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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
purple dog shit
4-0 295.66
269.56
 
VS
proj
Space Coast
261.16 3-1
287.79

Back-and-forth battle ends with purple dog shit coming back to top Space Coast, 295.66-261.16

Well, that was exciting! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, purple dog shit won their fourth straight matchup to open the season with a come-from-behind victory over Space Coast, coming back to earn a 295.66-261.16 win. purple dog shit trailed 238.46-233.30 heading into Monday night, but the team roared back behind Patrick Mahomes (304 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD) and Todd Davis (7 Tackles, 1 Sack). purple dog shit have now won four consecutive matchups, improving to 4-0 on the season. Space Coast fall to 3-1.

Matchup Timeline

  purple dog shit   Space Coast

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Thielen caught 8 passes for 135 yards and a touchdown as the Vikings lost to the Rams 38-31. In doing so, he put up 37.5 points to more-than-double his 17.63-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on purple dog shit this week. In Week 5, Thielen and the Vikings will face the Eagles.
Adam Thielen

Top Player Comparison

purple dog shit
Points
% of total points 295.66
1
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
61.9
18.87
20.9%
2
Joe Schobert
LB
39.5
23.03
13.4%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
37.5
17.63
12.7%
4
Patrick Mahomes
QB
36.36
29.91
12.3%
Space Coast
Points
% of total points 261.16
1
Todd Gurley II
RB
34.1
29.19
13.1%
2
Nick Vigil
LB
32.5
21.73
12.4%
3
C.J. Mosley
LB
28
25.96
10.7%
4
Tom Brady
QB
24.96
24.67
9.6%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
There were players with standout moments on both teams on Thursday, but it was Space Coast who owned the lead, 38.10-37.50. For purple dog shit, Adam Thielen had a 45-yard touchdown catch. Todd Gurley II made the highlight reel for Space Coast with a 56-yard catch.
Sunday Early
Tom Brady had a 55-yard touchdown pass for Space Coast to contribute to a 210.46-204.40 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  purple dog shit   Space Coast

StatSmack

This wasn't even their best effort. purple dog shit scored less in this one (295.66) than their season average of 340.2.
purple dog shit are on fire, winning four in a row.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. purple dog shit (4-0) have a better record than Space Coast (3-1).
purple dog shit should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than Space Coast (4 vs 3).
By position, purple dog shit have outscored Space Coast at QB and WR this season.
purple dog shit don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 65 points, second-highest in the league.
There's not much good to say about Space Coast this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

purple dog shit
Listen purple dog shit, the good news is that we took this matchup by 34.5 points. Even better news is that we've proven we're better than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through three weeks was 355.05. So while we're happy to have gotten this victory, let's get back up to where we know we can be!
Space Coast
I'd suggest that you use this defeat as a chance to learn and try to improve next week, Space Coast. Take a gander at what the Yahoo! Fantasy Experts are saying and deploy the strongest possible lineup in Week 5.