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December 03, 2024

Natrone Means Business Wins Blackout

Rodney Robinson from Renton, WA and his team Natrone Means Business win Week 13 of the Blackout with 254.80 points.

Like many Blackout managers, Rodney gorged himself on the cornucopia of points available in the Thanksgiving edition of the Blackout. He selected both of the top scoring tight ends and defenses to win the week.

Thanks to everyone for participating in Week 13’s Thanksgiving edition. Week 14 will be back to the normal player pool.

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Natrone Means Business made a pretty serious misstep selecting Bo Nix(QB12) which put him down 10.55 points vs the average of the other top teams. His path to the top spot was paved at tight end. All of the other top rosters ran afoul of Taysom Hill(TE10) or George Kittle(TE18). Rodney paired Trey McBride(TE2) with the TE1, David Njoku and won the position by 18.5 to snatch the top spot late Monday night. Check out this week’s winning roster:

Week 13 highest score
Rodney Robinson, Renton, WA
(Maximum-points picks in bold)
Pos	Name	Team	Score
QB	Josh Allen	BUF	29.90
QB	Bo Nix	DEN	19.10
RB	Joe Mixon	HOU	21.90
RB	Kyren Williams	LAR	18.30
WR	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	20.60
WR	Nico Collins	HOU	19.90
WR	Puka Nacua	LAR	17.30
TE	Trey McBride	ARI	21.60
TE	David Njoku	CLE	26.20
PK	Chris Boswell	PIT	14.00
PK	Brandon Aubrey	DAL	9.00
ST	Denver Broncos	DEN	21.00
ST	Dallas Cowboys	DAL	16.00
Total			254.80

Even with so many elite players in the pool, the top scoring players remained elusive. Both top QBs were included on under 1.5% of rosters. A salute to the managers who went with Jameis Winston(QB1). His top target, Jerry Jeudy(WR1) was equally shocking and selected on just 1.38% of rosters. Terry Mclaurin(WR2) was on just 0.69% this week and David Njoku(TE1) was on just 5.17%. It was a good week to be a Browns fan in the Blackout, still not a good week to be a Browns fan in Cleveland though. Take a look at the highest possible scoring roster:

Week 13 Perfect Score
(Blackouts in ~~strikethrough~~)
% Selected	Position	Team	Name	Score
1.38%	QB	CLE	Jameis Winston	43.95
1.03%	QB	PIT	Russell Wilson	33.00
10.34%	RB	TB	Bucky Irving	27.50
20.34%	RB	ATL	Bijan Robinson	25.50
1.38%	WR	CLE	Jerry Jeudy	40.50
0.69%	WR	WAS	Terry McLaurin	27.30
8.97%	WR	TB	Mike Evans	25.80
~~0.00%~~	TE	LV	~~Brock Bowers~~	~~30.20~~
5.17%	TE	CLE	David Njoku	26.20
64.14%	TE	ARI	Trey McBride	21.60
0.00%	PK	ARI	Chad Ryland	16.00
16.90%	PK	TB	Chase McLaughlin	14.00
19.66%	PK	PIT	Chris Boswell	14.00
60.34%	ST	DEN	Denver Broncos	21.00
3.79%	ST	PIT	Pittsburgh Steelers	16.00
27.24%	ST	DAL	Dallas Cowboys	16.00
Total				338.35

Despite some low percentages on the prefect roster, there were plenty of points to go around and the most selected roster had its fill. Although it included just two max scores, the only bust this week was Taysom Hill(TE10). The wisdom of the crowd score, 244.15 was the highest total of the season and the highest percentage of the available points, 72.16%. Take a look at the most selected roster:

Week 13 Wisdom Of Crowds score
(Maximum-points picks in bold)
% Started	Pos	Name	Team	Score
44.48%	QB	Josh Allen	BUF	29.90
41.72%	QB	Joe Burrow	CIN	28.35
57.59%	RB	Joe Mixon	HOU	21.90
27.59%	RB	Alvin Kamara	NO	15.90
67.93%	WR	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	20.60
58.62%	WR	Nico Collins	HOU	19.90
47.24%	WR	Puka Nacua	LAR	17.30
64.14%	TE	Trey McBride	ARI	21.60
43.45%	TE	Taysom Hill	NO	9.70
41.03%	PK	Ka'imi Fairbairn	HOU	11.00
25.17%	PK	Wil Lutz	DEN	11.00
60.34%	ST	Denver Broncos	DEN	21.00
27.24%	ST	Dallas Cowboys	DAL	16.00
Total				244.15

