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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
Raising Cardinals
1-3 157.66
111.84
 
VS
proj
Neopol jets
96.62 2-2
107.38

Raising Cardinals earn win against Neopol jets in 157.66-96.62 rout

Raising Cardinals showed up and outperformed expectations, rolling to a 157.66-96.62 win over Neopol jets, who fell short of projections. Raising Cardinals grabbed a 24.00-point lead on Thursday behind Brandon McManus (18 points) and Noah Fant (6) and never gave it back. Kyler Murray (23.12 points) and Allen Robinson II (19.6) did their part for Neopol jets in the loss. Raising Cardinals (1-3) will look to notch another win against Browns, while Neopol jets (2-2) will try to develop some positive momentum against MILLER'S KILLERS.

Matchup Timeline

  Raising Cardinals   Neopol jets

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While making all 3 of his FG attempts against the Jets, McManus recorded 18 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 8.04-point projection and was much higher than his 8.5-point season scoring average. McManus ranks #8 among fantasy Ks this season and will face the Patriots next week.
Brandon McManus

Top Player Comparison

Raising Cardinals
Points
% of total points 157.66
1
Joe Mixon
RB
39.1
14.66
24.8%
2
Tom Brady
QB
33.46
19.1
21.2%
3
Amari Cooper
WR
27.4
15.47
17.4%
4
Brandon McManus
K
18
8.04
11.4%
Neopol jets
Points
% of total points 96.62
1
Kyler Murray
QB
23.12
23.43
23.9%
2
Allen Robinson II
WR
19.6
14.19
20.3%
3
Mark Andrews
TE
19.2
12.14
19.9%
4
Justin Tucker
K
8
10.96
8.3%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Brandon McManus had a 54-yard field goal and a 53-yard field goal for Raising Cardinals, contributing to a 24.00-0.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
There were multiple players with highlight-reel moments on both teams early Sunday, but it was Raising Cardinals who claimed the lead, 138.06-77.02. Tom Brady had a 28-yard touchdown pass and a 48-yard pass for Raising Cardinals, while Joe Mixon had a 34-yard touchdown run and a 23-yard touchdown run. Meanwhile, Mark Andrews had a 25-yard touchdown catch and a 22-yard touchdown catch for Neopol jets, while Kyler Murray had a 48-yard run.
Sunday Night
Brandon Aiyuk had a 38-yard touchdown run for Raising Cardinals, helping the team to a 157.66-96.62 lead.

Points By Position

  Raising Cardinals   Neopol jets

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. Raising Cardinals scored more points in this matchup (157.66) than their season average (102.73).
Neopol jets are like a set of bad ACLs. They've been blown out more times than Raising Cardinals (2 vs 1).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of Neopol jets - they’ve made more transactions (2) than Raising Cardinals (0) this week. That didn't seem to help them this time, though.
The starters for Raising Cardinals had more big plays in their NFL games this week (9) than the starters for Neopol jets (3).
There's not much good to say about Neopol jets this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

Raising Cardinals
Hey, football is all about exploiting the mismatches. We really emphasized that by quadrupling Neopol jets at running back this past week (42.6 points to 10.5).
Neopol jets
Hey, our crew was just resting up for Week 5, right? The six offensive skill starters on Neopol jets (three WRs, two RBs, one TE) collectively put up 330 yards and just three touchdowns in Week 4. Our opposition's skill players made it tough on us by logging 527 yards and five scores.