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October 08, 2019

Dennis Snyder finds plenty of needles in the Blackout haystack

In a week when we blacked out an unusually large number of players, Dennis Snyder of Modesto, Calif. hit a few home runs (Dak Prescott, Michael Thomas, George Kittle) and a lot of doubles. Click through to see his roster -- plus the perfect entry, the season-long rankings, and the percentage of use for Week 5.

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Week 5 winning score
Dennis Snyder - Modesto, Calif. - Sophie's Choice
Pos	Player	Team	Score
QB	Lamar Jackson	BAL	19.05
QB	Dak Prescott	DAL	33.85
RB	Mark Ingram	BAL	12.90
RB	Leonard Fournette	JAC	23.70
WR	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	15.80
WR	Adam Thielen	MIN	32.00
WR	Michael Thomas	NO	41.20
TE	Evan Engram	NYG	10.70
TE	George Kittle	SF	20.80
PK	Brett Maher	DAL	6.00
PK	Ka'imi Fairbairn	HOU	11.00
ST	Carolina	CAR	14.00
ST	Tennessee	TEN	6.00
	Total		247.00

Week 5 perfect score
Pos	Player	Team	Score
QB	~~Deshaun Watson~~	~~HOU~~	~~46.00~~
QB	~~Matt Ryan~~	~~ATL~~	~~37.20~~
QB	Dak Prescott	DAL	33.85
QB	~~Russell Wilson~~	~~SEA~~	~~32.60~~
QB	Teddy Bridgewater	NO	32.40
RB	Aaron Jones	GB	49.20
RB	~~Christian McCaffrey~~	~~CAR~~	~~47.70~~
RB	Josh Jacobs	OAK	29.30
WR	Will Fuller	HOU	53.70
WR	Michael Thomas	NO	41.20
WR	Amari Cooper	DAL	39.60
TE	George Kittle	SF	20.80
TE	Gerald Everett	LAR	20.60
PK	Zane Gonzalez	ARI	14.00
PK	~~Justin Tucker~~	~~BAL~~	~~14.00~~
PK	Dan Bailey	MIN	14.00
ST	~~Philadelphia~~	~~PHI~~	~~28.00~~
ST	Carolina	CAR	14.00
ST	~~LA Chargers~~	~~LAC~~	~~13.00~~
ST	San Francisco	SF	12.00
	Total		374.65

We have a new leader in the season-long race: Jacques Smith of Chevy Chase, Md. And we welcome to the Top 25 one of our favorite team names: "It Ertz when I Wentz" (descendent of a team from previous years, "It Ertz when Eifert").

Top 25 after Week 5 games
Rk	Last	Pts	Team	Owner	Hometown
1.	8.	1132.4	VooDoo	Jacques Smith	Chevy Chase, Md.
2.	19.	1129.9	Mile High Hoosier	Kevin Johnson	Rio Rancho, N.M.
3.	1.	1110.6	Headbangers	Chad Henslee	Nederland, Texas
4.	3.	1108.6	put him in the bathroom	Ed Borcky	Wallingford, Pa.
5.	26.	1102.2	Steve K.	Steve Klitzner	Miami, Fla.
6.	7.	1097.3	Joe Mic's Picks	Joseph Michelangelo	Oceanside, N.Y.
7.	38.	1096.6	Kenny M.	Kenny Micheletti	Kansas City, Mo.
8.	30.	1096.4	James C.	James Crawford	Atlanta, Ga.
9.	11.	1096.1	Baitfish	Phil Scarcella	Palm Coast, Fla.
10.	2.	1095.0	Super Bowl Cowboys	Jeff Roberts	Powell, Ohio
11.	-	1093.3	It Ertz when I Wentz	Kenneth Yuen	Arlington Heights, Ill.
12.	17.	1092.5	Crushers	James Zabloudil	Romeoville, Ill.
13.	18.	1084.9	Demolition Men	Susan Mason	Huntersville, N.C.
14.	16.	1084.0	VK	Victor Kitzes	Maple Valley, Wash.
15.	12.	1083.3	DaddyoMaui	Christopher Kepler	Makawao, Hawaii
16.	21.	1083.0	Johnathan H.	Johnathan Hicks	Pasco, Wash.
17.	4.	1082.8	Jason S.	Jason Schuetz	Ft. Collins, Colo.
18.	6.	1082.7	JR'S RAMMERS	John Ruppe	Fort Myers, Fla.
19.	5.	1082.1	Brian B.	Brian Baker	Sparta, Mich.
20.	13.	1080.4	Frank S.	Frank Sui	New York, N.Y.
21.	46.	1078.9	Niner Nut	Vern Davis	Sacramento, Calif.
22.	15.	1076.0	zten	Julius Habjanetz	Pittsburgh, Pa.
23.	20.	1074.6	SlappyWhite	Steve Lantvit	Lisle, Ill.
24.	24.	1073.3	Travis P.	Travis Perry	Coeburn, Va.
25.	40.	1072.1	Miles	Brent Miles	Pasco, Wash.