Joe Kapp turned in another solid outing (87th) to retain the top spot in the Overall Rankings. Northern King continued his climb with a 30th place finish, whittling Joe Kapp’s lead down to 17.85 points. Last week’s winner, TOM TAKE TWO slid down to 6th behind 120th place. Leaping into 4th is MAYORNICK1960 who finished 24th in Week 13. After a slow start he’s logged 8 top 100 finishes in the last 10 weeks, including 16th last week and 3rd back in Week 7. Here’s a look at the Top 25 Overall:

Top 25 Overall after Week 13:
Rk	Overall	Team Name	Location
1	2542.50	Joe Kapp	Mount Carroll, IL
2	2524.65	Northern King	Rochester, NY
3	2505.60	Henne to Manningham	La Crosse, WI
4	2496.70	MAYORNICK1960	Reading, PA
5	2481.10	Troy R.	Muskegon, MI
6	2480.20	Tom Take Two	Odenton, MD
7	2477.80	AMARI 2600	South Lyon, MI
8	2473.35	Steve K.	Miami, FL
9	2472.95	Scott K	Winnipeg, MB
10	2463.40	CRAIG MACHINE	Humble, TX
11	2462.85	PRIME TIME	Sturgeon Bay, WI
12	2458.10	For Who? For What?	West Chester, PA
13	2456.55	Bull 51	Avondale, PA
14	2440.90	GREGH987	Cameron Park, CA
15	2439.70	Saquon Destroy	Ward, AR
16	2438.80	Rich Z.	Schaumburg, IL
17	2437.60	CDUB 23	Grapevine, TX
18	2435.75	JoeG Rx	Folsom, CA
19	2431.60	GameBoyHump
20	2426.30	Paul B.	Lakeville, MN
21	2423.00	zten	Pittsburgh, PA
22	2420.00	Chest Rockwell	Chicago, IL
23	2418.75	Mighty Grimmace's	Obetz, OH
24	2414.20	Paul O.	Brooklyn, NY
25	2414.05	Chuck H.	Urbandale, IA

Here are the Top 25 finishes from Week 13:

Top 25 Week 13 Scores:
Rk	Wk13	Team Name	Location
1	254.80	Natrone Means Business	Renton, WA
2	251.85	Lancaster Lightning	Leola, PA
3	251.10	Steve K.	Miami, FL
4	250.75	Bull 51	Avondale, PA
5	244.05	I Can't Reid	Lees Summit, MO
6	243.70	zten	Pittsburgh, PA"
7	243.40	GAry G.	Trenton, MI
8	242.65	Plano Guru	Plano, TX
9	240.35	PR Lightning	Brigham City, UT
10	240.10	Naugatuck Riverrattlers	Beacon Falls, CT
11	238.50	Col. Jessup's Code Red	Canton, GA
12	235.55	BUCXPRESS	Mount Dora, FL
13	235.35	Frosty Mugs	Abington, MA
14	234.90	AMARI 2600	South Lyon, MI
15	234.85	Variety Blues
16	234.55	Troy's Boys	Andover, NY
17	234.50	Travis P.	Coeburn, VA
18	234.15	Mega Jesuits	Corpus Christi, TX
19	233.95	Dam Guy	Mossyrock, WA
20	233.55	Vermont Rick	Manchestr Ctr, VT
21	232.95	@AngryMoose1	Concord, NH
22	231.75	Nostrildamus	Berwyn, IL
23	231.55	Mighty Grimmace's	Obetz, OH
24	231.50	MAYORNICK1960	Reading, PA
25	230.80	Headbangers	Nederland, TX

