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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
The Dog House
4-3 90.84
104.85
 
VS
proj
The Blue Wave 🌊
78.02 3-4
109.24

The Dog House manage to top The Blue Wave 🌊 90.84-78.02 despite falling short of expectations

Both teams underachieved compared to expectations, but The Dog House did enough to beat The Blue Wave 🌊, earning a 90.84-78.02 victory. The Dog House grabbed a 19.80-point lead on Thursday behind a standout showing from the Kansas City Chiefs defense (35 points) and never looked back. Jared Goff (29.02 points) and Harrison Butker (12) carried the flag for The Blue Wave 🌊 in the loss. The Dog House (4-3) will look to sustain their winning ways against The Conglomerate, while The Blue Wave 🌊 (3-4) take on Spokane Sith in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  The Dog House   The Blue Wave 🌊

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While allowing only 6 points, surrendering 205 yards, and forcing a fumble against the Broncos, the Chiefs defense put up 35 points this week. Their scoring output more-than-tripled their 9.29-point projection and was much higher than their 13.57-point season scoring average. The Chiefs defense ranks #5 among fantasy DEFs this season and will face the Packers next week.
The Kansas City Chiefs defense

Top Player Comparison

The Dog House
Points
% of total points 90.84
1
The Kansas City Chiefs defense
DEF
35
9.29
38.5%
2
Saquon Barkley
RB
14
17
15.4%
3
Josh Lambo
K
13
8.77
14.3%
4
Carson Wentz
QB
8.84
23.27
9.7%
The Blue Wave 🌊
Points
% of total points 78.02
1
Jared Goff
QB
29.02
24.28
37.2%
2
Harrison Butker
K
12
9.23
15.4%
3
Julio Jones
WR
9.3
12.67
11.9%
4
Tevin Coleman
RB
6.1
10.06
7.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Night
Carson Wentz had a 28-yard touchdown pass for The Dog House, contributing to a 90.84-78.02 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  The Dog House   The Blue Wave 🌊
Standings Update
Time flies when you're having fun. We’re already midway through the season, and that means we ought to catch up on the Standings.
The Dog House
You can't argue with results, but it's hard to see The Dog House holding onto the No. 6 spot in the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The unit is averaging only 104.96 points per game through seven weeks, 7th-best in the league. Nevertheless, The Dog House is currently in playoff position.
Important Players
Mark Ingram II
MVP
470 Rush Yds, 7 Rush TDs
Carson Wentz
Best Drafted
1649 Pass Yds, 13 Pass TDs
Josh Lambo
Best Acquisition
18-18 FG, 48 long, 10-10 XP
The Blue Wave 🌊
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to imagine The Blue Wave 🌊 making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The team finds itself outside of playoff position after averaging only 99.61 points per game through seven weeks, 9th-best in the league.
Important Players
Jared Goff
MVP
1995 Pass Yds, 9 Pass TDs
Julio Jones
Best Drafted
40 Rec, 560 Rec Yds, 4 Rec TDs
Jameis Winston
Best Acquisition
1771 Pass Yds, 12 Pass TDs

What If

The Dog House would have beaten only three other teams besides The Blue Wave 🌊 this week.
The Blue Wave 🌊 would have lost to nine other teams besides The Dog House this week.
If The Dog House played The Blue Wave 🌊 every week this season, they'd be 4-3.
Last week, The Blue Wave 🌊 would have beaten The Dog House 84.32-69.1.
The Dog House would be 2-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Blue Wave 🌊.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Dog House, The Blue Wave 🌊 would be 1-5.
If The Dog House had played every team in the league each week, they would be 35-42.
If they played every team every week, The Blue Wave 🌊 would be 29-48.