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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
Can I Haz Touchdown?
4-1 98.5
100.87
 
VS
proj
Well Oiled Machine
81.5 3-2
107.12

Can I Haz Touchdown? top Well Oiled Machine for fourth straight win, 98.5-81.5

Can I Haz Touchdown? extended their win streak to four games with a hard-fought win over Well Oiled Machine, coming out on top with a 98.5-81.5 victory. Can I Haz Touchdown? never trailed in this one after taking a 0.0-point lead on Thursday behind Sony Michel (11 points). Adam Thielen (13 points) and the New England Patriots defense (11) were the leading performers for Well Oiled Machine in the loss. Can I Haz Touchdown? (4-1) will look to add to their success against Gritz Blitz, while Well Oiled Machine (3-2) attempt to right the ship against ken simmons's Team.

Matchup Timeline

  Can I Haz Touchdown?   Well Oiled Machine

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While totaling 131 receiving yards , passing for 57 yards and scoring 2 touchdowns against the Panthers, Beckham Jr. put up 19 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 8.58-point projection and was much higher than his 11.6-point season scoring average. Beckham Jr. ranks #42 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Eagles next week.
Odell Beckham Jr.

Top Player Comparison

Can I Haz Touchdown?
Points
% of total points 98.5
1
Odell Beckham Jr.
WR
19
8.58
19.3%
2
T.J. Yeldon
RB
14
8.45
14.2%
3
Stefon Diggs
WR
13
8.5
13.2%
4
Sony Michel
RB
11
7.76
11.2%
Well Oiled Machine
Points
% of total points 81.5
1
Adam Thielen
WR
13
9.13
16%
2
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
11
18.36
13.5%
3
Justin Tucker
K
9
10.45
11%
4
Deshaun Watson
QB
8.5
8.56
10.4%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Sony Michel had a 34-yard touchdown run for Can I Haz Touchdown? during the Thursday night game, after which the teams were tied, 11.0-11.0.
Sunday Early
Odell Beckham Jr. had a 57-yard touchdown pass and a 33-yard touchdown catch for Can I Haz Touchdown?, helping the team to a 64.5-39.0 lead.
Sunday Late
Adam Thielen had a 68-yard catch for Well Oiled Machine, who trailed 89.5-64.0 after the late slate.
Sunday Night
Deshaun Watson had had a 49-yard pass for Well Oiled Machine, who trailed 94.5-72.5 after Sunday night.

Points By Position

  Can I Haz Touchdown?   Well Oiled Machine

Game Notes

Only five of the 12 starters on Can I Haz Touchdown? exceeded their projected scoring totals.
Well Oiled Machine had only four of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
Can I Haz Touchdown? put up more points than their season scoring average (87.7) while Well Oiled Machine fell short of theirs (102.6).
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
The defeat snaps a streak of two straight wins for Well Oiled Machine.

Next Week Preview

Can I Haz Touchdown?
Week 6 is going to pit a couple of unbeaten streaks against one other. Can I Haz Touchdown? (4-1) are riding a four-match winning streak, while their upcoming opponent (Gritz Blitz, 3-2), have earned three straight victories. Each team will have players with byes next week, as Drew Brees, Matt Prater, and Marvin Jones Jr. are off for Can I Haz Touchdown? and Mark Ingram and Kenny Golladay are out for Gritz Blitz. Over the last three weeks, Can I Haz Touchdown? have put up 94.17 points per game, while Gritz Blitz have averaged 116.5 per contest.
Well Oiled Machine
Looking ahead to Week 6, sixth-place Well Oiled Machine (3-2) will take on 10th-place ken simmons's Team (0-5). Well Oiled Machine has two players on bye next week, but the absence of Alvin Kamara will obviously hurt. ken simmons's Team won't have Jamal Agnew.