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Week 6

Weekly
Grade
Can I Haz Touchdown?
6-0 115.5
94.74
 
VS
proj
Gritz Blitz
109 3-3
98.78

Can I Haz Touchdown? come back to defeat Gritz Blitz to remain undefeated, 115.5-109.0

Can I Haz Touchdown? won their sixth consecutive game to open the season with a come-from-behind victory over Gritz Blitz, staging an impressive comeback to earn a 115.5-109.0 win. Can I Haz Touchdown? trailed 102.0-87.0 heading into Monday night, but the team charged back behind Kyler Murray, who passed for 188 yards , ran for 74 yards and scored 3 touchdowns for 15.5 points, and Amari Cooper, who caught 7 passes for 79 yards and a touchdown (13 points). The New York Giants defense (19 Pts Allowed, 308 Yds Allowed, 2 Turnovers) and Younghoe Koo (4-4 FG, 50 long, 4-4 XP) did their part for Gritz Blitz in defeat. Can I Haz Touchdown? (6-0) will look to keep it rolling against Spoon, while Gritz Blitz (3-3) meet Shark bait in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Can I Haz Touchdown?   Gritz Blitz

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Steelers defense allowed only 7 points, surrendered 200 yards, and intercepted 2 passes in a 38-7 win over the Browns. In doing so, they put up 32 points and more-than-doubled their scoring projection, the third-highest percent increase of any DEF in the league this season. In Week 7, the Steelers will square off against the Titans.
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense

Top Player Comparison

Can I Haz Touchdown?
Points
% of total points 115.5
1
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
32
14.46
27.7%
2
Kyler Murray
QB
15.5
9.06
13.4%
3
Amari Cooper
WR
13
8.02
11.3%
4
Aaron Jones
RB
9
9.49
7.8%
Gritz Blitz
Points
% of total points 109
1
The New York Giants defense
DEF
20
15.33
18.3%
2
Younghoe Koo
K
20
7.58
18.3%
3
Julio Jones
WR
19
8.35
17.4%
4
Mike Davis
RB
10
10.54
9.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Julio Jones had a 20-yard touchdown catch and a 40-yard touchdown catch for Gritz Blitz, while Younghoe Koo had a 50-yard field goal, contributing to a 95.0-66.0 lead for Gritz Blitz.
Monday
Kyler Murray had an 80-yard touchdown pass and a 60-yard pass for Can I Haz Touchdown? on Monday night, helping lead the team to the win.

Points By Position

  Can I Haz Touchdown?   Gritz Blitz

Game Notes

Half of the starters on Can I Haz Touchdown? scored higher than their projected point totals.
Gritz Blitz had only five of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams put up more points than their season scoring average.
Each team scored more than its projected point total.
This matchup featured the two highest scores of the week.
The matchup's 6.5-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
All three of the losses for Gritz Blitz have been upset losses.
On the losing side, the New York Giants defense recorded 20 points, the fifth-highest score for a DEF this week.

Next Week Preview

Gritz Blitz
Two teams with identical 3-3 records, sixth-place Gritz Blitz will now get a date with eighth-place Shark bait in Week 7. Each side has players on bye next week, as Joe Schobert, Gardner Minshew II, James Robinson, Marquise Brown, Bobby Okereke, Justin Houston, and Josh Allen are off for Gritz Blitz and the Baltimore Ravens defense, Adam Thielen, and the Tennessee Titans defense are out for Shark bait.
Can I Haz Touchdown?
Week 7 features two teams heading in different directions, as Can I Haz Touchdown? (6-0) head into Week 7 on a six-game winning streak, while their opposition (Spoon, 3-3), come in as losers of three straight. Each team has multiple bye weeks to consider in Week 7, as Derrick Henry, Calais Campbell, A.J. Brown, the Indianapolis Colts defense, Kenny Moore II, and Kevin Byard are off for Spoon and Ryan Tannehill, Patrick Queen, and Danielle Hunter will take a seat for Can I Haz Touchdown?. Over the last three weeks, Can I Haz Touchdown? have put up 105 points per game, while Spoon have averaged only 69.33 per contest.