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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
Pennywise
3-1 105.88
100.82
 
VS
proj
Downtown Throwdown
97.86 2-2
107.01

Pennywise defeat Downtown Throwdown, 105.88-97.86

Pennywise scored a hard-fought victory over Downtown Throwdown, coming out on top with a 105.88-97.86 win. Pennywise never trailed in this one after grabbing a 5.08-point lead on Thursday behind Kirk Cousins (31.68 points). Robert Woods (5 Rec, 101 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Zach Ertz (10 Rec, 112 Rec Yds) led the charge for Downtown Throwdown in the loss. Pennywise (3-1) will look to keep it rolling against Post Mahomes, while Downtown Throwdown (2-2) will try to get back in the win column against Dallas Demolition.

Matchup Timeline

  Pennywise   Downtown Throwdown

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 112 yards from scrimmage and scoring 2 touchdowns against the Dolphins, White scored 27.2 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 11.84-point projection and was much higher than his 16.33-point season scoring average. White ranks #39 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Colts next week.
James White

Top Player Comparison

Pennywise
Points
% of total points 105.88
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
31.68
18.26
29.9%
2
James White
RB
27.2
11.84
25.7%
3
The Houston Texans defense
DEF
13
6.43
12.3%
4
Jarvis Landry
WR
11.4
12.85
10.8%
Downtown Throwdown
Points
% of total points 97.86
1
Robert Woods
WR
18.6
11.86
19%
2
Zach Ertz
TE
16.2
11.93
16.6%
3
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
15.86
20.18
16.2%
4
Keenan Allen
WR
9.8
13.91
10%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Both teams had players with big-time plays on Thursday, but it was Pennywise who emerged with the lead, 31.68-26.60. For Pennywise, Kirk Cousins had a 45-yard touchdown pass. Robert Woods made the highlight reel for Downtown Throwdown with a 31-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Early
James White had a 22-yard touchdown run for Pennywise, helping the team to a 105.88-82.00 lead.
Sunday Night
Ben Roethlisberger had a 26-yard touchdown pass for Downtown Throwdown, who trailed 105.88-97.86 after the primetime game.

Points By Position

  Pennywise   Downtown Throwdown

Game Notes

Pennywise won despite the fact that only four of their 10 starting players exceeded their projected scores.
Downtown Throwdown had only three of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
Pennywise put up more points than their season scoring average (105.72) while Downtown Throwdown fell short of theirs (109.94).
Pennywise put up more points than their projected total, while Downtown Throwdown failed to reach their projection.
Pennywise ranked 13th in the league in scoring this week, while Downtown Throwdown ranked 17th.
The matchup's 8.02-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.

Next Week Preview

Pennywise
In a matchup between two teams that are separated by only one game in the standings, Pennywise (3-1) will square off against Post Mahomes (2-2) in Week 5.Pennywise might need to rearrange the deck some with Peyton Barber out on bye next week. Post Mahomes won't have Ryan Fitzpatrick. Over the last three weeks, Pennywise have scored 103.37 points per game, while Post Mahomes have averaged 120.82 per contest.
Downtown Throwdown
Up ahead next week, 11th-place Downtown Throwdown (2-2) will look to right the ship against second-place Dallas Demolition (3-1). Downtown Throwdown may need to shuffle the deck some with Allen Robinson II and Chris Godwin out on bye next week. Dallas Demolition will be without Tarik Cohen.