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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
We Run This Town
2-3 129.09
133.77
 
VS
proj
jamest1728
101.6 2-3
117.88

We Run This Town hand jamest1728 third consecutive loss in 129.09-101.60 rout

We Run This Town rolled to a 129.09-101.60 victory to hand jamest1728 their third straight loss. We Run This Town nabbed an 8.99-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Deshaun Watson (28.47 points) and Jamison Crowder (23.87) and never relinquished it. Calvin Ridley (8 Rec, 136 Rec Yds) and James Conner (44 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 19 Rec Yds) were the top scorers for jamest1728 in the loss. We Run This Town (2-3) will look to rack up another win against Nick, while jamest1728 (2-3) take on Good JuJu in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  We Run This Town   jamest1728

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Rams defense (10 Pts Allowed, 67 Yds Allowed) scored 14 points against the Football Team in Week 5. Their scoring output was 61.7% more than their 8.66-point projection and was much higher than their 8.2-point season scoring average. The Rams defense ranks #5 among fantasy DEFs this season and will face the 49ers next week.
The Los Angeles Rams defense

Top Player Comparison

We Run This Town
Points
% of total points 129.09
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
28.47
24.57
22.1%
2
Jamison Crowder
WR
23.87
13.13
18.5%
3
Kareem Hunt
RB
22.55
21.46
17.5%
4
Kenyan Drake
RB
17.45
15.09
13.5%
jamest1728
Points
% of total points 101.6
1
Calvin Ridley
WR
19.6
16.86
19.3%
2
James Conner
RB
18.3
18.63
18%
3
Lamar Jackson
QB
16.3
27.39
16%
4
Robert Woods
WR
16.1
14.33
15.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with big-time plays on both teams early Sunday, but after all was said and done, We Run This Town boasted a 105.19-96.20 lead. Deshaun Watson had a 44-yard touchdown pass and a 28-yard touchdown pass for We Run This Town, while Jamison Crowder had a 52-yard catch. Robert Woods made the highlight reel for jamest1728 with a 56-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  We Run This Town   jamest1728

Game Notes

Five of the nine starting players on We Run This Town exceeded their projected point totals.
jamest1728 had only four of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
We Run This Town won despite starting Scotty Miller, who scored zero points.
Deshaun Watson, Jamison Crowder, and Kareem Hunt all scored more points than Calvin Ridley, the leading scorer for jamest1728.
We Run This Town put up more points than their season scoring average (117) while jamest1728 fell short of theirs (120.34).
Each team scored below its projected point total.
The matchup's 27.49-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
Not only did We Run This Town get the win, but they also covered the 15.89-point predicted margin of victory.
All three of the losses for jamest1728 have been blowout losses.

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