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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
Maxdeflation
4-3 195.74
176.05
 
VS
proj
The Dirty Stoop
158.84 2-5
144.92

Maxdeflation hand The Dirty Stoop fifth straight loss in 195.74-158.84 rout

Maxdeflation rolled to a 195.74-158.84 victory to hand The Dirty Stoop their fifth consecutive loss. The Dirty Stoop earned a 44.92-point lead on Thursday behind stellar showings from Emmanuel Sanders, who had 102 receiving yards , passed for 28 yards and scored 2 touchdowns for 25.32 points, and Phillip Lindsay, who ran for 90 yards and a touchdown (19.6 points). But it was all Maxdeflation after that. They were led by John Brown (25.4 points) and Philip Rivers (24.14). Maxdeflation improve to 4-3 on the season, while The Dirty Stoop fall to 2-5.

Matchup Timeline

  Maxdeflation   The Dirty Stoop

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Brown overachieved for the fifth time this season, scoring 25.4 points against his 9.53-point projection. During a 24-23 loss to the Saints, he caught 7 passes for 134 yards and a touchdown. Brown ranks #48 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Panthers next week.
John Brown

Top Player Comparison

Maxdeflation
Points
% of total points 195.74
1
John Brown
WR
25.4
9.53
13%
2
Philip Rivers
QB
24.14
23.78
12.3%
3
Saquon Barkley
RB
23.4
23.94
12%
4
Latavius Murray
RB
22.3
15.21
11.4%
The Dirty Stoop
Points
% of total points 158.84
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
44.82
29.78
28.2%
2
Emmanuel Sanders
WR
25.32
11.42
15.9%
3
Phillip Lindsay
RB
19.6
10.39
12.3%
4
T.Y. Hilton
WR
17.5
11.44
11%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Emmanuel Sanders had a 64-yard touchdown catch and a 28-yard touchdown pass for The Dirty Stoop, while Phillip Lindsay had a 28-yard touchdown run to contribute to a 44.92-0.00 lead for The Dirty Stoop.
Sunday Early
Philip Rivers had a 75-yard touchdown pass and a 55-yard touchdown pass for Maxdeflation, while Latavius Murray had a 38-yard touchdown run, contributing to a 141.94-91.12 lead for Maxdeflation.
Sunday Late
John Brown had a 56-yard catch for Maxdeflation, helping the team to a 172.34-114.02 lead.
Sunday Night
Patrick Mahomes had a 50-yard pass and a 43-yard pass for The Dirty Stoop, who trailed 172.34-158.84 after the primetime game.

Points By Position

  Maxdeflation   The Dirty Stoop
Standings Update
Time flies when you're having fun. We’re already halfway through the season, which means we ought to refresh the Standings.
Maxdeflation
Maxdeflation will be tough to beat as long as they are putting up points at this pace. Averaging 173.39 points per game through seven weeks, 2nd-best in the league, the squad holds the No. 3 spot in the Standings, comfortably in playoff position.
Important Players
Philip Rivers
MVP
2008 Pass Yds, 17 Pass TDs
Best Drafted
Saquon Barkley
Best Acquisition
481 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs, 424 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs
The Dirty Stoop
The Dirty Stoop rank in the top half of the league in scoring, but they'll have to do better moving forward if they want to make the playoffs. Through seven weeks, the unit is averaging the 6th-most points per game in the league (146.85 ppg), leaving The Dirty Stoop outside of playoff position at No. 11 in the Standings.
Important Players
Patrick Mahomes
MVP
2223 Pass Yds, 22 Pass TDs, 120 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Best Drafted
Emmanuel Sanders
Best Acquisition
46 Rec, 603 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs

What If

Maxdeflation would have beaten every other team in the league this week.
The Dirty Stoop would have lost to just two other teams besides Maxdeflation this week.
If Maxdeflation played The Dirty Stoop every week this season, they'd be 5-2.
Had they played each other last week, Maxdeflation would have defeated The Dirty Stoop 158.78-145.58.
Maxdeflation would be 5-1 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Dirty Stoop.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Maxdeflation, The Dirty Stoop would be 2-4.
If Maxdeflation had played every team in the league each week, they would be 60-17.
If they played every team every week, The Dirty Stoop would be 36-41.