Robert Cassidy of Florence, Ore. shattered the all-time single week Blackout record, scoring 297 points and correctly identifying seven maximum-points players. It was his second win of the season, so he'll collect another $25 Fantasy Index gift certificate. Click through to see his winning lineup, the perfect lineup for the week, the most frequently picked players, and the overall top 25.

His score was the highest for the five seasons 2017-2022 (we did not run the game in 2020). It was higher than two of this year's perfect possible scores.

Enter now for Week 9 at https://fantasyindex.com/members/competitions/2022/blackout/.

The masses hit on a lot of picks this week, but Daniel Carlson wasn't one of them.

With his second weekly win of the year, Cassidy vaults into first place. One good week can put you in the chase. He's had two great weeks.

This was the worst-ever performance by the Blacker-Outer:

• The four most-used players were maximum points players.
• Six of the nine most-used players were maximum points players.
• The two most-used quarterbacks were maximum points players.
• Two of the three most-used receivers were maximum points players.
• Only two potential maximum points players (Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle) were blacked out.
• 11 of the 19 highest scores in Fantasy Index Blackout history were recorded in Week 8.

Fantasy Index Blackout scores above 270 points, 2017-2022
(Week 8, 2022 scores in bold)
Year	Week	Name	Town	Team	Points	Perfect score	Pct Perfect
2022	8	Robert Cassidy	Florence, OR	SHAMROCKS	297.00	345.20	86.0%
2022	8	Cody Hager	Portland, OR	Flash	287.70	345.20	83.3%
2019	3	Johnathan Hicks	Pasco, Wash.	Johnathan H.	282.95	394.00	71.8%
2022	2	Chris Hertzberg	Austin, Texas	Austin Oh-Fers	282.65	389.25	72.6%
2021	13	Ian Allan	Seattle	Fantasy Index (Ian Allan)	282.40	347.65	81.2%
2021	5	Richard Hodges	Tacoma, Wash.	IOFTHETIGER	281.81	394.10	71.5%
2022	8	Craig Smith	Humble, TX	CRAIG MACHINE	280.50	345.20	81.3%
2022	8	Vern Davis	Sacramento, CA	NINER NUT	278.80	345.20	80.8%
2022	8	Justin Eleff	Alexandria, VA	Fantasy Index Podcast (Justin Eleff)	278.45	345.20	80.7%
2022	8	Ben MacLeod	Concord, NH	@AngryMoose1	277.10	345.20	80.3%
2019	1	Jeff Turner	Villa Rica, Ga.	Jeff T.	275.00	396.55	69.3%
2022	8	Chris Bielik	Beacon Falls, CT	Naugatuck Riverrattlers	275.00	345.20	79.7%
2021	13	Fantasy Index	Seattle	Fantasy Index (official picks)	274.40	347.65	78.9%
2021	11	Rick Heidorn	Minneola, Fla.	Cincinnati Buckeye	274.05	367.85	74.5%
2022	8	Steve Brun	Beavercreek, OH	Last Call	273.60	345.20	79.3%
2021	2	Bruce Boegel	Cottage Grove, Minn.	Bruce B.	273.2	369.05	74.0%
2022	8	Steven Hecker	Powell, OH	Steven H.	273.20	345.20	79.1%
2022	8	Jacques Smith	Washington, DC	VooDoo	271.70	345.20	78.7%
2022	8	Tim Schadelbauer	Farmingville, NY	Team Schads-FI	270.50	345.20	78.4%

Maybe the solution is to black out no players this week.

