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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
Cooking with Defense
4-3 164.82
178.53
 
VS
proj
Bert's Superb Team
71.7 2-5
88.18

Cooking with Defense hand Bert's Superb Team fourth straight loss in 164.82-71.70 rout

Cooking with Defense cruised to a 164.82-71.70 victory to hand Bert's Superb Team their fourth consecutive loss. Cooking with Defense grabbed a 24.72-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Gardner Minshew II (24.02 points) and Shaq Thompson (10) and never let it go. Diontae Johnson (9 Rec, 80 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) and Darren Waller (6 Rec, 50 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) led the way for Bert's Superb Team in defeat. Cooking with Defense (4-3) will look to add to their success against The Soulja, while Bert's Superb Team (2-5) will take on Thats Weird in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Cooking with Defense   Bert's Superb Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Goodson (7 Tackles, 1 Int) scored 7 points in a 37-34 win over the Bengals in Week 7. He more-than-tripled his 2.25-point projection and overachieved for the first time this season. Goodson ranks #1 among fantasy LBs this season and will face the Raiders next week.
B.J. Goodson

Top Player Comparison

Cooking with Defense
Points
% of total points 164.82
1
Kyler Murray
QB
61.1
36.48
37.1%
2
Gardner Minshew II
QB
24.02
31.27
14.6%
3
Shaq Thompson
LB
10
6.85
6.1%
4
Lavonte David
LB
7.5
7.09
4.6%
Bert's Superb Team
Points
% of total points 71.7
1
Diontae Johnson
WR
21
9.18
29.3%
2
Darren Waller
TE
11
8.74
15.3%
3
James Conner
RB
10.6
13.19
14.8%
4
Amari Cooper
WR
8.5
10.46
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Gardner Minshew II had a 28-yard touchdown pass for Cooking with Defense, helping the team to a 74.42-49.70 lead.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 35-yard touchdown pass and a 41-yard pass for Cooking with Defense to contribute to a 143.82-49.70 lead for the team.
Monday
Allen Robinson II had a 42-yard catch for Cooking with Defense on Monday night en route to the win for the team.

Points By Position

  Cooking with Defense   Bert's Superb Team
Standings Update
Don’t look now, but we’re already at the midpoint of the season, meaning it's about time to refresh the Standings.
Cooking with Defense
Cooking with Defense will be tough to beat as long as they are putting up points at this pace. Averaging 190.11 points per game through seven weeks, 2nd-best in the league, the unit finds itself currently in playoff position.
Important Players
Kyler Murray
MVP
1847 Pass Yds, 13 Pass TDs, 437 Rush Yds, 7 Rush TDs
Aaron Jones
Best Drafted
389 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs, 161 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs
Teddy Bridgewater
Best Acquisition
1930 Pass Yds, 8 Pass TDs, 131 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD
Bert's Superb Team
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to see Bert's Superb Team making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The squad currently finds itself outside of playoff position after averaging only 115.14 points per game through seven weeks, 7th-best in the league.
Important Players
Dak Prescott
MVP
1856 Pass Yds, 9 Pass TDs
Ezekiel Elliott
Best Drafted
458 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs, 210 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD
Best Acquisition

Game Notes

Cooking with Defense won even though only five of their 19 starting players scored higher than their projected point totals.
Bert's Superb Team had only three of their 19 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could have looked differently, as Cooking with Defense had one starter score zero points, while Bert's Superb Team had eight.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
This win puts an end to a two-match losing skid for Cooking with Defense.
Not only did Cooking with Defense get the win, but they also covered the 90.35-point forecasted margin of victory.
All four of the wins for Cooking with Defense have been blowout wins.
In a losing effort, Diontae Johnson (21 points) posted the fifth-best score for a WR this week.