Percentage of Week 13 lineups that included the player
Count	Percent	Pos	Name	Team	Score
197	67.93%	WR	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	20.60
186	64.14%	TE	Trey McBride	ARI	21.60
175	60.34%	ST	Denver Broncos	DEN	21.00
170	58.62%	WR	Nico Collins	HOU	19.90
167	57.59%	RB	Joe Mixon	HOU	21.90
137	47.24%	WR	Puka Nacua	LAR	17.30
129	44.48%	QB	Josh Allen	BUF	29.90
126	43.45%	TE	Taysom Hill	NO	9.70
121	41.72%	QB	Joe Burrow	CIN	28.35
119	41.03%	PK	Ka'imi Fairbairn	HOU	11.00
96	33.10%	WR	Justin Jefferson	MIN	16.90
95	32.76%	TE	George Kittle	SF	1.70
83	28.62%	QB	Baker Mayfield	TB	16.55
80	27.59%	RB	Alvin Kamara	NO	15.90
79	27.24%	ST	Dallas Cowboys	DAL	16.00
73	25.17%	PK	Wil Lutz	DEN	11.00
69	23.79%	PK	Cameron Dicker	LAC	9.00
67	23.10%	PK	Brandon Aubrey	DAL	9.00
61	21.03%	ST	Houston Texans	HOU	2.00
61	21.03%	ST	Washington Commanders	WAS	6.00
59	20.34%	RB	Bijan Robinson	ATL	25.50
57	19.66%	PK	Chris Boswell	PIT	14.00
52	17.93%	QB	Jayden Daniels	WAS	31.70
52	17.93%	RB	Kyren Williams	LAR	18.30
50	17.24%	ST	Buffalo Bills	BUF	7.00
49	16.90%	PK	Chase McLaughlin	TB	14.00
49	16.90%	QB	Bo Nix	DEN	19.10
45	15.52%	WR	Courtland Sutton	DEN	16.20
44	15.17%	TE	Cade Otton	TB	6.00
42	14.48%	TE	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	5.80
40	13.79%	ST	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	TB	3.00
40	13.79%	WR	Cooper Kupp	LAR	4.70
35	12.07%	QB	Matthew Stafford	LAR	17.45
35	12.07%	WR	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	5.90
31	10.69%	QB	Justin Herbert	LAC	9.45
31	10.69%	RB	Chase Brown	CIN	19.00
30	10.34%	RB	Bucky Irving	TB	27.50
30	10.34%	ST	Minnesota Vikings	MIN	5.00
28	9.66%	RB	Christian McCaffrey	SF	8.70
26	8.97%	PK	Younghoe Koo	ATL	7.00
26	8.97%	RB	Kenneth Walker	SEA	6.60
26	8.97%	WR	Mike Evans	TB	25.80
23	7.93%	QB	C.J. Stroud	HOU	16.80
22	7.59%	PK	Tyler Bass	BUF	5.00
20	6.90%	TE	Evan Engram	JAC	11.10
18	6.21%	PK	John Parker Romo	MIN	11.00
16	5.52%	RB	Jonathan Taylor	IND	17.30
16	5.52%	PK	Joshua Karty	LAR	3.00
15	5.17%	PK	Blake Grupe	NO	6.00
15	5.17%	RB	Aaron Jones	MIN	11.80
15	5.17%	PK	Evan McPherson	CIN	8.00
15	5.17%	WR	Ladd McConkey	LAC	20.70
15	5.17%	TE	David Njoku	CLE	26.20
12	4.14%	ST	Los Angeles Chargers	LAC	15.00
11	3.79%	WR	George Pickens	PIT	16.40
11	3.79%	ST	Pittsburgh Steelers	PIT	16.00
10	3.45%	WR	Tee Higgins	CIN	17.90
10	3.45%	WR	Drake London	ATL	17.30
10	3.45%	ST	Indianapolis Colts	IND	6.00
10	3.45%	RB	Breece Hall	NYJ	8.00
9	3.10%	QB	Kirk Cousins	ATL	12.55
9	3.10%	RB	James Cook	BUF	19.00
8	2.76%	QB	Sam Darnold	MIN	21.95
8	2.76%	ST	Seattle Seahawks	SEA	12.00
8	2.76%	RB	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	4.30
