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October 14, 2025

Math Mania Wins Blackout

Rico Dowdle and Drake London were the difference makers for Steven Math from Austin, TX and his team, Math Mania.

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Steven selected six of the highest scoring players on his way to 77-percent of the available points. Here 's the top roster from Week 6 :

Week 6 highest score
Steven Math, Austin, TX
(Maximum-points picks in bold)
% Started	Position	Name	Team	Score
45.09%	QB	Jayden Daniels	WAS	27.75
39.52%	QB	Jordan Love	GB	19.55
44.83%	RB	Ashton Jeanty	LV	16.60
23.34%	RB	Rico Dowdle	CAR	33.90
25.20%	WR	Drake London	ATL	31.80
51.19%	WR	George Pickens	DAL	31.80
23.34%	WR	Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	17.90
46.15%	TE	Travis Kelce	KC	13.80
39.52%	TE	Hunter Henry	NE	5.70
37.40%	PK	Cameron Dicker	LAC	17.00
17.24%	PK	Joshua Karty	LAR	5.00
48.01%	ST	Los Angeles Rams	LAR	10.00
7.96%	ST	Seattle Seahawks	SEA	7.00
	Total			237.80

The most popular roster nabbed 64-percent of the available points this week. DeVon Achane was averaging 18.5 points before blowing up for 31 this week. George Pickens rewarded over half of entries this week with his second game over 30 points. Five of the most selected players failed to top 10 points but another strong week for the field. Here is a look at the Wisdom of the Crowd score for week 6 :

Week 6 Wisdom Of The Crowd Score
(Maximum-points picks in bold)
% Started	Position	Name	Team	Score
45.09%	QB	Jayden Daniels	WAS	27.75
39.52%	QB	Jordan Love	GB	19.55
44.83%	RB	Ashton Jeanty	LV	16.60
31.56%	RB	DeVon Achane	MIA	31.00
51.19%	WR	George Pickens	DAL	31.80
45.62%	WR	Rome Odunze	CHI	5.20
37.14%	WR	Davante Adams	LAR	7.90
46.15%	TE	Travis Kelce	KC	13.80
39.52%	TE	Hunter Henry	NE	5.70
37.40%	PK	Cameron Dicker	LAC	17.00
27.06%	PK	Wil Lutz	DEN	7.00
48.01%	ST	Los Angeles Rams	LAR	10.00
29.97%	ST	New England Patriots	NE	4.00
Total				197.30

Nine players on the top scoring roster topped 20-percent of selections with three over 45-percent. The Cam Skattebo is out of the bag now, but he provided a thrill this week finishing as the eligible RB2 on just 0.27-percent of rosters. Kayshon Boutte snuck into the eligible WR3 spot on the same number of teams. I’ll be trying a few things to shake the field off the top options over the next few weeks. Let me know in the comments if you want to see more or fewer players eligible. This week I tried to leave more players eligible without unleashing too many elites. I hope you enjoy the challenge. Here is the max points roster:

Week 6 Perfect Score
(Blackouts in ~~strikethrough~~).
% Started	Position	Name	Team	Score
~~n/a~~	QB	~~Patrick Mahomes~~	KC	~~34.05~~
21.49%	QB	Drake Maye	NE	29.85
45.09%	QB	Jayden Daniels	WAS	27.75
~~n/a~~	RB	~~Bijan Robinson~~	~~ATL~~	~~35.80~~
23.34%	RB	Rico Dowdle	CAR	33.90
~~n/a~~	RB	~~Josh Jacobs~~	GB	~~32.00~~
0.27%	RB	Cam Skattebo	NYG	31.00
31.56%	RB	DeVon Achane	MIA	31.00
25.20%	WR	Drake London	ATL	31.80
51.19%	WR	George Pickens	DAL	31.80
~~n/a~~	WR	~~Jaxon Smith-Njigba~~	~~SEA~~	~~30.20~~
0.27%	WR	Kayshon Boutte	NE	26.30
10.88%	TE	Dallas Goedert	PHI	26.00
~~n/a~~	TE	~~Trey McBride~~	~~ARI~~	~~21.20~~
~~n/a~~	TE	~~Tyler Warren~~	~~IND~~	~~18.30~~
~~n/a~~	TE	~~Sam LaPorta~~	~~DET~~	~~16.50~~
9.81%	TE	Zach Ertz	WAS	16.30
37.40%	PK	Cameron Dicker	LAC	17.00
0.53%	PK	Blake Grupe	NO	13.00
5.57%	PK	Eddy Pineiro	SF	13.00
25.46%	ST	Las Vegas Raiders	LV	12.00
48.01%	ST	Los Angeles Rams	LAR	10.00
2.92%	ST	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	TB	10.00
Total				306.70

