Fantasy Index Blackout

October 21, 2025

Rich Z. Wins Blackout

The Cleveland Browns Defense was almost a prerequisite for competing this week. Rich Zenor, from Schumburg, IL paired them with Justin Herbert and A.J. Brown to take the top spot.

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Rich selected just three of the highest scoring players but avoided busts and came up big with A.J. Brown who appeared on just 6-percent of entries. Jalen Warren was another great pick, he finished as the RB3 on just 2-percent of entries. Rich managed a solid 72-percent of the available points. Here is this week’s winning roster :

Week 7 highest score
Rich Zenor, Shaumburg, IL
(Maximum-points picks in bold)
% Started	Position	Name	Tram	Score
31.06%	QB	Jalen Hurts	PHI	27.30
22.34%	QB	Justin Herbert	LAC	36.10
30.25%	RB	Javonte Williams	DAL	18.80
2.18%	RB	Jaylen Warren	PIT	19.80
17.71%	WR	Ladd McConkey	LAC	15.70
43.32%	WR	Rashee Rice	KC	23.20
6.27%	WR	A.J. Brown	PHI	28.10
20.44%	TE	Cade Otton	TB	13.50
52.04%	TE	Tucker Kraft	GB	16.80
25.34%	PK	Eddy Pineiro	SF	8.00
20.16%	PK	Michael Badgely	IND	6.00
50.14%	ST	Cleveland Browns	CLE	18.00
46.05%	ST	Green Bay Packers	GB	8.00
Total				239.30

I also want to acknowledge this week’s 2nd place finisher, Pine Nuts from Melville, NY. He was the only top 10 finisher to not start the Browns defense and made up for it by selecting the TE1, Orande Gadsden who appeared on just 8 rosters and Chris Olave who went off on just 7-percent of entries. That’s the kind of performance that makes the Blackout fun so great job Pine Nuts.

The most popular roster managed just 54% of the available points and included two top scorers, the Cleveland Browns Defense and Quinshon Judkins. Most of the popular players managed at least middling performances this week but Nico Collins and Rome Odunze really cost managers who selected them. Here is a look at the Wisdom of the Crowd score for week 7 :

Week 7 Wisdom Of The Crowd Score
(Maximum-points picks in bold)
% Started	Position	Name	Tram	Score
46.59%	QB	Baker Mayfield	TB	15.40
45.78%	QB	Jared Goff	DET	16.75
44.14%	RB	Quinshon Judkins	CLE	26.40
30.25%	RB	Javonte Williams	DAL	18.80
52.04%	TE	Tucker Kraft	GB	16.80
31.06%	TE	Harold Fannin	CLE	7.60
47.96%	WR	Nico Collins	HOU	6.70
43.32%	WR	Rashee Rice	KC	23.20
41.42%	WR	Rome Odunze	CHI	5.10
25.89%	PK	Chris Boswell	PIT	7.00
25.34%	PK	Eddy Pineiro	SF	8.00
50.14%	ST	Cleveland Browns	CLE	18.00
46.05%	ST	Green Bay Packers	GB	8.00
Total				177.75

The top scoring roster included seven blacked out players this week, making things difficult, especially at receiver. Devonta Smith’s boom week benefited just 1-percent of rosters and only three top scoring players appeared on more than 8-percent of entries. Here is the max points roster:

