
17	Gary B.	199.65
18	Tee-oh-dub-dee	198.45
19	Bucnjim	197.70
20	John L.	197.15
21	The First Crowëll	196.60
22	GiWizard	195.75
23	BigRichie	195.55
24	IOFTHETIGER	195.15
25	Chevytruck	194.20
25	SCOTT P.	194.20

And for my fellow data nerds, here is a listing of the percentage of entries for each player in this week’s player pool:

Player Selection Data, Week 3
Percent	Score	Name	Position	Team
55.71%	7.30	Sam LaPorta	TE	DET
54.55%	18.55	Dak Prescott	QB	DAL
47.79%	21.20	Jake Ferguson	TE	DAL
42.66%	3.30	Zay Flowers	WR	BAL
39.39%	11.00	Cameron Dicker	PK	LAC
38.46%	15.40	Patrick Mahomes	QB	KC
35.90%	6.00	Kansas City Chiefs	ST	KC
35.90%	14.00	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	ST	TB
34.03%	13.90	Bucky Irving	RB	TB
34.03%	23.60	Jordan Mason	RB	MIN
28.44%	12.00	Indianapolis Colts	ST	IND
27.04%	20.05	Baker Mayfield	QB	TB
26.34%	32.10	Caleb Williams	QB	CHI
25.17%	18.00	Kenneth Walker	RB	SEA
25.17%	14.60	Davante Adams	WR	LAR
23.54%	12.40	Josh Jacobs	RB	GB
20.98%	3.00	Chris Boswell	PK	PIT
20.51%	7.50	Brian Thomas	WR	JAC
20.28%	7.90	Kyle Pitts	TE	ATL
20.28%	13.30	Mike Evans	WR	TB
18.41%	14.20	Javonte Williams	RB	DAL
17.48%	0.00	Parker Romo	PK	ATL
17.48%	4.00	Houston Texans	ST	HOU
17.25%	4.00	Ka'imi Fairbairn	PK	HOU
17.25%	12.20	DK Metcalf	WR	PIT
17.02%	10.00	Harrison Butker	PK	KC
15.85%	6.00	Chase Brown	RB	CIN
14.45%	17.80	George Pickens	WR	DAL
12.82%	22.90	A.J. Brown	WR	PHI
11.89%	3.00	Jake Elliott	PK	PHI
11.66%	15.90	T.J. Hockenson	TE	MIN
11.66%	23.80	Courtland Sutton	WR	DEN
10.96%	5.00	Cam Little	PK	JAC
10.96%	17.00	Chase McLaughlin	PK	TB
10.49%	5.50	Harold Fannin	TE	CLE
10.26%	27.10	Mark Andrews	TE	BAL
10.02%	7.80	Tetairoa McMillan	WR	CAR
9.56%	9.00	Denver Broncos	ST	DEN
9.32%	8.00	Wil Lutz	PK	DEN
9.32%	24.40	Garrett Wilson	WR	NYJ
9.32%	9.30	Jakobi Meyers	WR	LV
8.62%	2.00	Los Angeles Chargers	ST	LAC
8.62%	4.90	Deebo Samuel	WR	WAS
8.39%	6.30	Jameson Williams	WR	DET
7.93%	0.00	Baltimore Ravens	ST	BAL
7.69%	9.00	Philadelphia Eagles	ST	PHI
7.23%	14.95	Jordan Love	QB	GB
7.23%	11.00	Washington Commanders	ST	WAS
7.23%	19.70	Ricky Pearsall	WR	SF
6.99%	4.00	Evan McPherson	PK	CIN
6.99%	1.00	San Francisco 49ers	ST	SF
6.99%	12.80	DJ Moore	WR	CHI
6.53%	11.60	Travis Etienne	RB	JAC
6.53%	17.60	Dalton Kincaid	TE	BUF
6.29%	14.00	Jason Myers	PK	SEA
6.29%	10.30	Dallas Goedert	TE	PHI
6.29%	2.50	Tee Higgins	WR	CIN
6.06%	19.50	Keenan Allen	WR	LAC
5.83%	25.90	Drake Maye	QB	NE
5.83%	15.90	Tyreek Hill	WR	MIA
5.59%	11.30	Jake Browning	QB	CIN
5.36%	19.20	Kyren Williams	RB	LAR
5.36%	14.90	Quentin Johnston	WR	LAC
4.90%	10.40	Terry McLaurin	WR	WAS
4.90%	19.30	Michael Pittman	WR	IND
4.43%	12.00	Will Reichard	PK	MIN
4.43%	15.00	Pittsburgh Steelers	ST	PIT
4.43%	29.00	Hunter Henry	TE	NE
4.20%	8.00	Joey Slye	PK	TEN
4.20%	9.00	David Njoku	TE	CLE
3.96%	14.95	Bo Nix	QB	DEN
3.96%	3.00	Cincinnati Bengals	ST	CIN
3.96%	5.00	Keon Coleman	WR	BUF
3.73%	6.60	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO
3.50%	9.50	Michael Penix	QB	ATL
3.50%	10.10	Jacory Croskey-Merritt	RB	WAS
3.50%	8.00	Jacksonville Jaguars	ST	JAC
3.26%	4.00	Daniel Carlson	PK	LV
3.26%	6.30	Ashton Jeanty	RB	LV
