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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
Layne Ducks
1-3 102.24
95.69
 
VS
proj
The Phantom Limbs
83.5 1-3
92.79

The Phantom Limbs succumb to Layne Ducks, 102.24-83.50

The Phantom Limbs were unable to rise to the occasion, falling short of their projected point total, as Layne Ducks earned a 102.24-83.50 win. Layne Ducks earned a 24.04-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind standout showings from Matthew Stafford (291 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs, 18 Rush Yds) and Kerryon Johnson (125 Rush Yds, 32 Rec Yds) and never looked back. The Pittsburgh Steelers defense (3 Pts Allowed, 175 Yds Allowed, 2 Turnovers) and Jarvis Landry (8 Rec, 167 Rec Yds) were the leading scorers for The Phantom Limbs in the loss. Layne Ducks improve to 1-3 on the season, while The Phantom Limbs fall to 1-3.

Matchup Timeline

  Layne Ducks   The Phantom Limbs

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Hooper caught 9 passes for 130 yards as the Falcons lost to the Titans 24-10. In doing so, he put up 13 points to more-than-double his 5.99-point projection, the fifth-highest percent increase of any TE in the league this season. Hooper will square off against the Texans next week.
Austin Hooper

Top Player Comparison

Layne Ducks
Points
% of total points 102.24
1
Matthew Stafford
QB
23.44
17.77
22.9%
2
Todd Gurley II
RB
19
12.59
18.6%
3
Kerryon Johnson
RB
13.7
12.27
13.4%
4
Austin Hooper
TE
13
5.99
12.7%
The Phantom Limbs
Points
% of total points 83.5
1
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
19
7.79
22.8%
2
Jarvis Landry
WR
16.7
7.35
20%
3
Russell Wilson
QB
14.3
21.6
17.1%
4
Joey Slye
K
13
8.42
15.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Jarvis Landry had a 65-yard catch for The Phantom Limbs, while Joey Slye had a 55-yard field goal for the team, who trailed 74.24-50.20 after the early games.

Points By Position

  Layne Ducks   The Phantom Limbs

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. Layne Ducks scored more points in this one (102.24) than their season average (85.37).
You can't win if you leave points on the bench. The Phantom Limbs has left more points on the bench this season (158.12) than Layne Ducks (125.02).
Layne Ducks have started more fantasy players who beat their projected score than The Phantom Limbs (15 vs 11).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of The Phantom Limbs - they’ve made more transactions (3) than Layne Ducks (0) this week. That didn't seem to help them this time, though.
By position, Layne Ducks have outscored The Phantom Limbs at RB and WR this season.
There's not much good to say about The Phantom Limbs this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

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