Week 7 Perfect Score
(Blackouts in ~~strikethrough~~).
% Started	Position	Name	Tram	Score
7.63%	QB	DEN	Bo Nix	42.75
22.34%	QB	LAC	Justin Herbert	36.10
~~n/a~~	RB	SF	~~Christian McCaffrey~~	~~39.1~~
~~n/a~~	RB	~~DET~~	~~Jahmyr Gibbs~~	~~36.8~~
~~n/a~~	RB	~~IND~~	~~Jonathan Taylor~~	~~34.2~~
44.14%	RB	CLE	Quinshon Judkins	26.40
~~n/a~~	RB	~~ATL~~	~~Bijan Robinson~~	~~21.2~~
3.27%	RB	CHI	D'Andre Swift	20.80
~~n/a~~	WR	~~CIN~~	~~Ja'Marr Chase~~	~~38.1~~
1.09%	WR	PHI	DeVonta Smith	33.30
2.45%	WR	LAC	Keenan Allen	28.90
6.27%	WR	PHI	A.J. Brown	28.10
2.18%	TE	LAC	Oronde Gadsden	29.40
~~n/a~~	TE	~~ARI~~	~~Trey McBride~~	~~29.4~~
~~n/a~~	TE	~~DAL~~	~~Jake Ferguson~~	~~21.9~~
1.09%	TE	HOU	Dalton Schultz	18.80
5.45%	PK	MIN	Will Reichard	16.00
0.27%	PK	CIN	Evan McPherson	15.00
50.14%	ST	CLE	Cleveland Browns	18.00
6.81%	ST	HOU	Houston Texans	16.00
Total				329.55

Rich Z. moves into 2nd place overall with the victory. He has 3 finishes in the top 100 and only one outside the top 200. Our own Ian Allen cracked the top 25 this week continuing to push up the rankings. He’s in 35th overall. BigRichie maintains the overall lead for a second week with a 16th place finish, his fourth week in the top 25. Here is a look at the Top 25 overall through seven weeks:

Top 25 Overall
Rk	Team Name	Score
1	BigRichie	1,344.00
2	Rich Z.	1,310.30
3	Donald D.	1,309.25
4	Math Mania	1,292.25
5	BeeboSamuel	1,266.85
6	Frosty Mugs	1,263.00
7	SHADOW DAD	1,261.05
8	SCOTT BRADY’S BUNCH	1,258.70
9	Nostrildamus	1,258.40
10	RK Edge	1,254.1
11	Texas Armadillo	1,251.50
12	CRAIG MACHINE	1,245.75
13	Miles	1,245.65
14	DaltryMoon	1,244.75
15	Charles B.	1,243.95
16	Steve K.	1,243.25
17	Ralph C.	1,239.10
18	Roughriders	1,238.05
19	Bull 51	1,234.35
20	Dumpster Fire	1,233.00
21	Harveynuts	1,230.00
22	Barney's Rubble	1,228.25
23	Travis P.	1,228.15
24	Scott K	1,227.95
25	Texan Eddie	1,227.55

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

Top 25 Week 7
Rk	Team Name	Score
1	Rich Z.	239.30
2	Pine Nuts	236.20
3	Idizwudidiz	225.80
4	Inconceivable	220.70
5	victor411	219.20
6	Brian B.	218.10
7	SCOTT BRADY’S BUNCH	215.70
8	Steve T.	212.90
9	Austin Oh-Fers	212.50
10	Donald D.	208.30
11	Manifest Density	208.20
12	GiantsFan	207.30
13	The Ineffectives	205.00
14	Nostrildamus	204.20
15	JK Too	204.00
16	BigRichie	203.70
17	Texan Eddie	203.10
18	Michael P.	202.55
19	Gerald P.	200.55
20	NP	200.15
21	Henne to Manningham	199.35
22	In Josh Bills Trust	197.55
23	Physically Unable to Perform	196.60
24	Fantasy Index (Ian Allan)	194.70