3.26%	29.40	David Montgomery	RB	DET
3.26%	7.40	Marvin Harrison	WR	ARI
3.26%	4.50	Romeo Doubs	WR	GB
3.26%	8.20	Marquise Brown	WR	KC
3.03%	15.65	Kyler Murray	QB	ARI
2.80%	11.00	Matt Gay	PK	WAS
2.80%	3.60	Wan'Dale Robinson	WR	NYG
2.56%	7.00	Chad Ryland	PK	ARI
2.56%	18.10	Mac Jones	QB	SF
2.56%	5.80	Isiah Pacheco	RB	KC
2.56%	0.00	Dallas Cowboys	ST	DAL
2.56%	0.00	Cade Otton	TE	TB
2.56%	5.30	Jonnu Smith	TE	PIT
2.33%	17.80	Matthew Stafford	QB	LAR
2.33%	10.70	Russell Wilson	QB	NYG
2.33%	6.00	Los Angeles Rams	ST	LAR
2.33%	2.80	Troy Franklin	WR	DEN
2.33%	0.00	Jauan Jennings	WR	SF
2.10%	7.00	Cairo Santos	PK	CHI
2.10%	15.05	Aaron Rodgers	QB	PIT
2.10%	13.90	Tony Pollard	RB	TEN
2.10%	5.00	Arizona Cardinals	ST	ARI
2.10%	7.00	Cleveland Browns	ST	CLE
2.10%	9.00	Detroit Lions	ST	DET
2.10%	3.00	Las Vegas Raiders	ST	LV
2.10%	3.10	Ja'Tavion Sanders	TE	CAR
1.86%	0.00	Jayden Daniels	QB	WAS
1.86%	12.00	Trevor Lawrence	QB	JAC
1.86%	9.20	Breece Hall	RB	NYJ
1.63%	3.00	Graham Gano	PK	NYG
1.63%	18.90	Sam Darnold	QB	SEA
1.63%	15.30	J.K. Dobbins	RB	DEN
1.63%	8.60	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	NE
1.63%	13.10	Jaylen Warren	RB	PIT
1.63%	2.00	New York Giants	ST	NYG
1.63%	2.30	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	BAL
1.63%	3.70	Calvin Ridley	WR	TEN
1.17%	10.00	Eddy Pineiro	PK	SF
1.17%	1.60	Pat Freiermuth	TE	PIT
1.17%	1.60	Mike Gesicki	TE	CIN
1.17%	11.60	Chig Okonkwo	TE	TEN
1.17%	22.00	DeVonta Smith	WR	PHI
1.17%	5.10	Cooper Kupp	WR	SEA
0.93%	6.70	James Conner	RB	ARI
0.93%	4.10	Jake Tonges	TE	SF
0.93%	4.10	Colston Loveland	TE	CHI
0.93%	12.10	Brenton Strange	TE	JAC
0.93%	13.80	Elic Ayomanor	WR	TEN
0.70%	16.40	C.J. Stroud	QB	HOU
0.70%	12.85	Bryce Young	QB	CAR
0.70%	9.60	Chuba Hubbard	RB	CAR
0.70%	16.50	Quinshon Judkins	RB	CLE
0.70%	7.60	Noah Fant	TE	CIN
0.70%	8.00	Cole Kmet	TE	CHI
0.70%	5.30	Stefon Diggs	WR	NE
0.70%	14.50	Khalil Shakir	WR	BUF
0.70%	14.90	Jaylen Waddle	WR	MIA
0.70%	4.80	Kayshon Boutte	WR	NE
0.70%	15.70	Chris Olave	WR	NO
0.47%	14.00	Joshua Karty	PK	LAR
0.47%	28.95	Geno Smith	QB	LV
0.47%	1.40	Tyler Allgeier	RB	ATL
0.47%	7.00	Nick Chubb	RB	HOU
0.47%	24.90	Omarion Hampton	RB	LAC
0.47%	24.10	Cam Skattebo	RB	NYG
0.47%	0.00	Tennessee Titans	ST	TEN
0.47%	0.00	Adam Trautman	TE	DEN
0.47%	8.40	Darnell Mooney	WR	ATL
0.47%	8.20	Rashid Shaheed	WR	NO
0.23%	12.00	Ryan Fitzgerald	PK	CAR
0.23%	9.00	Nick Folk	PK	NYJ
0.23%	7.00	Blake Grupe	PK	NO
0.23%	3.00	Riley Patterson	PK	MIA
0.23%	7.10	Joe Flacco	QB	CLE
0.23%	15.90	Spencer Rattler	QB	NO
0.23%	16.30	Tua Tagovailoa	QB	MIA
0.23%	8.10	Trey Benson	RB	ARI
0.23%	10.80	D'Andre Swift	RB	CHI
0.23%	5.60	Tyrone Tracy	RB	NYG
0.23%	2.00	Miami Dolphins	ST	MIA
0.23%	2.00	New Orleans Saints	ST	NO
0.23%	7.00	New York Jets	ST	NYJ
0.23%	0.00	Elijah Arroyo	TE	SEA
0.23%	3.30	AJ Barner	TE	SEA
0.23%	0.00	Tyler Conklin	TE	LAC
0.23%	0.00	Luke Farrell	TE	SF
0.23%	0.00	Tyler Higbee	TE	LAR
0.23%	12.40	Calvin Austin	WR	PIT
0.23%	17.30	Rashod Bateman	WR	BAL
0.23%	2.70	DeMario Douglas	WR	NE
0.23%	2.70	Jerry Jeudy	WR	CLE
0.23%	2.60	Hunter Renfrow	WR	CAR

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