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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
Watson
1-3 178.9
127.23
 
VS
proj
Bend the Knee
116.76 0-4
121.49

Watson hand Bend the Knee fourth straight loss in 178.90-116.76 rout

Watson cruised to a 178.90-116.76 win to hand Bend the Knee their fourth straight loss to open the season. Watson pulled out to a 17.80-point lead on Thursday behind Stefon Diggs and never gave it up. DeAndre Hopkins (27.9 points) and Julio Jones (21.8) led the charge for Bend the Knee in the loss. Watson (1-3) will look to add to their success against Oh My Goff, while Bend the Knee (0-4) will take on A Team Has No Name in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Watson   Bend the Knee

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 240 yards from scrimmage and catching a touchdown pass against the Lions, Elliott put up 32 points this week. His scoring output was 75% more than his 18.29-point projection and was much higher than his 19.65-point season scoring average. Elliott ranks #20 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Texans next week.
Ezekiel Elliott

Top Player Comparison

Watson
Points
% of total points 178.9
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
32.1
21.98
17.9%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
32
18.29
17.9%
3
Giovani Bernard
RB
23.6
15.65
13.2%
4
Stefon Diggs
WR
17.8
12.16
9.9%
Bend the Knee
Points
% of total points 116.76
1
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
27.9
15.88
23.9%
2
Julio Jones
WR
21.8
14.77
18.7%
3
Tom Brady
QB
20.96
20.67
18%
4
Zach Ertz
TE
16.2
11.92
13.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were multiple players with standout plays on both teams early Sunday, after which Watson became the proud owner of a 178.90-93.96 lead. Ezekiel Elliott had a 38-yard touchdown catch and a 41-yard run for Watson, while Marshawn Lynch had a 52-yard run. Meanwhile, Julio Jones had a 49-yard catch for Bend the Knee, while Tom Brady had a 55-yard touchdown pass.

Points By Position

  Watson   Bend the Knee

Game Notes

Watson had eight of their nine starters exceed their projected point totals.
Despite five of their nine starters exceeding their projected points, Bend the Knee lost.
Both teams exceeded their season scoring average.
Watson scored more points than their projected total, while Bend the Knee fell shy of their projection.
The 178.9 points scored by Watson are the most in the league this season.
The matchup's 62.14-point margin is the largest in the league this year.
Not only did Watson earn the win, but they also easily covered the 5.74-point forecasted margin of victory.
All four of the losses for Bend the Knee have been blowout losses.
Despite the loss, DeAndre Hopkins scored 27.9 points, the third-best score for a wide receiver this week.

Coach Talk

Watson
Hey, finding mismatches is the key to football, right? Fueled by some stellar yardage production from our ball-carriers, our team certainly made that happen this week. Our backfield tallied 354 total yards than the RBs on Bend the Knee (493 yards from scrimmage to 139), and we wound up almost tripling them at the position (72.8 points to 24.9).
Bend the Knee
We just took it easy so our guys could dominate in Week 5, right? The seven offensive position starters on Bend the Knee (three WRs, three RBs, one TE) combined to record 608 yards and just two touchdowns in Week 4. The skill players on Watson showed us how it's supposed to be done by logging 788 yards and five scores.