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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
Eat it!
2-5 112.46
102.19
 
VS
proj
illegal ALIENs
84.82 1-6
113.89

Offensively challenged Eat it! beat illegal ALIENs, 112.46-84.82

While they posted only the eighth-highest point total in the league for the week, Eat it! earned a 112.46-84.82 victory over illegal ALIENs. Eat it! nabbed an early 4.00-point lead on Thursday. illegal ALIENs bounced back to take the lead during the early round of games on Sunday, powered by Gardner Minshew II (23.02 points) and Robby Anderson (10.4). Not to be deterred, Eat it! made a run later that night, as Tom Brady (44.86 points) and Rob Gronkowski (14.7) put them back ahead once and for all. Eat it! (2-5) will look to add to their success against Book of Eli, while illegal ALIENs (1-6) attempt to generate some positive momentum against Danny Boy.

Matchup Timeline

  Eat it!   illegal ALIENs

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Brady (369 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs) scored 44.86 points in a 45-20 win over the Raiders in Week 7. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 21.81-point projection and was much higher than his 26.16-point season scoring average. Brady ranks #6 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Giants next week.
Tom Brady

Top Player Comparison

Eat it!
Points
% of total points 112.46
1
Tom Brady
QB
44.86
21.81
39.9%
2
DJ Moore
WR
23.3
12.06
20.7%
3
Rob Gronkowski
TE
14.7
8.02
13.1%
4
Ronald Jones II
RB
10.1
13.92
9%
illegal ALIENs
Points
% of total points 84.82
1
Gardner Minshew II
QB
23.02
21.68
27.1%
2
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
19
10.7
22.4%
3
Robby Anderson
WR
10.4
12.76
12.3%
4
Cooper Kupp
WR
8.9
13.02
10.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with standout plays for both teams early Sunday, but it was illegal ALIENs who emerged with the lead, 49.02-27.30. For Eat it!, DJ Moore had a 74-yard touchdown catch. Gardner Minshew II made the highlight reel for illegal ALIENs with a 28-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Night
Tom Brady had a 33-yard touchdown pass for Eat it!, contributing to a 102.46-56.92 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Eat it!   illegal ALIENs
Standings Update
Believe it or not, we’re already at the midpoint of the season, meaning it's time check in on the Standings.
Eat it!
To be fair, it could be worse. After averaging the fewest points per game in the league at 96.94, Eat it! is No. 9 in the Standings. While the team currently is on the outside looking in for the playoffs, there's still time to make a run.
Important Players
Tom Brady
MVP
1910 Pass Yds, 18 Pass TDs
Ronald Jones II
Best Drafted
506 Rush Yds, 4 Rush TDs
Ka'imi Fairbairn
Best Acquisition
12-14 FG, 50 long, 16-17 XP
illegal ALIENs
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on illegal ALIENs making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The team is on the outside looking in for the playoffs after averaging only 103.17 points per game through seven weeks, 8th-best in the league.
Important Players
Lamar Jackson
MVP
955 Pass Yds, 8 Pass TDs, 346 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Adam Thielen
Best Drafted
32 Rec, 415 Rec Yds, 7 Rec TDs
Gardner Minshew II
Best Acquisition
2156 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs, 140 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD

StatSmack

Eat it! must have eaten their Wheaties this morning. They scored more points in this matchup (112.46) than their season average (96.94).
Everybody can't be a winner, especially if you're illegal ALIENs. They've lost five in a row.
illegal ALIENs are like a set of bad ACLs. They've been blown out more times than Eat it! (3 vs 2).
Eat it! laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (2) than illegal ALIENs (1).
Eat it! should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more matchups than illegal ALIENs (4 vs 1).
illegal ALIENs have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (2) than Eat it! (1) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Eat it! have outscored illegal ALIENs at QB and RB this season.
The starters for Eat it! had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for illegal ALIENs (1).
Don't worry illegal ALIENs, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!