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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
Cooking with Defense
3-1 177.18
173.69
 
VS
proj
Thats Weird
74.9 2-2
81.69

Cooking with Defense beat Thats Weird in 177.18-74.90 rout

Despite similar records, Cooking with Defense held a significant season point advantage over Thats Weird coming into this one (705-378), and they lived up to their reputation with a convincing victory, rolling to a 177.18-74.90 win. It didn't take long to figure out who would lead the way in the matchup, as Cooking with Defense leapt out to a 46.70-point lead on Thursday behind outstanding showings from Carson Wentz and Blake Martinez. Wentz passed for 160 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 13 yards for 30.7 points, while Martinez made 15 tackles (12.5 points). Austin Hooper (9 Rec, 130 Rec Yds) and David Johnson (40 Rush Yds, 99 Rec Yds) led the way for Thats Weird in defeat. Cooking with Defense (3-1) will look to sustain their winning ways against g-men, while Thats Weird (2-2) will attempt to develop some positive momentum against The Soulja.

Matchup Timeline

  Cooking with Defense   Thats Weird

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While making 6 tackles and recording 2 sacks against the Jaguars, Miller recorded 7 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 3.45-point projection and was much higher than his 3.88-point season scoring average. Miller ranks #1 among fantasy LBs this season and will face the Chargers next week.
Von Miller

Top Player Comparison

Cooking with Defense
Points
% of total points 177.18
1
Carson Wentz
QB
30.7
32.99
17.3%
2
Chris Godwin
WR
29.2
9.63
16.5%
3
Kyle Allen
QB
17.28
25.71
9.8%
4
Dalvin Cook
RB
13
14.49
7.3%
Thats Weird
Points
% of total points 74.9
1
Austin Hooper
TE
14
5.93
18.7%
2
David Johnson
RB
13.9
12.96
18.6%
3
Josh Jacobs
RB
10.8
9.89
14.4%
4
Michael Thomas
WR
9.5
10.87
12.7%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Carson Wentz had a 20-yard touchdown pass for Cooking with Defense, helping to give the team a 46.70-0.00 lead.

Points By Position

  Cooking with Defense   Thats Weird

Game Notes

Just seven of the 19 starters on Cooking with Defense scored higher than their point projections.
Thats Weird had only six of their 19 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could have looked differently, as Cooking with Defense had one starter score zero points, while Thats Weird had eight.
Cooking with Defense had three players score more points than the leading scorer for Thats Weird.
Cooking with Defense put up more points than their season scoring average (176.2) while Thats Weird fell short of theirs (94.6).
Cooking with Defense recorded more points than their projected total, while Thats Weird fell short of their projection.
The showdown featured the highest and lowest-scoring teams in the league this week.
The matchup's 102.28-point margin is the largest in the league this season.
Not only did Cooking with Defense get the win, but they also covered the 92-point projected margin of victory.
Both of the losses for Thats Weird have been blowout losses.
Despite the loss, Austin Hooper (14 points) recorded the highest score for a TE this week.

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