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Jacques Smith is the 2019 Fantasy Index Blackout champion

In what often seemed a foregone conclusion, Jacques Smith of Chevy Chase, Md. won the 2019 Fantasy Index Blackout championship. Jacques will receive a free subscription to the SuperFanatic newsletter package in 2020, plus a free copy of the 2020 edition of Fantasy Football Index magazine, plus a spot in our magazine Experts Draft or Experts Auction -- his choice. Second place finisher Rob Rinehart of Petaluma, Calif. will be invited to participate, as well.

Hotshot readers often tell us that they belong in our Experts Poll, Experts Draft and Experts Auction. We promise to put them in the magazine. All they need to do is play Blackout every week and outscore hundreds of competitors like Smith and Rinehart (or win the Fantasy Index Open rankings accuracy contest -- final results for that will be posted soon).

Jacques seized the overall lead in Week 5, and he held it for 11 of the final 13 weeks. We asked if there was a particular strategy or method he used to win the contest, and he gave a totally un-helpful answer: "As for my secret sauce, I am originally from New Orleans, so I look at success like making a good gumbo. You need to have a good roux, fresh ingredients, and patience. It is the same for fantasy success - it takes a gumbo to win - with equal parts preparation, luck, and patience."

Fantasy Index Blackout is our free, all-comers weekly game. Participants submit a lineup consisting of two quarterbacks, two running backs, three receivers, two tight ends, two kickers, and two defense / special teams. But we remove some players from the pick-list (i.e., they are "blacked out").

The margins in the game are slim. The official Fantasy Index Weekly picks finished 24th overall in the contest. But each week Fantasy Index publisher Ian Allan played a hunch here or there, and his hunches finished 25.0 points ahead of the official picks -- 19th overall. This year 692 people played at some point during the year, and a solid core of about 300 people played all 17 weeks. Thanks to everybody who played this year. Play again beginning next September.

Final 2019 standings - Top 50 overall
RkLastPtsTeamOwnerHometown
1.1.3440.4VooDooJacques SmithChevy Chase, Md.
2.2.3418.0FYFFLRob RinehartPetaluma, Calif.
3.4.3402.3VKVictor KitzesMaple Valley, Wash.
4.6.3390.4Mike T.Mike TaylorMeridian, Idaho
5.8.3377.4Bellview BashersTreavor PhippsSalem, Ind.
6.5.3358.9Joe Mic's PicksJoseph MichelangeloOceanside, N.Y.
7.7.3356.1SlappyWhiteSteve LantvitLisle, Ill.
8.3.3354.8Steve K.Steve KlitznerMiami, Fla.
9.11.3352.8Niner NutVern DavisSacramento, Calif.
10.12.3328.4zilladoggPhilip BrowningHonolulu, Hawaii
11.23.3327.5Chubbs PetersonEd WeissParsippany, N.J.
12.22.3324.0Naugatuck RiverrattlersChris BielikBeacon Falls, Conn.
13.16.3321.3Livengood RulesMichael LivengoodWard, Ark.
14.20.3318.1Dam GuyDave GarnerMossyrock, Wash.
15.14.3312.3RenegadesMark ChristieFairport, N.Y.
16.17.3312.3Scott A.Scott AndersonTroy, N.Y.
17.21.3310.5It Ertz when I WentzKenneth YuenArlington Heights, Ill.
18.19.3309.6BUCXPRESSRobert BuckmannMount Dora, Fla.
19.25.3306.7Fantasy Index (Ian Allan)Ian AllanSeattle, Wash.
20.39.3293.1Benton's BulliesBenton HittLorton, Va.
21.27.3292.718 rocksBrad DenglerMorton, Wash.
22.15.3285.5Frank S.Frank SuiNew York, N.Y.
23.32.3284.7Brian B.Brian BakerSparta, Mich.
24.28.3281.7Fantasy Index (official picks)Fantasy IndexSeattle, Wash.
25.37.3279.6HeadbangersChad HensleeNederland, Texas
26.36.3279.5BASHERSDan BowmanLiberty, Mo.
27.26.3269.8DukmanDavid KennedySteamburg, N.Y.
28.30.3267.3JR'S RAMMERSJohn RuppeFort Myers, Fla.
29.31.3263.5Barney's RubblePaul BarnesSilver Spring, Md.
30.40.3260.3O ClubJohn SokoloskyWilburton, Okla.
31.24.3259.7French TauntersMike HernandezYakima, Wash.
32.29.3258.8Scott K.Scott KaliskaWinnipeg, Manitoba
33.38.3257.4Den's DawgsDennis SalisburyCranston, R.I.
34.35.3255.8SDBOLTGUYMichael GenesiOceanside, Calif.
35.33.3254.6Justin S.Justin SkinnerSpringfield, Mo.
36.45.3246.2Johnathan H.Johnathan HicksPasco, Wash.
37.34.3244.8Jarrett A.Jarrett ApplegateManchester, Mo.
38.49.3239.7MilesBrent MilesPasco, Wash.
39.46.3234.9Mighty Grimmace'sTodd BlinnObetz, Ohio
40.-3232.8Travis P.Travis PerryCoeburn, Va.
41.-3229.6Physically Unable to PerformDave CohenBrooklyn, N.Y.
42.41.3228.1IOFTHETIGERRichard HodgesTacoma, Wash.
43.44.3227.3DT BOMBERSDennis ThomasRoyal Oaks, Calif.
44.50.3226.4HarveynutsWilliam HarveyPittsburgh, Pa.
45.42.3223.6Mile High HoosierKevin JohnsonRio Rancho, N.M.
46.-3222.2Riverboat GamblerPat SchlyerHays, KS
47.43.3214.0Timothy B.Timothy BrynerAnchorage, Alaska
48.-3210.9Rancor KeeperDwight JohnsonColumbia, Md.
49.-3201.4fairballSteven MorrowEagle Lake, Minn.
50.47.3200.5Super Bowl CowboysJeff RobertsPowell, Ohio

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