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 7
Percent	Score	Name	Position	Team
52.04%	16.80	Tucker Kraft	TE	GB
50.14%	18.00	Cleveland Browns	ST	CLE
47.96%	6.70	Nico Collins	WR	HOU
46.59%	15.40	Baker Mayfield	QB	TB
46.05%	8.00	Green Bay Packers	ST	GB
45.78%	16.75	Jared Goff	QB	DET
44.14%	26.40	Quinshon Judkins	RB	CLE
43.32%	23.20	Rashee Rice	WR	KC
41.42%	5.10	Rome Odunze	WR	CHI
31.06%	27.30	Jalen Hurts	QB	PHI
31.06%	7.60	Harold Fannin	TE	CLE
30.52%	16.70	Courtland Sutton	WR	DEN
30.25%	18.80	Javonte Williams	RB	DAL
29.43%	8.50	Kyren Williams	RB	LAR
25.89%	7.00	Chris Boswell	PK	PIT
25.34%	8.00	Eddy Pineiro	PK	SF
25.34%	5.20	Saquon Barkley	RB	PHI
24.80%	6.00	Jake Bates	PK	DET
22.62%	2.00	Matt Gay	PK	WAS
22.34%	36.10	Justin Herbert	QB	LAC
21.80%	0.00	George Kittle	TE	SF
20.71%	7.00	Ka'imi Fairbairn	PK	HOU
20.44%	7.00	Harrison Butker	PK	KC
20.44%	13.50	Cade Otton	TE	TB
20.16%	6.00	Michael Badgely	PK	IND
17.71%	15.70	Ladd McConkey	WR	LAC
16.89%	7.00	Los Angeles Rams	ST	LAR
16.08%	4.20	Jacory Croskey-Merritt	RB	WAS
16.08%	12.00	Chicago Bears	ST	CHI
14.99%	12.70	Zach Ertz	TE	WAS
13.90%	8.40	Rachaad White	RB	TB
12.81%	10.00	Carolina Panthers	ST	CAR
11.99%	6.10	Brian Thomas	WR	JAC
11.72%	0.00	Darren Waller	TE	MIA
10.90%	2.50	Jaylen Waddle	WR	MIA
10.08%	6.10	Mason Taylor	TE	NYJ
10.08%	0.00	Deebo Samuel	WR	WAS
9.81%	25.10	Daniel Jones	QB	IND
8.17%	29.20	Matthew Stafford	QB	LAR
8.17%	7.30	Hunter Henry	TE	NE
7.90%	3.40	Kendrick Bourne	WR	SF
7.63%	42.75	Bo Nix	QB	DEN
7.08%	7.00	Indianapolis Colts	ST	IND
7.08%	3.00	Atlanta Falcons	ST	ATL
6.81%	16.00	Houston Texans	ST	HOU
6.54%	26.80	Chris Olave	WR	NO
6.27%	28.10	A.J. Brown	WR	PHI
5.99%	4.00	Jake Elliott	PK	PHI
5.72%	0.00	Mike Evans	WR	TB
5.45%	16.00	Will Reichard	PK	MIN
5.45%	7.50	Kimani Vidal	RB	LAC
5.45%	0.00	Jameson Williams	WR	DET
4.90%	29.05	Aaron Rodgers	QB	PIT
4.90%	3.00	Minnesota Vikings	ST	MIN
4.90%	7.70	Matthew Golden	WR	GB
4.63%	11.70	Jordan Mason	RB	MIN
4.36%	9.20	Evan Engram	TE	DEN
4.36%	1.90	AJ Barner	TE	SEA
4.36%	13.20	Romeo Doubs	WR	GB
4.36%	11.00	Quentin Johnston	WR	LAC
4.09%	2.00	Miami Dolphins	ST	MIA
3.81%	9.00	J.K. Dobbins	RB	DEN
3.81%	8.00	Detroit Lions	ST	DET
3.81%	13.90	Stefon Diggs	WR	NE
3.54%	7.20	Breece Hall	RB	NYJ
3.54%	13.20	Kyle Pitts	TE	ATL
3.27%	0.00	Brandon McManus	PK	GB
3.27%	20.80	D'Andre Swift	RB	CHI
3.00%	5.00	Joshua Karty	PK	LAR
3.00%	1.00	Cam Little	PK	JAC
3.00%	14.75	Sam Darnold	QB	SEA
3.00%	5.90	David Montgomery	RB	DET
3.00%	4.00	San Francisco 49ers	ST	SF
3.00%	2.00	New York Jets	ST	NYJ
3.00%	1.00	Los Angeles Chargers	ST	LAC
3.00%	7.80	Xavier Worthy	WR	KC
