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Week 17

Weekly
Grade
Eat it!
5-11 115.96
109.33
 
VS
proj
illegal ALIENs
77.42 4-12
91.49

Eat it! hand illegal ALIENs third straight loss in 115.96-77.42 rout

Eat it! cruised to a 115.96-77.42 victory to hand illegal ALIENs their third straight loss. The matchup was decided before it really even started, as Eat it! grabbed a 50.54-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind a combined 51.16 points from Tom Brady (399 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs) and Jarvis Landry (5 Rec, 51 Rec Yds). Lamar Jackson (113 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs, 97 Rush Yds) and the Los Angeles Rams defense (7 Pts Allowed, 214 Yds Allowed, 1 Turnovers) were the leaders for illegal ALIENs in the loss. This marks the second time this season Eat it! have knocked off illegal ALIENs, after winning 112.46-84.82 in their last matchup. Eat it! finish the season at 5-11, while illegal ALIENs end the campaign at 4-12.

Matchup Timeline

  Eat it!   illegal ALIENs

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While passing for 399 yards and 4 touchdowns against the Falcons, Brady tallied 37.26 points this week. His scoring output was 52.1% more than his 24.49-point projection and was much higher than his 23.66-point season scoring average.
Tom Brady

Top Player Comparison

Eat it!
Points
% of total points 115.96
1
Tom Brady
QB
37.26
24.49
32.1%
2
The Indianapolis Colts defense
DEF
15
12.26
12.9%
3
Jarvis Landry
WR
13.9
11.24
12%
4
Ronald Jones II
RB
13.8
13.1
11.9%
illegal ALIENs
Points
% of total points 77.42
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
29.22
28.06
37.7%
2
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
22
10.96
28.4%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
7.7
14.23
9.9%
4
Daniel Carlson
K
6
8
7.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with standout moments early Sunday, but it was Eat it! who grabbed the lead, 92.96-42.42. For Eat it!, Tom Brady had a 30-yard touchdown pass and a 29-yard touchdown pass. Lamar Jackson made the highlight reel for illegal ALIENs with a 43-yard touchdown pass.

Points By Position

  Eat it!   illegal ALIENs
Standings Update
Is it just us or did the end of the season come out of nowhere? Time flies when you're having fun. Before we look ahead to next year, we'd like to reflect back on this season one last time.
Eat it!
Eat it! ended the regular season at the bottom of the standings after averaging 94.19 points per game, 3rd-lowest in the league.
Important Players
Tom Brady
MVP
4633 Pass Yds, 40 Pass TDs
Ronald Jones II
Best Drafted
978 Rush Yds, 7 Rush TDs, 165 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD
Ind Defense
Best Acquisition
22.6 Avg Pts Allowed, 332.1 Avg Yds Allowed, 25 Turnovers
illegal ALIENs
illegal ALIENs completed the regular season 9th in the standings after averaging 98.49 points per game, 6th-highest in the league.
Important Players
Lamar Jackson
MVP
2757 Pass Yds, 26 Pass TDs, 1005 Rush Yds, 7 Rush TDs
Adam Thielen
Best Drafted
74 Rec, 925 Rec Yds, 14 Rec TDs
Kirk Cousins
Best Acquisition
4265 Pass Yds, 35 Pass TDs, 156 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD

What If

Eat it! would have beaten four other teams besides illegal ALIENs this week.
illegal ALIENs would have lost to five other teams besides Eat it! this week.
Eat it! would be 6-10 if they played illegal ALIENs every week.
Eat it! would be 2-12 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as illegal ALIENs.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Eat it!, illegal ALIENs would be 5-9.
If Eat it! had played every team in the league each week, they would be 42-100.
If they played every team every week, illegal ALIENs would be 51-91.