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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
SteelerHater57
5-0 27.89
33.9
 
VS
proj
bladen's Unreal Team
25.8 1-4
30.46

SteelerHater57 beat bladen's Unreal Team to remain perfect, 27.89-25.80

SteelerHater57 won their fifth matchup in a row to open the season with a hard-fought win over bladen's Unreal Team, securing a 27.89-25.80 victory. SteelerHater57 nabbed an early 0.27-point lead on Thursday. bladen's Unreal Team bounced back to take the lead during the early slate on Sunday, powered by Patrick Mahomes (3.89 points) and Kendall Fuller (3.2). Unphased, SteelerHater57 made a run later that night, as Russell Wilson (3.54 points) put them back on top for good. SteelerHater57 (5-0) will look to keep it rolling against jh's Dazzling Team, while bladen's Unreal Team (1-4) will attempt to get back on track against Joshua's Team.

Matchup Timeline

  SteelerHater57   bladen's Unreal Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Squaring off against the Cardinals in Week 5, Poole made 3 tackles. In doing so, he put up 1.15 points to scored 82.5% higher than his 0.63-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on SteelerHater57 this week. Next week, Poole will battle the Chargers.
Brian Poole

Top Player Comparison

SteelerHater57
Points
% of total points 27.89
1
Russell Wilson
QB
3.54
3.78
12.7%
2
Zach Cunningham
LB
2.9
2.49
10.4%
3
Cordarrelle Patterson
WR
2.55
1.43
9.1%
4
Alvin Kamara
RB
2.46
2.86
8.8%
bladen's Unreal Team
Points
% of total points 25.8
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
3.89
3.98
15.1%
2
Kendall Fuller
CB
3.2
1.4
12.4%
3
Cameron Jordan
DE
2
2.11
7.8%
4
James Conner
RB
1.95
1.89
7.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time moments early Sunday, but it was bladen's Unreal Team who emerged with the lead, 19.57-12.07. For SteelerHater57, Cam Akers had a 46-yard run. Patrick Mahomes had a 58-yard pass for bladen's Unreal Team, while Younghoe Koo had a 54-yard field goal.
Sunday Late
Mike Gesicki had a 70-yard catch for SteelerHater57, who trailed 22.36-20.43 after the late afternoon games.

Points By Position

  SteelerHater57   bladen's Unreal Team

What If

SteelerHater57 would have beaten eight other teams besides bladen's Unreal Team this week.
bladen's Unreal Team would have lost to six other teams besides SteelerHater57 this week.
SteelerHater57 would be 4-1 if they played bladen's Unreal Team every week.
Had they played each other last week, SteelerHater57 would have beaten bladen's Unreal Team 32.01-24.37.
SteelerHater57 would be 3-1 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as bladen's Unreal Team.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as SteelerHater57, bladen's Unreal Team would be 3-1.
If SteelerHater57 had played every team in the league each week, they would be 54-11.
If they played every team every week, bladen's Unreal Team would be 30-35.

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