2.72%	7.00	Andres Borregales	PK	NE
2.72%	2.00	New York Giants	ST	NYG
2.45%	10.30	T.J. Hockenson	TE	MIN
2.45%	28.90	Keenan Allen	WR	LAC
2.45%	21.80	Jordan Addison	WR	MIN
2.45%	0.00	Luke McCaffrey	WR	WAS
2.18%	14.00	Jake Moody	PK	CHI
2.18%	4.50	Justin Fields	QB	NYJ
2.18%	19.80	Jaylen Warren	RB	PIT
2.18%	8.00	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	ST	TB
2.18%	29.40	Oronde Gadsden	TE	LAC
2.18%	13.50	Kayshon Boutte	WR	NE
1.91%	20.80	Michael Pittman	WR	IND
1.91%	15.50	Wan'Dale Robinson	WR	NYG
1.63%	33.25	Jaxon Dart	QB	NYG
1.63%	29.40	Joe Flacco	QB	CIN
1.63%	16.65	Michael Penix	QB	ATL
1.63%	6.60	Kenneth Walker	RB	SEA
1.63%	15.60	Theo Johnson	TE	NYG
1.63%	21.60	Tee Higgins	WR	CIN
1.36%	7.00	Ryan Fitzgerald	PK	CAR
1.36%	6.00	Nick Folk	PK	NYJ
1.36%	0.00	Daniel Carlson	PK	LV
1.36%	17.95	C.J. Stroud	QB	HOU
1.36%	11.90	Bryce Young	QB	CAR
1.36%	8.70	Mac Jones	QB	SF
1.36%	12.40	Isiah Pacheco	RB	KC
1.36%	5.90	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO
1.36%	0.00	Jacksonville Jaguars	ST	JAC
1.36%	0.00	Jake Tonges	TE	SF
1.09%	7.00	Andre Szmyt	PK	CLE
1.09%	16.80	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	NE
1.09%	6.50	Travis Etienne	RB	JAC
1.09%	3.00	Washington Commanders	ST	WAS
1.09%	18.80	Dalton Schultz	TE	HOU
1.09%	33.30	DeVonta Smith	WR	PHI
1.09%	8.00	Rashid Shaheed	WR	NO
1.09%	7.80	Marvin Harrison	WR	ARI
1.09%	0.00	Jakobi Meyers	WR	LV
0.82%	4.00	Parker Romo	PK	ATL
0.82%	1.00	Las Vegas Raiders	ST	LV
0.82%	14.40	Noah Fant	TE	CIN
0.82%	12.90	Juwan Johnson	TE	NO
0.82%	8.30	Tre Tucker	WR	LV
0.54%	11.00	Chad Ryland	PK	ARI
0.54%	0.00	Cairo Santos	PK	CHI
0.54%	24.55	Jacoby Brissett	QB	ARI
0.54%	20.60	Trevor Lawrence	QB	JAC
0.54%	18.45	Carson Wentz	QB	MIN
0.54%	7.20	RJ Harvey	RB	DEN
0.54%	2.10	Nick Chubb	RB	HOU
0.54%	3.10	Luther Burden	WR	CHI
0.54%	0.00	Josh Downs	WR	IND
0.54%	0.00	Kameron Johnson	WR	TB
0.54%	0.00	Terry McLaurin	WR	WAS
0.27%	15.00	Evan McPherson	PK	CIN
0.27%	7.00	Joey Slye	PK	TEN
0.27%	2.00	Jude McAtamney	PK	NYG
0.27%	20.85	Spencer Rattler	QB	NO
0.27%	5.60	Tua Tagovailoa	QB	MIA
0.27%	3.45	Geno Smith	QB	LV
0.27%	0.00	Brock Purdy	QB	SF
0.27%	19.50	Zach Charbonnet	RB	SEA
0.27%	3.50	Kenneth Gainwell	RB	PIT
0.27%	0.50	TreVeyon Henderson	RB	NE
0.27%	14.00	Dallas Cowboys	ST	DAL
0.27%	1.00	Arizona Cardinals	ST	ARI
0.27%	11.80	Jonnu Smith	TE	PIT
0.27%	0.00	Chig Okonkwo	TE	TEN
0.27%	24.10	Travis Hunter	WR	JAC
0.27%	15.80	Tez Johnson	WR	TB
0.27%	7.90	Andrei Iosivas	WR	CIN
0.27%	4.20	Cooper Kupp	WR	SEA
0.27%	3.70	Jerry Jeudy	WR	CLE
0.27%	0.00	Lil'Jordan Humphrey	WR	NYG

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