This week’s top scorer, Math Mania, moves into 2nd overall with the win. He has three finishes in the top 35 and two more in the top 150. Last week’s leader, Pro VK, fell to 10th with a 250th place roster. The new overall leader is BigRichie who finished 6th. He had a 4th place finish in Week 4 along with a top 25 finish in Week 3. Here is a look at the Top 25 overall through six weeks:

Top 25 Overall
Rk	Team Name	Score
1	BigRichie	1,140.30
2	Math Mania	1,128.50
3	Frosty Mugs	1,101.70
4	Donald D.	1,100.95
5	DaltryMoon	1,091.10
6	Harveynuts	1,090.60
7	Texas Armadillo	1,088.10
8	SHADOW DAD	1,086.55
9	BeeboSamuel	1,085.60
10	Pro VK	1,085.00
11	Miles	1,078.60
12	Bull 51	1,077.55
13	Barney's Rubble	1,074.90
14	Travis P.	1,074.65
15	Steve K.	1,074.25
16	Jim V.	1,073.10
17	Charles B.	1,072.85
18	CRAIG MACHINE	1,071.05
19	Rich Z.	1,071.00
20	Troy R.	1,070.95
21	SCOTT P.	1,067.75
22	Wulfpack	1,067.15
23	Team Tom	1,066.75
24	Sphynx-sters	1,063.75
25	RK Edge	1,062.75

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

Top 25 Week 6
Rk	Team Name	Score
1	Math Mania	237.80
2	DaltryMoon	235.20
3	Cincinnati Buckeye	233.35
4	GREGH987	232.70
5	JOHN L.	231.25
6	BigRichie	231.15
7	Joe Mic's Picks	231.00
8	Eric M.	229.90
9	Bull 51	229.35
10	IOFTHETIGER	228.90
11	victor411	227.55
12	ToTheTop	223.05
13	Texan Eddie	222.75
14	Holy dumpster	222.15
15	Doug’s Dumptrucks	222.05
16	CRAIG MACHINE	221.30
17	Frosty Mugs	221.15
18	Nate S.	221.10
19	Cheektavegas Dawgs	220.65
20	Saquon Destroy	219.40
21	Mile High Hoosier	219.35
22	Morris S.	215.40
23	Harveynuts	215.30
24	Nick C.	213.95
25	Paul Larios	213.55