Percentage of Week 8 lineups that included the player
Pct	Score	Name	Pos	Team
66.0%	12.00	Dallas	ST	DAL
61.1%	10.00	Philadelphia	ST	PHI
60.1%	33.00	Tua Tagovailoa	QB	MIA
57.6%	33.90	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	ARI
51.4%	13.90	Tee Higgins	WR	CIN
44.4%	0.00	Daniel Carlson	PK	LV
39.9%	31.90	Kyler Murray	QB	ARI
39.2%	12.90	George Kittle	TE	SF
38.5%	39.60	A.J. Brown	WR	PHI
37.9%	27.80	Kirk Cousins	QB	MIN
35.8%	9.00	Tyler Bass	PK	BUF
30.2%	12.40	Dallas Goedert	TE	PHI
29.2%	10.20	Chris Olave	WR	NO
28.8%	25.40	Nick Chubb	RB	CLE
26.4%	12.20	Kenneth Walker	RB	SEA
24.7%	9.00	Justin Tucker	PK	BAL
23.6%	7.60	Jonathan Taylor	RB	IND
22.9%	33.70	Tony Pollard	RB	DAL
21.5%	11.00	T.J. Hockenson	TE	DET
21.5%	4.00	Buffalo	ST	BUF
19.4%	1.00	Evan McPherson	PK	CIN
18.8%	18.80	CeeDee Lamb	WR	DAL
18.8%	13.90	Amon-Ra St.Brown	WR	DET
18.4%	5.50	Gabe Davis	WR	BUF
18.4%	40.60	Christian McCaffrey	RB	SF
17.7%	25.10	Dalvin Cook	RB	MIN
17.0%	42.80	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO
16.0%	13.40	Zach Ertz	TE	ARI
15.6%	3.50	Tyler Higbee	TE	LAR
15.6%	7.70	Raheem Mostert	RB	MIA
14.9%	8.30	Taysom Hill	TE	NO
12.5%	7.00	Brett Maher	PK	DAL
12.5%	4.95	Derek Carr	QB	LV
11.1%	29.90	Dak Prescott	QB	DAL
11.1%	18.30	Mike Evans	WR	TB
10.1%	10.80	Daniel Jones	QB	NYG
10.1%	9.70	Pat Freiermuth	TE	PIT
9.7%	7.00	Jason Sanders	PK	MIA
9.7%	12.80	Tyler Boyd	WR	CIN
8.3%	8.00	New England	ST	NE
8.0%	8.20	Hayden Hurst	TE	CIN
7.6%	6.80	Irv Smith	TE	MIN
7.3%	2.00	San Francisco	ST	SF
6.9%	7.30	DeVonta Smith	WR	PHI
6.9%	9.00	Jason Myers	PK	SEA
6.3%	5.00	Jake Elliott	PK	PHI
5.6%	25.20	Travis Etienne	RB	JAC
5.6%	7.00	Graham Gano	PK	NYG
4.9%	14.10	Dameon Pierce	RB	HOU
4.9%	12.80	Mike Gesicki	TE	MIA
4.9%	13.00	Younghoe Koo	PK	ATL
4.9%	12.70	Greg Dulcich	TE	DEN
4.5%	20.35	Tom Brady	QB	TB
4.5%	27.50	DJ Moore	WR	CAR
4.5%	17.30	Tyler Lockett	WR	SEA
4.5%	21.20	Geno Smith	QB	SEA
4.5%	6.00	Wil Lutz	PK	NO
4.2%	5.00	Tennessee	ST	TEN
4.2%	20.10	Brandon Aiyuk	WR	SF
3.8%	4.00	Indianapolis	ST	IND
3.8%	9.00	Dawson Knox	TE	BUF
3.5%	4.00	Greg Joseph	PK	MIN
3.5%	5.00	Jacksonville	ST	JAC
3.5%	14.30	D'Andre Swift	RB	DET
3.1%	0.00	Harrison Bryant	TE	CLE
3.1%	21.30	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	NE
3.1%	13.40	Dalton Schultz	TE	DAL
3.1%	19.45	Andy Dalton	QB	NO
3.1%	6.00	Denver	ST	DEN
3.1%	13.50	Chris Godwin	WR	TB
2.8%	24.10	Amari Cooper	WR	CLE
2.8%	21.85	Jared Goff	QB	DET
2.8%	6.00	Cade York	PK	CLE
2.8%	1.00	Miami	ST	MIA
2.4%	3.40	Juwan Johnson	TE	NO
2.4%	16.00	Nick Folk	PK	NE
2.4%	7.00	Robbie Gould	PK	SF
2.1%	3.00	Brandon McManus	PK	DEN
