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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
da squirts
3-4 143.56
130.28
 
VS
proj
Finkle & Einhorn
77.63 1-6
76.45

da squirts hand Finkle & Einhorn sixth straight loss in 143.56-77.63 rout

da squirts cruised to a 143.56-77.63 victory to hand Finkle & Einhorn their sixth straight loss. Finkle & Einhorn took a 15.94-point lead on Thursday behind a stellar effort from Royce Freeman. But it was all da squirts after that. They were led by Kareem Hunt, who racked up 141 yards from scrimmage and scored 3 touchdowns for 33.35 points, and Jarvis Landry, who caught 10 passes for 97 yards and a touchdown (18.2 points). da squirts (3-4) will look to keep it rolling against FriendsOfDonCherry, while Finkle & Einhorn (1-6) will seek to get back in the win column against yard crew.

Matchup Timeline

  da squirts   Finkle & Einhorn

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Lewis overachieved for the third time this season, scoring 17 points against his 7.38-point projection. In a 20-19 loss to the Chargers, he racked up 155 yards from scrimmage . Lewis will face the Cowboys next week.
Dion Lewis

Top Player Comparison

da squirts
Points
% of total points 143.56
1
Kareem Hunt
RB
33.35
15.93
23.2%
2
Jarvis Landry
WR
18.2
11.64
12.7%
3
Dion Lewis
RB
17
7.38
11.8%
4
The Washington Redskins defense
DEF
16
7.35
11.1%
Finkle & Einhorn
Points
% of total points 77.63
1
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
27
8.8
34.8%
2
Drew Brees
QB
17.98
19.89
23.2%
3
Royce Freeman
RB
9.7
8.41
12.5%
4
Harrison Butker
K
9
10.52
11.6%

Points By Position

  da squirts   Finkle & Einhorn

Game Notes

Nine of the 14 starters on da squirts exceeded their projected point totals.
Finkle & Einhorn had only two of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
Was Finkle & Einhorn even trying this week? They started five players who scored zero points.
da squirts put up more points than their season scoring average (121.82) while Finkle & Einhorn fell short of theirs (93.1).
Both teams scored more than their projected point total.
The matchup's 65.93-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
The win ends a streak of three straight losses for da squirts.
Not only did da squirts earn the win, but they also covered the 53.83-point forecasted margin of victory.
In blowout games this year, da squirts moves to (2-3), while Finkle & Einhorn falls to (0-3).
Despite the loss, the Los Angeles Rams defense put up 27 points, the third-best scoring output for any DEF this season.

Next Week Preview

da squirts
da squirts (3-4) will go up against FriendsOfDonCherry (4-3) in a Week 8 matchup that'll showcase teams separated by just a game in the standings. Each side has a couple of players with byes next week, as Dion Lewis and Mohamed Sanu are off for da squirts and Ito Smith and Malcolm Butler for FriendsOfDonCherry. In terms of scoring production, these two teams have almost been mirror images of each other recently. da squirts have scored 122.76 points per game over the last three weeks, while FriendsOfDonCherry have averaged 123.57 per outing over that same span.
Finkle & Einhorn
Up ahead next week, last-place Finkle & Einhorn (1-6) are set to square off against 15th-place yard crew (2-5). Each side has a pair of players with byes next week, as Keenan Allen and Delanie Walker are off for Finkle & Einhorn and Matt Ryan and Steven Terrell for yard crew.