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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
Tony's Rednecks
3-2 101.12
101.89
 
VS
proj
fantasy's Team
73.62 2-3
82.98

Tony's Rednecks hand fantasy's Team third consecutive loss, 101.12-73.62

Tony's Rednecks came out on top with a 101.12-73.62 victory to hand fantasy's Team their third straight loss. fantasy's Team took a 7.28-point lead early Sunday afternoon, but Tony's Rednecks held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Drew Brees, who passed for 363 yards and 3 touchdowns for 27.22 points, and DeAndre Hopkins, who caught 9 passes for 151 yards (17.6 points). Odell Beckham Jr. (57 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 131 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Kirk Cousins (301 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD) led the charge for fantasy's Team in the loss. Tony's Rednecks (3-2) will look to notch another W against K-Log, while fantasy's Team (2-3) match up against BANGERZ in an effort to generate some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Tony's Rednecks   fantasy's Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Vikings defense allowed 21 points, surrendered 364 yards, and forced 2 fumbles in a 23-21 win over the Eagles. In doing so, they put up 13 points to more-than-double their 5.8-point projection, the fourth-highest percent increase of any DEF in the league this season. The Vikings will face the Cardinals next week.
The Minnesota Vikings defense

Top Player Comparison

Tony's Rednecks
Points
% of total points 101.12
1
Drew Brees
QB
27.22
20.67
26.9%
2
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
17.6
15.88
17.4%
3
Keenan Allen
WR
13.5
14.68
13.4%
4
The Minnesota Vikings defense
DEF
13
5.8
12.9%
fantasy's Team
Points
% of total points 73.62
1
Odell Beckham Jr.
WR
27.38
14.91
37.2%
2
Kirk Cousins
QB
14.14
20
19.2%
3
Tyreek Hill
WR
10.7
13.29
14.5%
4
Michael Thomas
WR
9.4
16.92
12.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Odell Beckham Jr. had a 57-yard touchdown pass and a 33-yard touchdown catch for fantasy's Team to contribute to a 38.08-30.80 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Kirk Cousins had a 68-yard pass for fantasy's Team, helping the team to a 56.22-43.80 lead.
Sunday Night
DeAndre Hopkins had a 49-yard catch for Tony's Rednecks, helping the team to a 61.40-56.22 lead.
Monday
Drew Brees had a 35-yard touchdown pass and a 46-yard pass for Tony's Rednecks on Monday night, helping to increase the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  Tony's Rednecks   fantasy's Team

Game Notes

Only three of the nine starting players on Tony's Rednecks exceeded their scoring projections.
fantasy's Team had only one of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Was fantasy's Team even trying this week? They started three players who scored zero points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup's 27.5-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
The victory snaps a two-game winless streak for Tony's Rednecks.
Not only did Tony's Rednecks win, but they also covered the 18.91-point projected margin of victory.
On the losing side, Odell Beckham Jr. scored 27.38 points, the highest score for a wideout this week.

Coach Talk

Tony's Rednecks
A ton of activity between the 20's: The six starting offensive skill players (three WRs, two RBs, one TE) on Tony's Rednecks combined to record a whopping 444 yards from scrimmage. Not one of those players could find his way to paydirt in Week 5.
fantasy's Team
Unless fantasy's Team wants to go full diva-mode, then "not getting many chances" is not an excuse this week. Our pass-catching corps (three WR, one TE) were targeted a grand total of 26 times in Week 5. Timing and chemistry seem to be issues as that group managed only 16 catches.