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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
Towns
4-3 97.28
82.51
 
VS
proj
samurai champloo
74.34 3-4
76.42

Towns earn win over samurai champloo in 97.28-74.34 rout

Towns outperformed expectations, cruising to a 97.28-74.34 victory over samurai champloo, who fell short of projections. There wasn't much drama in the matchup, as Towns earned a 40.98-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind outstanding efforts from Kirk Cousins and Aaron Jones. Cousins passed for 337 yards and 4 touchdowns for 29.18 points, while Jones racked up 83 yards from scrimmage and caught a touchdown pass (14.3 points). The Los Angeles Rams defense (10 Pts Allowed, 224 Yds Allowed, 3 Turnovers) and Russell Wilson (241 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 27 Rush Yds) were the leading performers for samurai champloo in the loss. Towns (4-3) will look to maintain their momentum against tonglin8015, while samurai champloo (3-4) attempt to get back in the win column against hunterqiji.

Matchup Timeline

  Towns   samurai champloo

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

With 15 points, Maher scored 66.1% more than his 9.03-point projection as the Cowboys beat the Eagles 37-10. He made all 3 of his FG attempts to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Towns this week. Next week, Maher will go up against the Giants.
Brett Maher

Top Player Comparison

Towns
Points
% of total points 97.28
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
29.18
17.84
30%
2
Brett Maher
K
15
9.03
15.4%
3
Aaron Jones
RB
14.3
12.03
14.7%
4
The New York Giants defense
DEF
10
6.67
10.3%
samurai champloo
Points
% of total points 74.34
1
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
21
6.41
28.2%
2
Russell Wilson
QB
15.34
22.08
20.6%
3
Allen Robinson II
WR
14.7
8.82
19.8%
4
Zane Gonzalez
K
10
8.7
13.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kirk Cousins had a 25-yard touchdown pass and a 66-yard pass for Towns, while Aaron Jones had a 21-yard touchdown catch, helping Towns to a 71.98-31.00 lead.
Sunday Late
Russell Wilson had a 48-yard pass for samurai champloo, who trailed 71.98-71.04 after the late afternoon slate.
Sunday Night
Brett Maher had a 63-yard field goal for Towns to contribute to a 92.58-74.34 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Towns   samurai champloo
Standings Update
Time flies when you're having fun. That's how we feel about this season, which is already at the midway point. Let's refresh the Standings.
Towns
Towns have lit up the scoreboard so far this season, averaging a whopping 102.67 points per game through seven weeks, best in the league. That offensive firepower has propelled the unit to No. 3 in the Standings, comfortably in playoff position.
Important Players
Christian McCaffrey
MVP
618 Rush Yds, 7 Rush TDs, 305 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs
Aaron Jones
Best Drafted
399 Rush Yds, 8 Rush TDs, 196 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD
Kirk Cousins
Best Acquisition
1711 Pass Yds, 13 Pass TDs
samurai champloo
samurai champloo 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 team is averaging the 5th-most points per game in the league (91.83 ppg), leaving samurai champloo on the outside looking in for the playoffs at No. 9 in the Standings.
Important Players
Russell Wilson
MVP
1945 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs, 178 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs
Amari Cooper
Best Drafted
38 Rec, 621 Rec Yds, 5 Rec TDs
Daniel Jones
Best Acquisition
1144 Pass Yds, 6 Pass TDs, 121 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs

StatSmack

They weren't even trying all that hard. Towns scored less in this one (97.28) than their season average of 102.67.
We heard scoring helps you win. Towns are doing a better job of that, averaging 102.67 versus samurai champloo's 91.83.
You can't win if you don't play. samurai champloo has left more points on the bench this season (244.1) than Towns (142.1).
Towns should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than samurai champloo (4 vs 2).
Towns have started more fantasy players who beat their projection than samurai champloo (29 vs 24).
By position, Towns have outscored samurai champloo at RB, WR, K, and DEF this season.
Towns don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 15 points, second-highest in the league.
The starters for Towns had more big plays in their NFL games this week (5) than the starters for samurai champloo (1).
Towns came out victorious despite having more players on a bye this week (3) than samurai champloo (0).
There's not much good to say about samurai champloo this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!