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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
New England Patriots
1-3 25
33.25
 
VS
proj
Los Angeles Rams
21 1-3
28.79

Offensively challenged New England Patriots beat Los Angeles Rams, 25-21

New England Patriots came out on top with a 25-21 win over Los Angeles Rams despite ranking only 10th in the league in points scored for the week. New England Patriots took a 25-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind 15 points from Ryan Fitzpatrick (315 Pass Yds, 47 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Joey Slye (1-2 FG, 27 long, 4-4 XP) and never looked back. The Los Angeles Rams defense (8 points) and Sam Sloman (5) led the way for Los Angeles Rams in the loss. New England Patriots (1-3) will look to keep it rolling against Cleveland Browns, while Los Angeles Rams (1-3) will meet Seattle Seahawks in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  New England Patriots   Los Angeles Rams

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Thielen caught 8 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown as the Vikings beat the Texans 31-23. In doing so, he put up 4 points and scored 77.0% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on New England Patriots this week. In Week 5, Thielen and the Vikings will face the Seahawks.
Adam Thielen

Top Player Comparison

New England Patriots
Points
% of total points 25
1
Ryan Fitzpatrick
QB
8
6.15
32%
2
Joey Slye
K
7
7.88
28%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
4
2.26
16%
4
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense
DEF
4
7.33
16%
Los Angeles Rams
Points
% of total points 21
1
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
8
7.41
38.1%
2
Sam Sloman
K
5
7.92
23.8%
3
Cooper Kupp
WR
4
2.65
19%
4
Jared Goff
QB
4
6.86
19%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Jared Goff teamed up with Cooper Kupp for a 55-yard touchdown pass for Los Angeles Rams, who trailed 25-21 after the late afternoon slate.

Points By Position

  New England Patriots   Los Angeles Rams

What If

New England Patriots would have beaten only one other team besides Los Angeles Rams this week.
Los Angeles Rams would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
If they played Los Angeles Rams every week, New England Patriots would be 2-2 this season.
Had they played each other last week, Los Angeles Rams would have beaten New England Patriots 35-22.
New England Patriots would be 2-1 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Los Angeles Rams.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams would be 0-3.
If New England Patriots had played every team in the league each week, they would be 12-37-3.
If they played every team every week, Los Angeles Rams would be 17-34-1.

Next Week Preview

New England Patriots
New England Patriots (1-3) will face Cleveland Browns (3-1) in Week 5. Through four weeks of action, New England Patriots have tallied the 11th-most points in the league. Cleveland Browns (40.25 PPG) are ranked second. Over the last three weeks, New England Patriots have put up 25.33 points per game, while Cleveland Browns have averaged 46 per contest.
Los Angeles Rams
In Week 5, Los Angeles Rams (1-3) will square off against Seattle Seahawks (3-1). Los Angeles Rams may need to shuffle their lineup some with Kenny Golladay out on bye in Week 5. Seattle Seahawks won't have Adrian Peterson or D'Andre Swift.