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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
Underground Kings
3-4 168.25
134.17
 
VS
proj
Ligers
111.5 0-7
132.85

Underground Kings hand Ligers seventh straight loss in 168.25-111.50 rout

Underground Kings cruised to a 168.25-111.50 victory to hand Ligers their seventh consecutive loss to open the season. Underground Kings earned a 6.75-point lead on Thursday behind Emmanuel Sanders (28 points) and never gave it back. Alshon Jeffery (21 points) and Michael Thomas (19) led the way for Ligers in defeat. Underground Kings (3-4) will look to add to their success against jamest1728, while Ligers (0-7) will match up against stillmatic in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Underground Kings   Ligers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Rams defense allowed only 10 points, surrendered 228 yards, and forced 4 turnovers in a 39-10 win over the 49ers. In doing so, they put up 23 points and more-than-doubled their scoring projection, the third-highest percent increase of any DEF in the league this season. Next week, the Rams will play the Packers.
The Los Angeles Rams defense

Top Player Comparison

Underground Kings
Points
% of total points 168.25
1
Kareem Hunt
RB
39.75
21.42
23.6%
2
Emmanuel Sanders
WR
28
12.49
16.6%
3
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
23
8.2
13.7%
4
Tarik Cohen
RB
22.5
14.27
13.4%
Ligers
Points
% of total points 111.5
1
Alshon Jeffery
WR
21
12.38
18.8%
2
Michael Thomas
WR
19
19.19
17%
3
Jared Goff
QB
17.5
21.09
15.7%
4
Greg Zuerlein
K
13
11.26
11.7%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Emmanuel Sanders had a 64-yard touchdown catch and a 28-yard touchdown pass for Underground Kings, helping the team to a 28.00-21.25 lead.

Points By Position

  Underground Kings   Ligers
Standings Update
How about we take a closer look at the Standings? We're already at the midpoint of the season after all, believe it or not.
Underground Kings
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on Underground Kings making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The squad has some work to do in order to get into playoff position after averaging only 132.89 points per game through seven weeks, 7th-best in the league.
Important Players
Kareem Hunt
MVP
542 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs, 226 Rec Yds, 4 Rec TDs
Emmanuel Sanders
Best Drafted
46 Rec, 603 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Baker Mayfield
Best Acquisition
1291 Pass Yds, 6 Pass TDs
Ligers
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to imagine Ligers making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The team has some work to do in order to make the playoffs after averaging only 117.36 points per game through seven weeks, 10th-best in the league.
Important Players
Michael Thomas
MVP
53 Rec, 588 Rec Yds, 4 Rec TDs
Jared Goff
Best Drafted
2130 Pass Yds, 14 Pass TDs
Taylor Gabriel
Best Acquisition
30 Rec, 329 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs

What If

Underground Kings would have beaten nine other teams besides Ligers this week.
Ligers would have lost to eight other teams besides Underground Kings this week.
Underground Kings would be 5-2 if they played Ligers every week.
Had they played each other last week, Ligers would have defeated Underground Kings 108.5-107.
Underground Kings would be 1-5 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Ligers.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Underground Kings, Ligers would be 1-5.
If Underground Kings had played every team in the league each week, they would be 31-46.
If they played every team every week, Ligers would be 19-58.