Weekly scoring leaders, 2019 season
Week	Name	Hometown	Team	Points	Perfect score	Pct Perfect
5	Dennis Snyder	Modesto, Calif.	Sophie's Choice	247.00	374.65	65.9%
4	Brian Van Dorn	Minneapolis	Schutt Air Advantage Plays	245.10	382.20	64.1%
3	Johnathan Hicks	Pasco, Wash.	Johnathan H.	282.95	394.00	71.8%
2	James Zabloudil	Romeoville, Ill.	Crushers	257.35	312.85	82.3%
1	Jeff Turner	Villa Rica, Ga.	Jeff T.	275.00	396.55	69.3%

We try to black out players who will appear on a majority of rosters. Although we blacked out an unusually large number of players last week, we missed some obvious ones: DeAndre Hopkins, George Kittle, Julio Jones and Lamar Jackson appeared half of your lineups. (Hopkins in two-thirds.)

Percentage of Week 5 lineups that included the player
Pct	Score	Name	Pos	Team
65.4%	15.80	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	HOU
54.5%	20.80	George Kittle	TE	SF
49.6%	7.20	Julio Jones	WR	ATL
48.7%	19.05	Lamar Jackson	QB	BAL
40.6%	6.00	Tennessee	ST	TEN
40.6%	23.70	Leonard Fournette	RB	JAC
33.4%	8.00	Minnesota	ST	MIN
33.1%	10.70	Evan Engram	TE	NYG
33.1%	11.00	Ka'imi Fairbairn	PK	HOU
32.0%	6.00	Brett Maher	PK	DAL
31.4%	5.80	Keenan Allen	WR	LAC
30.8%	19.50	Jameis Winston	QB	TB
28.5%	4.00	Joey Slye	PK	CAR
27.4%	9.50	Mark Andrews	TE	BAL
25.9%	7.90	Darren Waller	TE	OAK
24.5%	13.80	Derrick Henry	RB	TEN
22.8%	14.45	Jacoby Brissett	QB	IND
22.5%	14.00	Carolina	ST	CAR
20.8%	41.20	Michael Thomas	WR	NO
17.9%	32.00	Adam Thielen	WR	MIN
17.3%	5.00	Buffalo	ST	BUF
15.9%	11.90	Joe Mixon	RB	CIN
15.9%	27.95	Kyler Murray	QB	ARI
15.9%	6.00	New Orleans	ST	NO
15.6%	12.90	Mark Ingram	RB	BAL
15.0%	31.50	Chris Godwin	WR	TB
15.0%	12.00	San Francisco	ST	SF
14.7%	10.25	Philip Rivers	QB	LAC
13.8%	0.00	Mike Evans	WR	TB
13.5%	3.00	Eddy Pineiro	PK	CHI
13.0%	12.80	Will Dissly	TE	SEA
13.0%	11.80	Aaron Rodgers	QB	GB
13.0%	7.20	Odell Beckham	WR	CLE
12.7%	24.30	Austin Ekeler	RB	LAC
12.4%	33.85	Dak Prescott	QB	DAL
12.1%	15.80	Le'Veon Bell	RB	NYJ
12.1%	9.00	Josh Lambo	PK	JAC
10.4%	6.00	Matt Gay	PK	TB
