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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
Can I Haz Touchdown?
5-0 95.5
88.61
 
VS
proj
Hakuna Matata
36.5 2-3
76.87

Can I Haz Touchdown? knock off Hakuna Matata to remain perfect in 95.5-36.5 rout

Can I Haz Touchdown? won their fifth straight to open the season with a dominant win over Hakuna Matata, rolling to a 95.5-36.5 victory. It didn't take long to learn who would lead the way in the matchup, as Can I Haz Touchdown? took a 20.0-point lead on Thursday behind 20 points from Ryan Succop (4-4 FG, 46 long, 1-1 XP) and Roquan Smith (7 Tackles). Odell Beckham Jr. (7 points) and Josh Allen (6.5) carried the flag for Hakuna Matata in the loss. Can I Haz Touchdown? (5-0) will look to keep it rolling against Gritz Blitz, while Hakuna Matata (2-3) try to right the ship against Philly Phresh.

Matchup Timeline

  Can I Haz Touchdown?   Hakuna Matata

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While making all 4 of his FG attempts against the Bears, Succop scored 14 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 6.87-point projection and was much higher than his 8-point season scoring average. Succop will face the Packers next week.
Ryan Succop

Top Player Comparison

Can I Haz Touchdown?
Points
% of total points 95.5
1
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
20
17.95
20.9%
2
Kyler Murray
QB
14.5
8.75
15.2%
3
Ryan Succop
K
14
6.87
14.7%
4
Chris Carson
RB
14
9.57
14.7%
Hakuna Matata
Points
% of total points 36.5
1
Odell Beckham Jr.
WR
7
7.53
19.2%
2
Josh Allen
QB
6.5
9.73
17.8%
3
Mecole Hardman
WR
4
5.05
11%
4
J.K. Dobbins
RB
4
4.05
11%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kyler Murray had a 45-yard pass and a 37-yard touchdown pass for Can I Haz Touchdown?, while Robert Woods had a 56-yard touchdown catch, helping Can I Haz Touchdown? to a 67.5-12.0 lead.
Sunday Night
Chris Carson had a 29-yard touchdown run for Can I Haz Touchdown? to contribute to a 95.5-25.0 lead for the team.
Monday
Josh Allen had a 22-yard touchdown pass for Hakuna Matata.

Points By Position

  Can I Haz Touchdown?   Hakuna Matata

What If

Can I Haz Touchdown? would have beaten six other teams besides Hakuna Matata this week.
Hakuna Matata would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
If they played Hakuna Matata every week, Can I Haz Touchdown? would be 5-0 this season.
Had they played each other last week, Can I Haz Touchdown? would have gotten the victory over Hakuna Matata 104-86.5.
Can I Haz Touchdown? would be 4-0 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Hakuna Matata.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Can I Haz Touchdown?, Hakuna Matata would be 1-3.
If Can I Haz Touchdown? had played every team in the league each week, they would be 44-10-1.
If they played every team every week, Hakuna Matata would be 14-41.

Next Week Preview

Can I Haz Touchdown?
Can I Haz Touchdown? (5-0) will battle Gritz Blitz (3-2) in Week 6. Each side will have multiple bye weeks to contend with in Week 6, as Chris Carson, the Seattle Seahawks defense, Bobby Wagner, and Michael Thomas are off for Can I Haz Touchdown? and Tyler Lockett, Johnathan Abram, and Jamal Adams are out for Gritz Blitz. When it comes to recent scoring output, these two teams have posted similar results lately. Can I Haz Touchdown? have put up 99.75 points per game over the last three weeks, while Gritz Blitz have averaged 98.5 per contest over that same stretch.
Hakuna Matata
Two teams sporting matching 2-3 records, 10th-place Hakuna Matata will now have a date with seventh-place Philly Phresh in Week 6. Hakuna Matata might need to shuffle the deck a bit with Jason Myers out on bye in Week 6. Philly Phresh will be without Alvin Kamara and Cameron Jordan.