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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
Fantastic Mr. Fox
4-3 118.22
98.44
 
VS
proj
Bella’s Boxers
86.4 3-4
98.64

Fantastic Mr. Fox knock off Bella’s Boxers for fourth straight win in 118.22-86.40 rout

Fantastic Mr. Fox extended their win streak to four games with a dominant win over Bella’s Boxers, cruising to a 118.22-86.40 victory. Fantastic Mr. Fox pulled out to a 7.00-point lead on Thursday behind David Johnson and never gave it back. Jameis Winston (22.1 points) and Nick Chubb (14) carried the flag for Bella’s Boxers in the loss. Fantastic Mr. Fox improve to 4-3 on the season, while Bella’s Boxers fall to 3-4.

Matchup Timeline

  Fantastic Mr. Fox   Bella’s Boxers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 141 yards from scrimmage and scoring 3 touchdowns against the Bengals, Hunt recorded 32.1 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 15.23-point projection and was much higher than his 18.69-point season scoring average. Hunt ranks #16 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Broncos next week.
Kareem Hunt

Top Player Comparison

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Points
% of total points 118.22
1
Mitchell Trubisky
QB
33.42
19.1
28.3%
2
Kareem Hunt
RB
32.1
15.23
27.2%
3
Tarik Cohen
RB
14.3
9.34
12.1%
4
David Njoku
TE
11.2
7.16
9.5%
Bella’s Boxers
Points
% of total points 86.4
1
Jameis Winston
QB
22.1
21.08
25.6%
2
Nick Chubb
RB
14
10.39
16.2%
3
Greg Zuerlein
K
13
11.26
15%
4
The Minnesota Vikings defense
DEF
12
7.4
13.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Mitchell Trubisky had a 54-yard pass for Fantastic Mr. Fox to contribute to a 78.12-74.90 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Fantastic Mr. Fox   Bella’s Boxers
Standings Update
Don’t look now, but we’re already midway through the season, and that means it's about time to refresh the Standings.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox may not win the league scoring title, but they're certainly putting up points when it counts. Through seven weeks, the team is averaging the 5th-most points per game in the league (99.32 ppg), propelling Fantastic Mr. Fox to the No. 4 spot in the Standings, which puts them in playoff position.
Important Players
Kareem Hunt
MVP
542 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs, 226 Rec Yds, 4 Rec TDs
Best Drafted
Mitchell Trubisky
Best Acquisition
1594 Pass Yds, 13 Pass TDs, 245 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Bella’s Boxers
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on Bella’s Boxers making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The team currently finds itself on the outside looking in for the playoffs after averaging only 98.03 points per game through seven weeks, 7th-best in the league.
Important Players
Ezekiel Elliott
MVP
619 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs, 175 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD
Best Drafted
Jameis Winston
Best Acquisition
905 Pass Yds, 5 Pass TDs

StatSmack

Fantastic Mr. Fox must have eaten their Wheaties this morning. They scored more points in this one (118.22) than their season average (99.32).
Fantastic Mr. Fox are on a roll, winning four in a row.
You can't win if you leave points on the bench. Bella’s Boxers has left more points on the bench this season (189.54) than Fantastic Mr. Fox (126.74).
Fantastic Mr. Fox see projections as no real threat. They've got more upset wins this season (2) than Bella’s Boxers (0).
Fantastic Mr. Fox should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than Bella’s Boxers (5 vs 3).
Bella’s Boxers have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (6) than Fantastic Mr. Fox (1) this season and still losing the matchup.
By position, Fantastic Mr. Fox have outscored Bella’s Boxers at QB and RB this season.
The starters for Fantastic Mr. Fox had more big plays in their NFL games this week (1) than the starters for Bella’s Boxers (0).
Fantastic Mr. Fox was able to get the win despite having more players on a bye this week (3) than Bella’s Boxers (1).
There's not much good to say about Bella’s Boxers this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!