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Week 11

Weekly
Grade
The Sausage man🍆
6-5 123.52
118.83
 
VS
proj
SPARK
107 5-6
121.7

SPARK come up short of expectations, lose to The Sausage man🍆, 123.52-107.00

SPARK were unable to rise to the occasion, coming up short of projections, as The Sausage man🍆 secured a 123.52-107.00 victory. SPARK leapt out to a 30.80-point lead on Thursday behind 30.8 points from Russell Wilson (225 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 17 Rush Yds) and Tyler Lockett (5 Rec, 71 Rec Yds). But The Sausage man🍆 held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Drew Brees, who passed for 363 yards and 4 touchdowns for 30.52 points, and Phillip Lindsay, who racked up 106 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns (26.6 points). The Sausage man🍆 (6-5) will look to build on their success against Hines&TzatZekeySauce, while SPARK (5-6) match up against A-League Snipers in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  The Sausage man🍆   SPARK

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Lindsay overachieved for the fourth time this season, scoring 26.6 points against his 13.3-point projection. In a 23-22 win over the Chargers, he racked up 106 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns. Lindsay ranks #55 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Steelers next week.
Phillip Lindsay

Top Player Comparison

The Sausage man🍆
Points
% of total points 123.52
1
Drew Brees
QB
30.52
22.81
24.7%
2
Phillip Lindsay
RB
26.6
13.3
21.5%
3
Brandin Cooks
WR
18.7
17.12
15.1%
4
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
18.4
14.92
14.9%
SPARK
Points
% of total points 107
1
Michael Thomas
WR
19.2
25.35
17.9%
2
Russell Wilson
QB
18.6
20.55
17.4%
3
Adrian Peterson
RB
17.1
11.04
16%
4
The Chicago Bears defense
DEF
15
7
14%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
There were players with standout plays for both teams on Sunday afternoon, after which The Sausage man🍆 had a 104.82-78.00 lead. Drew Brees had a 37-yard touchdown pass and a 23-yard touchdown pass for The Sausage man🍆, while Phillip Lindsay had a 41-yard touchdown run. Michael Thomas made the highlight reel for SPARK with a 23-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  The Sausage man🍆   SPARK

StatSmack

We heard scoring helps you win. SPARK need some help then, averaging just 119.61 versus The Sausage man🍆's 127.56.
SPARK are like tires on a highway full of nails. They've been blown out more times than The Sausage man🍆 (3 vs 1).
The Sausage man🍆 play up to their potential, with fewer upset losses (0) than SPARK (1).
The Sausage man🍆 should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than SPARK (8 vs 5).
By position, The Sausage man🍆 have outscored SPARK at QB, RB, and WR this season.
The Sausage man🍆 don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 9 points, third-highest in the league.
The starters for The Sausage man🍆 had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for SPARK (1).
Don't worry SPARK, 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

The Sausage man🍆
Nice work this past week, The Sausage man🍆! Let's give thanks for this bountiful victory, and now redirect our attention towards a stiff challenge in Hines&TzatZekeySauce.
SPARK
With just three receptions this past week, the starting running backs for SPARK should remind their QBs to get them more involved (and dial up a screen play or two).