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 6
Percent	Score	Name	Position	Team
51.19%	31.80	George Pickens	WR	DAL
48.01%	10.00	Los Angeles Rams	ST	LAR
46.15%	13.80	Travis Kelce	TE	KC
45.62%	5.20	Rome Odunze	WR	CHI
45.09%	27.75	Jayden Daniels	QB	WAS
44.83%	16.60	Ashton Jeanty	RB	LV
39.52%	5.70	Hunter Henry	TE	NE
39.52%	19.55	Jordan Love	QB	GB
37.40%	17.00	Cameron Dicker	PK	LAC
37.14%	7.90	Davante Adams	WR	LAR
31.56%	31.00	DeVon Achane	RB	MIA
31.30%	8.70	Saquon Barkley	RB	PHI
29.97%	4.00	New England Patriots	ST	NE
27.06%	7.00	Wil Lutz	PK	DEN
26.26%	7.00	Michael Badgely	PK	IND
25.73%	21.40	Justin Herbert	QB	LAC
25.46%	12.00	Las Vegas Raiders	ST	LV
25.20%	31.80	Drake London	WR	ATL
23.87%	0.00	Cleveland Browns	ST	CLE
23.34%	17.90	Tetairoa McMillan	WR	CAR
23.34%	33.90	Rico Dowdle	RB	CAR
21.49%	29.85	Drake Maye	QB	NE
19.89%	0.00	Brandon McManus	PK	GB
17.51%	8.00	Los Angeles Chargers	ST	LAC
17.24%	5.00	Joshua Karty	PK	LAR
15.65%	6.00	Matt Gay	PK	WAS
14.85%	11.00	Chris Boswell	PK	PIT
14.59%	4.80	Kyle Pitts	TE	ATL
14.32%	18.85	Jared Goff	QB	DET
14.06%	5.80	David Njoku	TE	CLE
13.26%	22.40	Caleb Williams	QB	CHI
13.00%	11.80	Jake Tonges	TE	SF
12.20%	10.60	Xavier Worthy	WR	KC
12.20%	7.80	Jacory Croskey-Merritt	RB	WAS
11.14%	1.20	Mason Taylor	TE	NYJ
10.88%	26.00	Dallas Goedert	TE	PHI
10.08%	3.60	Quinshon Judkins	RB	CLE
10.08%	15.10	Bo Nix	QB	DEN
9.81%	16.30	Zach Ertz	TE	WAS
9.81%	17.60	Rachaad White	RB	TB
9.55%	5.80	Stefon Diggs	WR	NE
8.49%	19.50	DK Metcalf	WR	PIT
8.49%	9.90	Evan Engram	TE	DEN
8.49%	0.00	Cam Little	PK	JAC
8.22%	1.00	Jacksonville Jaguars	ST	JAC
7.96%	10.50	Romeo Doubs	WR	GB
7.96%	7.00	Seattle Seahawks	ST	SEA
7.43%	4.70	Theo Johnson	TE	NYG
7.16%	23.00	Ladd McConkey	WR	LAC
6.63%	6.70	Keenan Allen	WR	LAC
6.63%	26.60	Daniel Jones	QB	IND
6.37%	14.00	Derrick Henry	RB	BAL
6.37%	9.50	Travis Etienne	RB	JAC
6.10%	4.00	Michael Pittman	WR	IND
5.84%	0.00	Quentin Johnston	WR	LAC
5.84%	3.00	Dallas Cowboys	ST	DAL
5.84%	4.00	Tennessee Titans	ST	TEN
5.57%	10.10	AJ Barner	TE	SEA
5.57%	3.00	Washington Commanders	ST	WAS
5.57%	13.00	Eddy Pineiro	PK	SF
5.31%	14.00	A.J. Brown	WR	PHI
5.31%	4.00	J.K. Dobbins	RB	DEN
4.77%	19.20	Kendrick Bourne	WR	SF
4.77%	3.00	Detroit Lions	ST	DET
4.51%	5.20	Marvin Harrison	WR	ARI
4.24%	10.10	Cade Otton	TE	TB
4.24%	22.45	Bryce Young	QB	CAR
4.24%	5.00	Jake Elliott	PK	PHI
3.98%	22.95	Sam Darnold	QB	SEA
3.98%	8.00	Daniel Carlson	PK	LV
3.18%	13.20	Matthew Golden	WR	GB
3.18%	8.10	David Montgomery	RB	DET
2.92%	11.20	Tee Higgins	WR	CIN
2.92%	23.00	Brian Thomas	WR	JAC
2.92%	10.00	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	ST	TB
2.65%	15.10	Harold Fannin	TE	CLE
