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Week 6

Weekly
Grade
Eat it!
4-2 115.52
125.07
 
VS
proj
The Things
72.82 1-5
85.55

Eat it! hand The Things fifth straight loss, 115.52-72.82

Eat it! secured a 115.52-72.82 win to hand The Things their fifth straight loss. Eat it! took a 28.10-point lead on Thursday behind stellar efforts from Julian Edelman (9 Rec, 113 Rec Yds) and Sony Michel (12.3) and never looked back. Chris Godwin (10 Rec, 151 Rec Yds) and Le'Veon Bell (50 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) carried the flag for The Things in the loss. Eat it! (4-2) will look to keep it rolling against Aaron it out, while The Things (1-5) will try to get some positive momentum against SIXBURGH.

Matchup Timeline

  Eat it!   The Things

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 8 passes for 117 yards and a touchdown against the Cardinals, Hooper scored 21.7 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 10.26-point projection and was higher than his 14.83-point season scoring average. Hooper ranks #37 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Rams next week.
Austin Hooper

Top Player Comparison

Eat it!
Points
% of total points 115.52
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
23.82
28.66
20.6%
2
Austin Hooper
TE
21.7
10.26
18.8%
3
Julian Edelman
WR
15.8
13.73
13.7%
4
Calvin Ridley
WR
12.8
10.81
11.1%
The Things
Points
% of total points 72.82
1
Chris Godwin
WR
20.1
14.18
27.6%
2
Le'Veon Bell
RB
11.8
16.27
16.2%
3
Jimmy Garoppolo
QB
11.12
20.11
15.3%
4
Royce Freeman
RB
10.1
6.41
13.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Patrick Mahomes had a 46-yard touchdown pass and a 52-yard pass for Eat it! to contribute to a 70.32-24.10 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Jimmy Garoppolo had a 45-yard pass for The Things, who trailed 115.52-66.12 after the late games.
Monday
Marquez Valdes-Scantling had a 46-yard catch for The Things.

Points By Position

  Eat it!   The Things

StatSmack

Everybody can't be a winner, especially if you're The Things. They've lost five in a row.
We heard scoring helps you win. Eat it! are doing a better job of that, averaging 120.87 versus The Things's 93.47.
As Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game!" Eat it! (4-2) have a better record than The Things (1-5).
Even the machines think Eat it! have a better-constructed roster. Their projected average points is higher (123.85) than The Things (108.09).
Once Eat it! put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than The Things (1 vs 0).
Eat it! have started more fantasy players who beat their projection than The Things (23 vs 19).
The Things have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (3) than Eat it! (0) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Eat it! have outscored The Things at QB, RB, TE, K, and DEF this season.
Eat it! don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 11 points, third-highest in the league.
There's not much good to say about The Things this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

Eat it!
Identifying mismatches is a big component to winning in football. Thanks to a solid showing from Patrick Mahomes, we doubled up The Things at the quarterback position this past week (23.82 points to 11.12). Mahomes went 19-for-35 for 273 yards, three TDs, and an INT in a 31-24 loss to the Texans.
The Things
It's entirely possible that The Things may be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. Seeing just 14 total targets this past week, their four starting pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) apparently contributed primarily by running decoy routes and blocking downfield.