2.1%	12.70	Adam Thielen	WR	MIN
2.1%	12.30	Michael Pittman	WR	IND
2.1%	11.55	Sam Ehlinger	QB	IND
2.1%	19.00	Kyle Pitts	TE	ATL
1.7%	6.00	Carolina	ST	CAR
1.7%	16.60	Terry McLaurin	WR	WAS
1.7%	10.00	Ryan Succop	PK	TB
1.7%	8.00	N.Y. Jets	ST	NYJ
1.7%	8.50	Robert Tonyan	TE	GB
1.7%	31.80	D'Onta Foreman	RB	CAR
1.7%	5.00	Randy Bullock	PK	TEN
1.7%	15.50	Evan Engram	TE	JAC
1.4%	19.25	Matthew Stafford	QB	LAR
1.4%	27.55	Justin Fields	QB	CHI
1.4%	3.50	Cade Otton	TE	TB
1.4%	9.30	Devin Singletary	RB	BUF
1.4%	9.00	Atlanta	ST	ATL
1.4%	0.00	Deebo Samuel	WR	SF
1.4%	19.25	Aaron Rodgers	QB	GB
1.4%	0.00	Darren Waller	TE	LV
1.0%	3.40	Josh Reynolds	WR	DET
1.0%	9.00	Seattle	ST	SEA
1.0%	5.00	Greg Zuerlein	PK	NYJ
1.0%	14.80	Leonard Fournette	RB	TB
1.0%	7.00	Christian Kirk	WR	JAC
1.0%	5.00	N.Y Giants	ST	NYG
1.0%	3.00	L.A. Rams	ST	LAR
1.0%	3.20	Will Dissly	TE	SEA
1.0%	8.50	Eno Benjamin	RB	ARI
1.0%	5.00	Baltimore	ST	BAL
1.0%	3.20	Hunter Henry	TE	NE
1.0%	10.00	Minnesota	ST	MIN
0.7%	16.20	Romeo Doubs	WR	GB
0.7%	9.00	Michael Badgley	PK	DET
0.7%	18.30	Russell Wilson	QB	DEN
0.7%	6.00	Cincinnati	ST	CIN
0.7%	7.30	Marquise Goodwin	WR	SEA
0.7%	3.90	Noah Fant	TE	SEA
0.7%	3.00	Tampa Bay	ST	TB
0.7%	9.00	Cleveland	ST	CLE
0.7%	28.95	Marcus Mariota	QB	ATL
0.7%	8.50	Diontae Johnson	WR	PIT
0.7%	2.00	Matt Gay	PK	LAR
0.7%	1.60	Hunter Renfrow	WR	LV
0.7%	8.00	Isaiah McKenzie	WR	BUF
0.7%	11.20	Kareem Hunt	RB	CLE
0.7%	10.00	Chase McLaughlin	PK	IND
0.7%	11.30	Brandin Cooks	WR	HOU
0.7%	13.80	Miles Sanders	RB	PHI
0.7%	26.85	Taylor Heinicke	QB	WAS
0.7%	4.00	Ka'imi Fairbairn	PK	HOU
0.4%	0.00	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	DAL
0.4%	7.00	Houston	ST	HOU
0.4%	12.40	Davis Mills	QB	HOU
0.4%	17.50	Tyler Allgeier	RB	ATL
0.4%	8.90	Michael Gallup	WR	DAL
0.4%	19.70	Aaron Jones	RB	GB
0.4%	0.00	Chuba Hubbard	RB	CAR
0.4%	6.00	New Orleans	ST	NO
0.4%	10.10	Michael Carter	RB	NYJ
0.4%	5.00	Riley Patterson	PK	JAC
0.4%	25.10	Jacoby Brissett	QB	CLE
0.4%	10.50	David Montgomery	RB	CHI
0.4%	12.00	Najee Harris	RB	PIT
0.4%	2.00	Brian Robinson	RB	WAS
0.4%	21.85	P.J. Walker	QB	CAR
0.4%	0.00	Jameis Winston	QB	NO
0.4%	12.15	Trevor Lawrence	QB	JAC
0.4%	8.00	Eddy Pineiro	PK	CAR
0.4%	0.00	Las Vegas	ST	LV
0.4%	5.00	Washington	ST	WAS
0.4%	21.00	Jakobi Meyers	WR	NE
0.4%	5.00	Joey Slye	PK	WAS
0.4%	10.90	Curtis Samuel	WR	WAS
0.4%	9.50	Alec Pierce	WR	IND
0.4%	22.60	Jamaal Williams	RB	DET
0.4%	6.00	Green Bay	ST	GB
0.4%	20.05	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB	SF
0.4%	12.55	Chase Claypool	WR	PIT
0.4%	5.00	Mason Crosby	PK	GB
0.4%	3.00	Pittsburgh	ST	PIT