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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
Raiders soul smasher
3-2 195.7
186.81
 
VS
proj
Outlaws
183 3-2
221.13

Back-and-forth battle ends with Raiders soul smasher coming back to beat Outlaws, 195.7-183.0

What a thriller! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, Raiders soul smasher earned a come-from-behind win over Outlaws, staging a comeback for a 195.7-183.0 victory. Despite trailing 183.0-181.2 heading into Monday night, Raiders soul smasher came back behind Joe Schobert (12 points) and Kwon Alexander (2.5). Patrick Mahomes (50.8 points) and Allen Robinson II (25.2) led the way for Outlaws in defeat. Raiders soul smasher (3-2) will look to add to their success against Fania's Team, while Outlaws (3-2) will face Raiders4Life in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Raiders soul smasher   Outlaws

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Playing the Falcons in Week 5, Watson passed for 426 yards and 5 touchdowns and ran for 47 yards. In doing so, he put up 93.3 points to scored 74.8% higher than his 53.38-point projection, the second-highest percentage of any QB in the league this season. In Week 6, Watson and the Texans will go up against the Chiefs.
Deshaun Watson

Top Player Comparison

Raiders soul smasher
Points
% of total points 195.7
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
93.3
53.38
47.7%
2
Austin Ekeler
RB
14.8
11.92
7.6%
3
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
12.3
15.73
6.3%
4
Joe Schobert
LB
12
7.57
6.1%
Outlaws
Points
% of total points 183
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
50.8
61.61
27.8%
2
Allen Robinson II
WR
25.2
10.88
13.8%
3
Sony Michel
RB
19.8
10.44
10.8%
4
Chris Carson
RB
18.8
14.28
10.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Deshaun Watson had a 44-yard touchdown pass and a 33-yard touchdown pass for Raiders soul smasher, contributing to a 149.2-124.2 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
Patrick Mahomes had a 27-yard touchdown pass for Outlaws, contributing to a 183.0-181.2 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Raiders soul smasher   Outlaws

Game Notes

Only four of the 15 starters on Raiders soul smasher exceeded their scoring projections.
Outlaws had only four of their 18 starters score higher than their projected points.
Was Outlaws even trying this week? They started three players who scored zero points.
Raiders soul smasher put up more points than their season scoring average (186.22) while Outlaws fell short of theirs (205.58).
Raiders soul smasher scored more points than their projected total, while Outlaws fell shy of their projection.
Raiders soul smasher ranked 6th in the league in points scored this week, while Outlaws ranked 7th.
The matchup's 12.7-point margin was the closest in the league this week.
The defeat puts an end to a two-game winning streak for Outlaws.
Raiders soul smasher moves to (2-0) in upset games this season, while Outlaws falls to (0-1).
On the losing side, Patrick Mahomes recorded 50.8 points, the fifth-highest score in the league this week.

Next Week Preview

Raiders soul smasher
Week 6 will showcase the league's two lowest-scoring teams, as Raiders soul smasher (3-2) will go toe-to-toe against Fania's Team (2-3). Raiders soul smasher might need to rearrange the deck some with Eric Ebron out on bye next week. Fania's Team won't have Cordarrelle Patterson or Darren Waller. Over the past two weeks, Raiders soul smasher have scored 205.85 points per game, while Fania's Team have averaged 197.95 per contest.
Outlaws
Looking ahead to Week 6, Outlaws (3-2, third-place) will try to bounce back against Raiders4Life (0-5, eighth-place). Each side has players with byes next week, as Josh Jacobs, David Montgomery, Khalil Mack, and Tyrell Williams are off for Raiders4Life and Allen Robinson II, Tarik Cohen, and Tremaine Edmunds will sit for Outlaws.