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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
Mike Ditka
3-4 101.78
79.16
 
VS
proj
Raider4life
40.1 1-6
84.47

Mike Ditka earn win against Raider4life in 101.78-40.10 rout

Mike Ditka exceeded expectations, rolling to a 101.78-40.10 victory over Raider4life, who fell short of projections. Raider4life earned a 9.35-point lead on Thursday behind an impressive performance from Royce Freeman. But it was all Mike Ditka after that. They were led by Lamar Jackson (143 Pass Yds, 116 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Vonn Bell (8 Tackles). Mike Ditka (3-4) will look to keep it rolling against ghost to the post, while Raider4life (1-6) take on RiSeN! in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Mike Ditka   Raider4life

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Parker (5 Rec, 55 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 8.75 points in a 31-21 lost to the Bills in Week 7. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 3.37-point projection and was much higher than his 4.74-point season scoring average. Parker will face the Steelers next week.
DeVante Parker

Top Player Comparison

Mike Ditka
Points
% of total points 101.78
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
19.18
16.77
18.8%
2
Vonn Bell
S
14.25
6.36
14%
3
Michael Thomas
WR
11.55
7.42
11.3%
4
T.Y. Hilton
WR
9.7
6.16
9.5%
Raider4life
Points
% of total points 40.1
1
Allen Robinson II
WR
10.35
5.57
25.8%
2
Royce Freeman
RB
9.35
4.03
23.3%
3
Dan Bailey
K
6
8.11
15%
4
Demario Davis
LB
4
5.97
10%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Lamar Jackson had a 50-yard pass for Mike Ditka, helping the team to a 98.83-36.50 lead.

Points By Position

  Mike Ditka   Raider4life
Standings Update
Time flies when you're having fun. That's how we feel about this season, which is already at the halfway mark. How about we catch up on the Standings?
Mike Ditka
Mike Ditka rank in the top half of the league in scoring, but they'll have to do better moving forward if they want to make the playoffs. Through seven weeks, the squad is averaging the 5th-most points per game in the league (90.08 ppg), leaving Mike Ditka with some work to do in order to get into playoff position at No. 10 in the Standings.
Important Players
Lamar Jackson
MVP
1650 Pass Yds, 11 Pass TDs, 576 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs
Michael Thomas
Best Drafted
62 Rec, 763 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Vonn Bell
Best Acquisition
46 Tackles
Raider4life
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on Raider4life making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The team currently finds itself outside of playoff position after averaging only 79.06 points per game through seven weeks, 15th-best in the league.
Important Players
Matt Ryan
MVP
2170 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs
David Johnson
Best Drafted
300 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 315 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Gardner Minshew II
Best Acquisition
1697 Pass Yds, 10 Pass TDs, 173 Rush Yds

Game Notes

Most (8 of the 12) of the starters on Mike Ditka scored higher than their projected point totals.
Raider4life had only two of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
Lamar Jackson, Vonn Bell, and Michael Thomas all scored more points than Allen Robinson II, the leading scorer for Raider4life.
Mike Ditka put up more points than their season scoring average (90.08) while Raider4life fell short of theirs (79.06).
Mike Ditka recorded more points than their projected total, while Raider4life failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 61.68-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
The win snaps a four-game winless streak for Mike Ditka.
In blowout games this season, Mike Ditka moves to (2-1), while Raider4life falls to (1-3).