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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
OLR
1-4 168
126.15
 
VS
proj
deepball
133 3-2
151.08

OLR earn win over deepball in 168-133 rout

OLR rose to the occasion and exceeded expectations, cruising to a 168-133 victory over deepball, who fell short of projections. OLR took a 24-point lead on Thursday behind Mike Evans (15 points) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense (9) and never gave it back. Jared Goff (309 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and DK Metcalf (6 Rec, 93 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) led the charge for deepball in the loss. OLR (1-4) will look to keep it rolling against LUCKY DOG 2.0, while deepball (3-2) try to get back on track against The Cereal Killers.

Matchup Timeline

  OLR   deepball

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Herbert overachieved for the third time this season, scoring 27 points against his 19.09-point projection. In a 30-27 loss to the Saints, he passed for 264 yards and 4 touchdowns. Herbert ranks #22 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Jets next week.
Justin Herbert

Top Player Comparison

OLR
Points
% of total points 168
1
Brandin Cooks
WR
37
9.84
22%
2
Justin Herbert
QB
27
19.09
16.1%
3
Josh Jacobs
RB
21
15.69
12.5%
4
Tyreek Hill
WR
17
17.59
10.1%
deepball
Points
% of total points 133
1
Jared Goff
QB
30
19.74
22.6%
2
DK Metcalf
WR
27
17.17
20.3%
3
CeeDee Lamb
WR
23
14.03
17.3%
4
Alvin Kamara
RB
19
25.5
14.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel moments for both teams early Sunday, after which OLR emerged with a 115-41 lead. Brandin Cooks had a 28-yard touchdown catch for OLR, while Tyreek Hill had a 58-yard catch. Jared Goff made the highlight reel for deepball with a 56-yard touchdown pass and a 40-yard pass.
Monday
Justin Herbert had a 49-yard pass and a 64-yard touchdown pass for OLR on Monday night, helping to add to the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  OLR   deepball

StatSmack

OLR must have eaten their Wheaties this morning. They scored more points in this matchup (168) than their season average (135.8).
You can't win if you leave points on the bench. deepball has left more points on the bench this season (412) than OLR (311).
OLR see projections as no real threat. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than deepball (0).
deepball have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (2) than OLR (0) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, OLR have outscored deepball at QB, K, and DEF this season.
The starters for OLR had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for deepball (3).
There's not much good to say about deepball this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

OLR
Way to shrug off that four-game winless streak, OLR! Each fantasy GM is sure to be met with adversity at some point or another... keep pushing forward and good things will continue to happen.
deepball
Well, we can't really whine about a shortage of opportunities this time, can we? As a group, our five pass-catchers (four WR, one TE) were targeted a grand total of 33 times in Week 5. Those players might need to hit the practice field, considering they hauled in just 18 balls.