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Week 6

Weekly
Grade
Dirty Dogs
5-1 180.75
161.93
 
VS
proj
ExigentCircumstances
123.95 3-3
134

Dirty Dogs knock off ExigentCircumstances in 180.75-123.95 rout

Dirty Dogs rose to the occasion, cruising to a 180.75-123.95 win over ExigentCircumstances, who fell short of projections. It didn't take long to learn who would have the advantage in the matchup, as Dirty Dogs leapt out to a 90.3-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind stellar showings from Adam Thielen (29.3 points) and James Conner (28.9). Cam Newton (275 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 43 Rush Yds) and Robert Woods (12 Rush Yds, 109 Rec Yds) carried the flag for ExigentCircumstances in defeat. Dirty Dogs (5-1) will look to build on their success against The Xtreme, while ExigentCircumstances (3-3) will take on SECFOR Sixers in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Dirty Dogs   ExigentCircumstances

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Sanders caught 7 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown as the Broncos lost to the Rams 23-20. In doing so, he put up 24.5 points and scored 69.7% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Dirty Dogs this week. In Week 7, Sanders and the Broncos will go up against the Cardinals.
Emmanuel Sanders

Top Player Comparison

Dirty Dogs
Points
% of total points 180.75
1
Adam Thielen
WR
29.3
20.46
16.2%
2
James Conner
RB
28.9
19.04
16%
3
Emmanuel Sanders
WR
24.5
14.44
13.6%
4
Andy Dalton
QB
23.45
25.67
13%
ExigentCircumstances
Points
% of total points 123.95
1
Cam Newton
QB
30.05
26.57
24.2%
2
Robert Woods
WR
19.1
16.08
15.4%
3
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
17.3
18.94
14%
4
Doug Baldwin
WR
15.1
12.26
12.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel moments for both teams early Sunday, after which Dirty Dogs emerged with a 162.75-72.45 lead. For Dirty Dogs, Emmanuel Sanders had a 22-yard touchdown catch. Cam Newton made the highlight reel for ExigentCircumstances with a 23-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Late
Doug Baldwin had a 42-yard catch for ExigentCircumstances, while Dede Westbrook had a 34-yard touchdown catch for the team, who trailed 162.75-106.35 after the late slate.
Sunday Night
Rob Gronkowski had a 42-yard catch for ExigentCircumstances, who trailed 180.75-119.05 after Sunday night.

Points By Position

  Dirty Dogs   ExigentCircumstances

What If

Dirty Dogs would have beaten 10 other teams besides ExigentCircumstances this week.
ExigentCircumstances would have lost to 10 other teams besides Dirty Dogs this week.
If they played ExigentCircumstances every week, Dirty Dogs would be 5-1 this season.
Last week, Dirty Dogs would have been victorious over ExigentCircumstances 181.05-167.55.
Dirty Dogs would be 5-0 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as ExigentCircumstances.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Dirty Dogs, ExigentCircumstances would be 2-3.
If Dirty Dogs had played every team in the league each week, they would be 61-17.
If they played every team every week, ExigentCircumstances would be 32-46.

Next Week Preview

ExigentCircumstances
Coming up in Week 7, eighth-place ExigentCircumstances (3-3) will take on 11th-place SECFOR Sixers (2-4). ExigentCircumstances may need to shuffle the deck some with Doug Baldwin, Jamaal Williams, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense, and James Washington out on bye next week. SECFOR Sixers won't have Jordy Nelson.
Dirty Dogs
Dirty Dogs (5-1) will go up against The Xtreme (3-3) in Week 7. Each side has two players with byes next week, as James Conner and Ty Montgomery are off for Dirty Dogs and Chris Boswell and Jared Cook for The Xtreme. Over the last three weeks, Dirty Dogs have scored 167.42 points per game, while The Xtreme have averaged just 111.13 per contest.