2.65%	6.00	Parker Romo	PK	ATL
2.65%	5.00	Andres Borregales	PK	NE
2.39%	6.30	Kahlik Shakir	WR	BUF
2.39%	8.90	DeVonta Smith	WR	PHI
2.39%	3.50	Juwan Johnson	TE	NO
2.39%	4.70	Kenneth Walker	RB	SEA
2.39%	21.80	Trevor Lawrence	QB	JAC
2.12%	15.80	Chris Olave	WR	NO
2.12%	6.80	Rashid Shaheed	WR	NO
2.12%	18.65	Mac Jones	QB	SF
1.86%	7.90	Jakobi Meyers	WR	LV
1.86%	2.80	Calvin Ridley	WR	TEN
1.86%	19.85	Aaron Rodgers	QB	PIT
1.59%	18.60	Jameson Williams	WR	DET
1.59%	1.00	New Orleans Saints	ST	NO
1.59%	5.35	Justin Fields	QB	NYJ
1.59%	4.00	Evan McPherson	PK	CIN
1.33%	4.10	Keon Coleman	WR	BUF
1.33%	5.80	Jonnu Smith	TE	PIT
1.33%	8.00	Chicago Bears	ST	CHI
1.33%	1.00	Kansas City Chiefs	ST	KC
1.33%	3.30	Hassan Haskins	RB	LAC
1.33%	20.95	Joe Flacco	QB	CIN
1.33%	12.00	Ryan Fitzgerald	PK	CAR
1.33%	0.00	Joey Slye	PK	TEN
1.06%	6.60	Mark Andrews	TE	BAL
1.06%	1.00	San Francisco 49ers	ST	SF
1.06%	1.80	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	NE
1.06%	5.90	Breece Hall	RB	NYJ
1.06%	9.00	Chad Ryland	PK	ARI
1.06%	3.00	Tyler Loop	PK	BAL
0.80%	8.20	DJ Moore	WR	CHI
0.80%	5.10	Troy Franklin	WR	DEN
0.80%	1.00	Cole Kmet	TE	CHI
0.80%	0.00	Mike Gesicki	TE	CIN
0.80%	3.00	Miami Dolphins	ST	MIA
0.80%	8.90	Chase Brown	RB	CIN
0.80%	12.60	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO
0.80%	17.10	Michael Penix	QB	ATL
0.80%	14.65	Tua Tagovailoa	QB	MIA
0.80%	9.00	Nick Folk	PK	NYJ
0.53%	0.00	Darnell Mooney	WR	ATL
0.53%	10.60	Zay Flowers	WR	BAL
0.53%	4.80	Marvin Mims	WR	DEN
0.53%	20.50	Marquise Brown	WR	KC
0.53%	20.40	Wan'Dale Robinson	WR	NYG
0.53%	1.70	Jauan Jennings	WR	SF
0.53%	0.00	Chris Godwin	WR	TB
0.53%	0.00	Terry McLaurin	WR	WAS
0.53%	3.10	Colston Loveland	TE	CHI
0.53%	3.00	Arizona Cardinals	ST	ARI
0.53%	8.00	Atlanta Falcons	ST	ATL
0.53%	3.00	Cincinnati Bengals	ST	CIN
0.53%	5.00	New York Jets	ST	NYJ
0.53%	4.60	TreVeyon Henderson	RB	NE
0.53%	4.70	Zach Charbonnet	RB	SEA
0.53%	6.70	Tony Pollard	RB	TEN
0.53%	13.00	Blake Grupe	PK	NO
0.53%	0.00	Cairo Santos	PK	CHI
0.27%	26.30	Kayshon Boutte	WR	NE
0.27%	9.30	Jerry Jeudy	WR	CLE
0.27%	16.20	Josh Downs	WR	IND
0.27%	0.00	Tyquan Thornton	WR	KC
0.27%	12.00	Tre Tucker	WR	LV
0.27%	12.00	Cooper Kupp	WR	SEA
0.27%	13.80	Oronde Gadsden	TE	LAC
0.27%	10.60	Chig Okonkwo	TE	TEN
0.27%	4.00	Baltimore Ravens	ST	BAL
0.27%	0.00	Carolina Panthers	ST	CAR
0.27%	7.00	New York Giants	ST	NYG
0.27%	31.00	Cam Skattebo	RB	NYG
0.27%	25.50	D'Andre Swift	RB	CHI
0.27%	4.40	Kareem Hunt	RB	KC
0.27%	0.00	Bucky Irving	RB	TB
0.27%	11.05	Dillon Gabriel	QB	CLE
0.27%	12.40	Geno Smith	QB	LV
0.27%	13.35	Spencer Rattler	QB	NO
0.27%	4.00	Jude McAtamney	PK	NYG

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