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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
kicken da chickens
1-4 117.74
117.79
 
VS
proj
dre's Great Team
99.56 2-3
108.38

kicken da chickens come back to hand dre's Great Team third consecutive loss, 117.74-99.56

kicken da chickens staged a comeback to earn a 117.74-99.56 victory to hand dre's Great Team their third consecutive loss. kicken da chickens trailed 83.26-75.90 heading into Sunday night, but the squad roared back behind Patrick Mahomes (321 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 17 Rush Yds) and Adam Vinatieri (4-4 FG, 32 long, 1-1 XP). Marlon Mack (132 Rush Yds, 16 Rec Yds) and the New England Patriots defense (7 Pts Allowed, 220 Yds Allowed, 2 Turnovers) did their part for dre's Great Team in the loss. kicken da chickens (1-4) will look to maintain their winning ways against Elijah's Team, while dre's Great Team (2-3) attempt to right the ship against Newtown Players.

Matchup Timeline

  kicken da chickens   dre's Great Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 7 passes for 130 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Giants, Thielen put up 28.5 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 12.24-point projection and was much higher than his 14.2-point season scoring average. Thielen ranks #43 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Eagles next week.
Adam Thielen

Top Player Comparison

kicken da chickens
Points
% of total points 117.74
1
Adam Thielen
WR
28.5
12.24
24.2%
2
Chris Carson
RB
18.8
14.21
16%
3
Patrick Mahomes
QB
18.54
25.24
15.7%
4
Todd Gurley II
RB
17.2
13.17
14.6%
dre's Great Team
Points
% of total points 99.56
1
Marlon Mack
RB
16.3
11.86
16.4%
2
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
14
12.47
14.1%
3
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
12.3
15.47
12.4%
4
Carson Wentz
QB
12.06
20.27
12.1%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Adam Thielen had a 44-yard catch for kicken da chickens to contribute to a 75.90-72.86 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
Patrick Mahomes had a 27-yard touchdown pass for kicken da chickens to contribute to a 117.74-99.56 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  kicken da chickens   dre's Great Team

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. kicken da chickens scored more points in this one (117.74) than their season average (109.87).
Everybody can't be a winner, especially if you're dre's Great Team. They've dropped their last three matchups.
Even the machines think kicken da chickens have a better lineup. They have a higher projected points average (121.91) than dre's Great Team (110.36).
dre's Great Team have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (4) than kicken da chickens (1) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, kicken da chickens have outscored dre's Great Team at QB, RB, and TE this season.
The starters for kicken da chickens had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for dre's Great Team (0).
There's not much good to say about dre's Great Team this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

kicken da chickens
Nice job shrugging off that four-game winless streak, kicken da chickens! Each fantasy GM is presented with adversity at some point or another... keep pushing forward and remember the 2019 season is far from over.
dre's Great Team
Whoa now, talk about old-school ground n' pound: The starting RBs for dre's Great Team collectively registered only three targets this past week. Tell those quarterbacks to dump it down a little more often in Week 6!