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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
PAT in the HAT
5-0 233.73
204.84
 
VS
proj
Cohen2MitchMackYou
155.77 4-1
196.86

PAT in the HAT overtake Cohen2MitchMackYou for 1st place in 233.73-155.77 rout

PAT in the HAT overtook Cohen2MitchMackYou in the standings, jumping into the top spot in May Family and Friends with an easy win, cruising to a 233.73-155.77 victory. PAT in the HAT earned a 15.73-point lead early Sunday afternoon. Cohen2MitchMackYou came back to take the lead late afternoon Sunday, powered by Dak Prescott (13.87 points) and Robbie Gould (5). Unphased, PAT in the HAT got it going later that night, as Adam Thielen (29.3 points) and DK Metcalf (27.3) put them back ahead for good. PAT in the HAT (5-0) have now won five straight and will look to add to their success against Corn Reynolds. Cohen2MitchMackYou (4-1) will match up against King Of The Jungle in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  PAT in the HAT   Cohen2MitchMackYou

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Davis (89 Rush Yds, 60 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 29.9 points against the Falcons in Week 5. He scored 70.5% more than his 17.54-point projection and overachieved for the second time this season. Davis ranks #38 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Bears next week.
Mike Davis

Top Player Comparison

PAT in the HAT
Points
% of total points 233.73
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
54.43
38.54
23.3%
2
Mike Davis
RB
29.9
17.54
12.8%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
29.3
18.15
12.5%
4
DK Metcalf
WR
27.3
18.85
11.7%
Cohen2MitchMackYou
Points
% of total points 155.77
1
Miles Sanders
RB
32.9
18.26
21.1%
2
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
26
28.72
16.7%
3
Dalvin Cook
RB
19.9
19.05
12.8%
4
Robby Anderson
WR
19.5
17.03
12.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with standout plays early Sunday, but it was PAT in the HAT who took the lead, 124.33-108.60. For PAT in the HAT, Deshaun Watson had a 44-yard touchdown pass and a 28-yard touchdown pass. Miles Sanders made the highlight reel for Cohen2MitchMackYou with a 74-yard touchdown run.

Points By Position

  PAT in the HAT   Cohen2MitchMackYou

Game Notes

Eight of the 10 starters on PAT in the HAT scored higher than their projected point totals.
Cohen2MitchMackYou had only four of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
PAT in the HAT put up more points than their season scoring average (203.35) while Cohen2MitchMackYou fell short of theirs (218.99).
PAT in the HAT recorded more points than their projected total, while Cohen2MitchMackYou failed to reach their projection.
The 233.73 points scored by PAT in the HAT are the 4th-most in the league this season.
The matchup's 77.96-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Not only did PAT in the HAT win, but they also easily covered the 7.98-point projected margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, PAT in the HAT moves to (2-0), while Cohen2MitchMackYou falls to (2-1).
A bright spot in the defeat, Miles Sanders put up 32.9 points, the highest score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

PAT in the HAT
Hey, the key to football is exploiting the mismatches. We not only doubled up Cohen2MitchMackYou at WR (77.2 points to 32.5), we also almost quadrupled them at QB (54.43 points to 13.87).
Cohen2MitchMackYou
Hey, our crew was just resting up for next week, right? The seven starting offensive position players on Cohen2MitchMackYou (three WRs, three RBs, one TE) collectively put up 487 yards and just four touchdowns in Week 5. The skill players on PAT in the HAT made it tough on us by logging 658 yards and eight scores.