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Week 6

Weekly
Grade
The Purple Dragons
2-4 125.59
105.09
 
VS
proj
FantasyFootballTeam
118.63 4-2
147.53

The Purple Dragons come back to defeat FantasyFootballTeam, 125.59-118.63

The Purple Dragons brought their A game and exceeded their projected point total, coming from behind to earn a 125.59-118.63 win over FantasyFootballTeam, who fell short of projections. Trailing 80.33-53.37 heading into Monday night, The Purple Dragons came storming back behind Kyler Murray (188 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 74 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Clyde Edwards-Helaire (161 Rush Yds). Patrick Mahomes (27.1 points) and David Montgomery (13.6) did their part for FantasyFootballTeam in defeat. The Purple Dragons improve to 2-4 on the season, while FantasyFootballTeam fall to 4-2.

Matchup Timeline

  The Purple Dragons   FantasyFootballTeam

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Burton caught 4 passes for 58 yards and a touchdown as the Colts beat the Bengals 31-27. In doing so, he put up 20.5 points to more-than-double his 7.75-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on The Purple Dragons this week. Next week, Burton will play the Lions.
Trey Burton

Top Player Comparison

The Purple Dragons
Points
% of total points 125.59
1
Kyler Murray
QB
30.32
27.67
24.1%
2
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
RB
21.5
16.93
17.1%
3
Trey Burton
TE
20.5
7.75
16.3%
4
Amari Cooper
WR
18.4
13.69
14.7%
FantasyFootballTeam
Points
% of total points 118.63
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
27.1
31.45
22.8%
2
David Montgomery
RB
13.6
16.75
11.5%
3
Josh Reynolds
WR
11.5
5.84
9.7%
4
Darrel Williams
RB
11.2
3.41
9.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Night
Josh Reynolds had a 40-yard touchdown catch for FantasyFootballTeam to contribute to an 80.33-53.37 lead for the team.
Monday
Kyler Murray had an 80-yard touchdown pass and a 60-yard pass for The Purple Dragons on Monday night, helping propel the team to the win.

Points By Position

  The Purple Dragons   FantasyFootballTeam

What If

The Purple Dragons would have beaten only four other teams besides FantasyFootballTeam this week.
FantasyFootballTeam would have lost to 11 other teams besides The Purple Dragons this week.
The Purple Dragons would be 1-5 if they played FantasyFootballTeam every week.
Last week, FantasyFootballTeam would have topped The Purple Dragons 166.81-95.14.
The Purple Dragons would be 2-3 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as FantasyFootballTeam.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Purple Dragons, FantasyFootballTeam would be 3-2.
If The Purple Dragons had played every team in the league each week, they would be 11-79.
If they played every team every week, FantasyFootballTeam would be 51-39.

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