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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
Fat Samurai
2-3 109.22
90.04
 
VS
proj
The Dragons
64.62 2-3
91.47

Fat Samurai defeat The Dragons in 109.22-64.62 rout

Fat Samurai stepped up and outperformed their projected point total, cruising to a 109.22-64.62 victory over The Dragons, who fell short of projections. The matchup was over before it really even started, as Fat Samurai leapt out to a 45.47-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind 49.85 points from Deshaun Watson (426 Pass Yds, 5 Pass TDs, 47 Rush Yds) and Calvin Ridley (5 Rec, 88 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD). Justin Tucker (16 points) and Tyrann Mathieu (10) carried the flag for The Dragons in defeat. Fat Samurai (2-3) will look to keep it rolling against Blade Executioner, while The Dragons (2-3) will take on RiSeN! in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Fat Samurai   The Dragons

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Watson passed for 426 yards and 5 touchdowns and ran for 47 yards as the Texans beat the Falcons 53-32. In doing so, he put up 39.45 points to more-than-double his 17.33-point projection, the third-highest percent increase of any QB in the league this season. In Week 6, Watson and the Texans will face the Chiefs.
Deshaun Watson

Top Player Comparison

Fat Samurai
Points
% of total points 109.22
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
39.45
17.33
36.1%
2
Jaylon Smith
LB
11
7.98
10.1%
3
Calvin Ridley
WR
10.4
5.42
9.5%
4
Derrick Henry
RB
9.9
8.25
9.1%
The Dragons
Points
% of total points 64.62
1
Justin Tucker
K
16
9.55
24.8%
2
Tyrann Mathieu
S
10
8.98
15.5%
3
Jordan Howard
RB
9.1
7.03
14.1%
4
Mohamed Sanu
WR
8.15
4.53
12.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Deshaun Watson had a 44-yard touchdown pass and a 33-yard touchdown pass for Fat Samurai, while Calvin Ridley had a 29-yard touchdown catch, contributing to a 91.22-45.75 lead for Fat Samurai.

Points By Position

  Fat Samurai   The Dragons

Game Notes

Only five of the 12 starters on Fat Samurai scored higher than their point projections.
The Dragons had only five of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could've looked differently, as each team had a starter that failed to score.
Fat Samurai put up more points than their season scoring average (101.36) while The Dragons fell short of theirs (84.64).
Fat Samurai scored more points than their projected total, while The Dragons fell shy of their projection.
This win concludes a three-game winless streak for Fat Samurai.
Both of the wins for Fat Samurai have been blowout wins.
A bright spot in the loss, Justin Tucker officially put up the third-best score for a K this season with 16 points.

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