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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
AL's Warriors
3-1 88.32
87.89
 
VS
proj
Red Raiders
74.55 1-3
85.82

Red Raiders come up short of projections, lose to AL's Warriors, 88.32-74.55

There's no easy way to say it, Red Raiders underdelivered, at least according to projections, as AL's Warriors earned a 88.32-74.55 win. Red Raiders grabbed a 25.60-point lead on Thursday behind 23.75 points from Adam Thielen (8 Rec, 135 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Marcus Peters (6 Tackles). But AL's Warriors held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Golden Tate (23.6 points) and Matthew Stafford (17.37). AL's Warriors (3-1) will look to maintain their winning ways against C WOOD 1998, while Red Raiders (1-3) try to right the ship against Aussie.

Matchup Timeline

  AL's Warriors   Red Raiders

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

James was one of four starters to overachieve for AL's Warriors this week. He scored 11.5 points (7 Tackles, 1 Sack) against the 49ers in Week 4 to beat his 7.64-point projection. James ranks #1 among fantasy Ss this season and will face the Raiders next week.
Derwin James

Top Player Comparison

AL's Warriors
Points
% of total points 88.32
1
Golden Tate
WR
23.6
5.28
26.7%
2
Matthew Stafford
QB
17.37
14.26
19.7%
3
Derwin James
S
11.5
7.64
13%
4
Stephen Gostkowski
K
8
11.63
9.1%
Red Raiders
Points
% of total points 74.55
1
Adam Thielen
WR
17.75
6.85
23.8%
2
Eli Manning
QB
11.5
14.54
15.4%
3
David Johnson
RB
10.6
8.98
14.2%
4
Robbie Gould
K
9
9.25
12.1%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Adam Thielen had a 45-yard touchdown catch for Red Raiders, helping Red Raiders to a 26.60-1.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Matthew Stafford found Golden Tate on multiple big plays for AL's Warriors: a 45-yard touchdown pass and a 38-yard touchdown pass, contributing to a 84.82-59.80 lead for AL's Warriors.

Points By Position

  AL's Warriors   Red Raiders

StatSmack

We heard scoring helps you win. AL's Warriors are doing a better job of that, averaging 91.05 versus Red Raiders's 74.68.
As Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game!" AL's Warriors (3-1) have a better record than Red Raiders (1-3).
Even the machines think AL's Warriors have a better-constructed roster. Their projected average points is higher (91.65) than Red Raiders (86.47).
AL's Warriors should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more matchups than Red Raiders (2 vs 0).
AL's Warriors have had more fantasy starters beat their projected score than Red Raiders (17 vs 14).
Red Raiders have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (1) than AL's Warriors (0) this season and still losing the matchup.
By position, AL's Warriors have outscored Red Raiders at QB, WR, and IDP this season.
AL's Warriors has a higher average scoring margin (6) than Red Raiders this season (-21).
The starters for AL's Warriors had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for Red Raiders (1).
Don't worry Red Raiders, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

Coach Talk

AL's Warriors
Nice job deploying a starting crew that won by 13.77 points this past week. We consider that to be a job done right. We should keep this momentum going as we head into our next matchup in Week 5.
Red Raiders
Unless Red Raiders wants to go full diva-mode, then "not getting many opportunities" is not a reasonable excuse this week. Our five pass-catchers (three WR, two TE) combined to get a hearty 33 targets in Week 4. Timing and chemistry appear to be issues as that group managed only 20 receptions.