10.1%	3.40	Tyler Eifert	TE	CIN
9.5%	21.60	Andy Dalton	QB	CIN
9.2%	26.70	Cooper Kupp	WR	LAR
8.7%	19.30	Chris Carson	RB	SEA
8.4%	6.00	Matt Bryant	PK	ATL
7.5%	14.00	Zane Gonzalez	PK	ARI
7.5%	3.00	Jacksonville	ST	JAC
6.6%	5.00	Baltimore	ST	BAL
6.6%	10.60	David Montgomery	RB	CHI
6.6%	6.00	Jason Myers	PK	SEA
6.3%	7.80	Melvin Gordon	RB	LAC
6.3%	10.00	Houston	ST	HOU
6.3%	7.10	Jimmy Graham	TE	GB
6.1%	16.75	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB	SF
6.1%	17.80	Marlon Mack	RB	IND
6.1%	7.00	Chase McLaughlin	PK	LAC
6.1%	11.80	Larry Fitzgerald	WR	ARI
6.1%	39.60	Amari Cooper	WR	DAL
5.8%	11.50	James Conner	RB	PIT
5.8%	10.00	Mason Crosby	PK	GB
5.5%	23.85	Jared Goff	QB	LAR
5.5%	4.30	LeSean McCoy	RB	KC
5.5%	11.00	Chris Boswell	PK	PIT
5.2%	1.80	Eric Ebron	TE	IND
5.2%	28.30	Tyler Boyd	WR	CIN
4.9%	3.00	Austin Seibert	PK	CLE
4.9%	5.00	Baker Mayfield	QB	CLE
4.9%	2.00	Kansas City	ST	KC
4.6%	0.00	Greg Olsen	TE	CAR
4.3%	20.70	Todd Gurley	RB	LAR
4.3%	14.00	Dan Bailey	PK	MIN
4.0%	14.30	Tyler Lockett	WR	SEA
4.0%	23.60	Kirk Cousins	QB	MIN
3.8%	21.30	Sony Michel	RB	NE
3.8%	0.00	Sammy Watkins	WR	KC
3.8%	49.20	Aaron Jones	RB	GB
3.5%	11.00	Pittsburgh	ST	PIT
3.5%	13.20	James White	RB	NE
2.9%	9.00	Green Bay	ST	GB
2.9%	24.70	Phillip Lindsay	RB	DEN
2.9%	1.00	Cincinnati	ST	CIN
2.9%	2.00	Cleveland	ST	CLE
2.9%	2.00	Dallas	ST	DAL
2.9%	2.00	Stephen Hauschka	PK	BUF
2.6%	11.20	Alshon Jeffery	WR	PHI
2.6%	11.00	Randy Bullock	PK	CIN
2.6%	12.20	Jordan Howard	RB	PHI
2.3%	2.80	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	WR	GB
2.3%	1.40	Wayne Gallman	RB	NYG
2.0%	19.20	Courtland Sutton	WR	DEN
2.0%	13.00	Adam Vinatieri	PK	IND
2.0%	4.50	Jaylen Samuels	RB	PIT
1.7%	3.20	Dawson Knox	TE	BUF
1.7%	8.00	Brandon McManus	PK	DEN
1.7%	4.90	Jack Doyle	TE	IND
1.7%	11.30	Mecole Hardman	WR	KC
1.7%	1.00	Cairo Santos	PK	TEN
1.7%	7.60	Ronald Jones	RB	TB
1.4%	2.00	Tampa Bay	ST	TB
1.4%	0.00	Phillip Dorsett	WR	NE
1.4%	5.90	Jason Witten	TE	DAL
1.4%	1.40	Kyle Rudolph	TE	MIN
1.4%	11.50	Jarvis Landry	WR	CLE
