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Week 6

Weekly
Grade
d.s. saints
2-4 112.1
96.01
 
VS
proj
Michael
93.6 1-5
125.29

d.s. saints knock off Michael, 112.1-93.6

d.s. saints showed up, securing a 112.1-93.6 win over Michael, who fell short of projections. d.s. saints grabbed a 40.1-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind 60.8 points from Joe Burrow (313 Pass Yds) and D'Andre Swift (116 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs) and never looked back. Tom Brady (166 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and Travis Kelce (5 Rec, 65 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) carried the flag for Michael in the loss. This marks the second time this season d.s. saints have beaten Michael, after winning 134.3-103 in their last matchup. d.s. saints improve to 2-4 on the season, while Michael fall to 1-5.

Matchup Timeline

  d.s. saints   Michael

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Swift ran for 116 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Lions beat the Jaguars 34-16. In doing so, he put up 24.3 points and scored more than 5 times his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player in the league this season. Swift will battle the Falcons next week.
D'Andre Swift

Top Player Comparison

d.s. saints
Points
% of total points 112.1
1
Joe Burrow
QB
36.5
33.36
32.6%
2
D'Andre Swift
RB
24.3
4.77
21.7%
3
George Kittle
TE
16.9
11.34
15.1%
4
Robert Woods
WR
10
10.1
8.9%
Michael
Points
% of total points 93.6
1
Tom Brady
QB
28.6
42.59
30.6%
2
Travis Kelce
TE
18.5
10.96
19.8%
3
David Johnson
RB
12.9
10.9
13.8%
4
CeeDee Lamb
WR
8.4
9.5
9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Joe Burrow had a 67-yard pass for d.s. saints, while D'Andre Swift had a 54-yard run, contributing to a 78.2-38.1 lead for d.s. saints.
Sunday Night
George Kittle had a 44-yard touchdown catch for d.s. saints to contribute to a 105.1-66.7 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  d.s. saints   Michael

StatSmack

One's a data point, Two's a trend. In their two head-to-head wins against Michael, d.s. saints averaged more points (123.2) than they usually score (109.8).
Once d.s. saints put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than Michael (1 vs 0).
d.s. saints laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than Michael (0).
d.s. saints don't falter at the last minute, with fewer close losses than Michael (0 vs 1).
d.s. saints should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than Michael (3 vs 1).
d.s. saints have started more fantasy players who beat their projection than Michael (22 vs 15).
Michael have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (1) than d.s. saints (0) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, d.s. saints have outscored Michael at QB, RB, and WR this season.
The starters for d.s. saints had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for Michael (0).
There's not much good to say about Michael this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

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