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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
Splintered
4-1 106.5
106.84
 
VS
proj
What?!
73.5 4-1
111.49

Offensively challenged Splintered beat What?!, 106.50-73.50

While they posted only the seventh-highest point total in the league for the week, Splintered secured a 106.50-73.50 victory over What?!. Splintered earned an early 14.50-point lead on Thursday. What?! bounced back to take the lead during the early slate on Sunday, powered by Dalvin Cook (24 points) and Justin Tucker (16). Unphased, Splintered rallied later that night, as Patrick Mahomes (17.75 points) and the Indianapolis Colts defense (16.25) put them back ahead once and for all. Splintered improve to 4-1 on the season, while What?! fall to 4-1.

Matchup Timeline

  Splintered   What?!

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Cowboys in Week 5, Jones scored 45.5 points to more-than-triple his 13.17-point projection. He racked up 182 yards from scrimmage and ran for 4 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any RB in the league this season. Jones will play the Lions next week.
Aaron Jones

Top Player Comparison

Splintered
Points
% of total points 106.5
1
Aaron Jones
RB
45.5
13.17
42.7%
2
Patrick Mahomes
QB
17.75
25.89
16.7%
3
The Indianapolis Colts defense
DEF
16.25
7.71
15.3%
4
Tyler Lockett
WR
14.5
13.73
13.6%
What?!
Points
% of total points 73.5
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
24
17.49
32.7%
2
Justin Tucker
K
16
9.18
21.8%
3
Alvin Kamara
RB
12.5
18.19
17%
4
Zach Ertz
TE
12
9.25
16.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Dalvin Cook had a 41-yard run for What?!, helping the team to a 78.50-22.50 lead.
Sunday Night
Patrick Mahomes had a 27-yard touchdown pass for Splintered, contributing to a 106.50-81.00 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Splintered   What?!

StatSmack

You won't win many weeks if you leave points on the bench. Splintered has left fewer points on the bench this season (322) than What?! (416.25).
By position, Splintered have outscored What?! at QB and DEF this season.
Splintered don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 9 points, third-highest in the league.
There's not much good to say about What?! this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

Splintered
We do appreciate the confidence this past week, Splintered. Deploying a starter with zero points (Sammy Watkins), while still getting a W... that's playing with fire. All we ask is to please keep that flashy, show-off type of stuff to the early regular season. Can you imagine how silly we'd look if we let it happen in the playoffs?
What?!
"Not getting enough looks" shouldn't really be an excuse this week for What?!. Our four pass-catchers (three WR and one TE) were targeted a grand total of 20 times in Week 5. With just 12 total receptions, that group may need to work on chemistry with their QBs.