7	2.41%	TE	Will Dissly	LAC	0.00
7	2.41%	RB	Tony Pollard	TEN	10.80
7	2.41%	TE	Hunter Henry	NE	14.50
6	2.07%	WR	Marvin Harrison	ARI	17.00
6	2.07%	WR	Brian Thomas	JAC	18.70
6	2.07%	TE	Kyle Pitts	ATL	0.00
6	2.07%	WR	Khalil Shakir	BUF	7.00
5	1.72%	RB	Rico Dowdle	DAL	21.30
5	1.72%	QB	Kyler Murray	ARI	21.80
5	1.72%	ST	New York Jets	NYJ	13.00
5	1.72%	ST	Cleveland Browns	CLE	4.00
5	1.72%	TE	Zach Ertz	WAS	12.50
4	1.38%	QB	Jameis Winston	CLE	43.95
4	1.38%	TE	Luke Schoonmaker	DAL	8.30
4	1.38%	ST	Tennessee Titans	TEN	4.00
4	1.38%	ST	Arizona Cardinals	ARI	7.00
4	1.38%	RB	Nick Chubb	CLE	12.50
4	1.38%	PK	Zane Gonzalez	WAS	6.00
4	1.38%	WR	Jerry Jeudy	CLE	40.50
4	1.38%	ST	New York Giants	NYG	0.00
4	1.38%	QB	Derek Carr	NO	16.40
4	1.38%	PK	Jason Myers	SEA	8.00
4	1.38%	WR	Malik Nabers	NYG	15.30
4	1.38%	QB	Anthony Richardson	IND	26.25
3	1.03%	RB	Jaylen Warren	PIT	10.40
3	1.03%	WR	Tank Dell	HOU	3.30
3	1.03%	WR	DK Metcalf	SEA	10.60
3	1.03%	PK	Matt Gay	IND	5.00
3	1.03%	TE	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	18.80
3	1.03%	RB	Javonte Williams	DEN	7.40
3	1.03%	QB	Russell Wilson	PIT	33.00
3	1.03%	QB	Geno Smith	SEA	14.50
2	0.69%	WR	Garrett Wilson	NYJ	9.10
2	0.69%	ST	New England Patriots	NE	4.00
2	0.69%	WR	Terry McLaurin	WAS	27.30
2	0.69%	WR	Jordan Addison	MIN	9.40
2	0.69%	RB	James Conner	ARI	11.10
2	0.69%	WR	Darnell Mooney	ATL	5.00
2	0.69%	WR	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	11.90
2	0.69%	WR	Cedric Tillman	CLE	0.00
2	0.69%	PK	Cam Little	JAC	6.00
2	0.69%	WR	Amari Cooper	BUF	4.20
2	0.69%	TE	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	0.00
2	0.69%	RB	Tyrone Tracy	NYG	14.50
2	0.69%	PK	Dustin Hopkins	CLE	6.00
2	0.69%	PK	Jake Moody	SF	4.00
2	0.69%	WR	Adam Thielen	CAR	23.90
1	0.34%	RB	Tank Bigsby	JAC	4.50
1	0.34%	RB	Brian Robinson	WAS	17.90
1	0.34%	RB	Najee Harris	PIT	24.90
1	0.34%	QB	Will Levis	TEN	18.30
1	0.34%	PK	Nick Folk	TEN	7.00
1	0.34%	RB	Gus Edwards	LAC	4.30
1	0.34%	TE	Tyler Conklin	NYJ	7.20
1	0.34%	ST	New Orleans Saints	NO	2.00
1	0.34%	QB	Cooper Rush	DAL	13.75
1	0.34%	TE	Dalton Schultz	HOU	17.10
1	0.34%	ST	Atlanta Falcons	ATL	7.00
1	0.34%	PK	Anders Carlson	NYJ	1.00
1	0.34%	PK	Eddy Pineiro	CAR	11.00
1	0.34%	WR	M. Valdes-Scantling	NO	11.60
1	0.34%	WR	Quentin Johnston	LAC	3.20
1	0.34%	ST	Cincinnati Bengals	CIN	10.00
1	0.34%	WR	Jauan Jennings	SF	8.60
1	0.34%	ST	Los Angeles Rams	LAR	0.00
1	0.34%	WR	Jalen Tolbert	DAL	6.10
1	0.34%	WR	Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	2.60
1	0.34%	QB	Trevor Lawrence	JAC	2.65
1	0.34%	WR	Calvin Ridley	TEN	6.50

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