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Week 6

Weekly
Grade
Hokus Pokus
3-3 115
104.46
 
VS
proj
Jon s Team
99.84 3-3
96

Hokus Pokus smirk at projections, defeat Jon s Team, 115.00-99.84

Hokus Pokus stepped up, securing a 115.00-99.84 win over Jon s Team. Hokus Pokus jumped out to a 39.96-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind outstanding efforts from Deshaun Watson (280 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 42 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs) and Tyreek Hill (20) and never looked back. Lamar Jackson (236 Pass Yds, 152 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Matt Prater (5-5 FG, 54 long, 1-1 XP) were the leading scorers for Jon s Team in the loss. Hokus Pokus (3-3) will look to get another W against Hartattack, while Jon s Team (3-3) take on david's Team in an effort to develop some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Hokus Pokus   Jon s Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 3 passes for 37 yards and a touchdown against the Jaguars, Cook put up 9.7 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 3.98-point projection and was much higher than his 4.8-point season scoring average. Cook will face the Bears next week.
Jared Cook

Top Player Comparison

Hokus Pokus
Points
% of total points 115
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
35.4
23.36
30.8%
2
Tyreek Hill
WR
20
11.24
17.4%
3
Christian McCaffrey
RB
17.7
17.56
15.4%
4
Jared Cook
TE
9.7
3.98
8.4%
Jon s Team
Points
% of total points 99.84
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
37.64
22.44
37.7%
2
Matt Prater
K
21
7.99
21%
3
Mark Ingram II
RB
13.4
12.65
13.4%
4
Julio Jones
WR
11.8
13.47
11.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time moments early Sunday, but it was Hokus Pokus who emerged with the lead, 103.40-63.44. Tyreek Hill had a 46-yard touchdown catch for Hokus Pokus, while Christian McCaffrey had a 25-yard touchdown catch. Lamar Jackson made the highlight reel for Jon s Team with a 21-yard touchdown run.
Monday
Matt Prater had a 54-yard field goal and a 51-yard field goal for Jon s Team.

Points By Position

  Hokus Pokus   Jon s Team

Game Notes

More than half (5 of the 9) of the starters on Hokus Pokus exceeded their projected point totals.
Jon s Team had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Jon s Team can partially blame the loss on the Chicago Bears defense, who didn't score any points.
Hokus Pokus put up more points than their season scoring average (110.83) while Jon s Team fell short of theirs (123.41).
Each team scored more than its projected point total.
Not only did Hokus Pokus get the W, but they also covered the 8.46-point predicted margin of victory.
Despite the loss, Lamar Jackson tallied 37.64 points, the fifth-highest score for a signal-caller this year.

Next Week Preview

Jon s Team
A pair of teams with identical 3-3 records, third-place Jon s Team will now get a date with fifth-place david's Team in Week 7. Jon s Team may need to rearrange the deck some with O.J. Howard out on bye in Week 7. david's Team won't have Odell Beckham Jr. or Vance McDonald.
Hokus Pokus
Two teams that are both on matching two-game winning streaks, Hokus Pokus (3-3) face Hartattack (2-4) next week in an early season showdown. Each side has multiple bye weeks to think about in Week 7, as Christian McCaffrey, DJ Moore, and Donte Moncrief are off for Hokus Pokus and James Conner, Chris Godwin, and David Njoku are out for Hartattack. Over the last three weeks, Hokus Pokus have put up 124.61 points per game, while Hartattack have averaged only 97.14 per contest.