1.4%	53.70	Will Fuller	WR	HOU
1.4%	6.10	Demarcus Robinson	WR	KC
1.4%	4.00	Seattle	ST	SEA
1.4%	7.70	T.Y. Hilton	WR	IND
1.4%	1.00	Arizona	ST	ARI
1.4%	25.00	Julian Edelman	WR	NE
1.4%	4.00	Aldrick Rosas	PK	NYG
1.2%	3.00	NY Jets	ST	NYJ
1.2%	11.20	Marquise Brown	WR	BAL
1.2%	14.30	Daniel Jones	QB	NYG
1.2%	2.00	Delanie Walker	TE	TEN
1.2%	0.00	Darrel Williams	RB	KC
1.2%	10.90	Josh Gordon	WR	NE
1.2%	11.60	Auden Tate	WR	CIN
0.9%	9.80	Robert Woods	WR	LAR
0.9%	19.80	Calvin Ridley	WR	ATL
0.9%	10.45	Marcus Mariota	QB	TEN
0.9%	0.00	Ricky Seals-Jones	TE	CLE
0.9%	8.90	Frank Gore	RB	BUF
0.9%	0.00	Benjamin Watson	TE	NE
0.9%	8.00	Oakland	ST	OAK
0.9%	4.60	Trey Burton	TE	CHI
0.9%	27.90	Matt Breida	RB	SF
0.9%	1.90	Jake Kumerow	WR	GB
0.6%	18.00	Devonta Freeman	RB	ATL
0.6%	19.75	Chase Daniel	QB	CHI
0.6%	3.40	Raheem Mostert	RB	SF
0.6%	15.10	D.J. Moore	WR	CAR
0.6%	30.90	Gardner Minshew	QB	JAC
0.6%	1.90	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	DEN
0.6%	12.25	Derek Carr	QB	OAK
0.6%	3.10	Jordan Akins	TE	HOU
0.6%	9.70	Sterling Shepard	WR	NYG
0.6%	36.40	D.J. Chark	WR	JAC
0.6%	0.00	Tyrell Williams	WR	OAK
0.6%	2.00	O.J. Howard	TE	TB
0.6%	4.00	Denver	ST	DEN
0.3%	0.00	Lance Kendricks	TE	LAC
0.3%	5.00	NY Giants	ST	NYG
0.3%	8.30	Randall Cobb	WR	DAL
0.3%	7.70	Duke Johnson	RB	HOU
0.3%	6.00	Daniel Carlson	PK	OAK
0.3%	0.00	Nick Vannett	TE	PIT
0.3%	20.50	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	PIT
0.3%	6.60	Brandin Cooks	WR	LAR
0.3%	1.00	Dustin Hopkins	PK	WAS
0.3%	6.00	Washington	ST	WAS
0.3%	8.80	Chris Thompson	RB	WAS
0.3%	7.70	Diontae Johnson	WR	PIT
0.3%	8.50	Nyheim Hines	RB	IND
0.3%	0.00	Ty Long	P	LAC
0.3%	12.00	Carlos Hyde	RB	HOU
0.3%	2.10	Dallas Goedert	TE	PHI
0.3%	13.45	Kyle Allen	QB	CAR
0.3%	10.90	Tarik Cohen	RB	CHI
0.3%	28.70	Allen Robinson	WR	CHI
0.3%	2.10	Cameron Brate	TE	TB
0.3%	5.10	Cole Beasley	WR	BUF
0.3%	2.30	Taysom Hill	QB	NO
0.3%	14.10	Jared Cook	TE	NO
0.3%	21.65	Josh Allen	QB	BUF
0.3%	32.40	Teddy Bridgewater	QB	NO

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