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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
THE BOSS
4-1 136
130.81
 
VS
proj
bunkstraps
118 3-2
105.91

THE BOSS climb into top spot, 136-118

THE BOSS jumped into first place in SHMENGES ##################### with a hard-fought win over bunkstraps, earning a 136-118 victory. THE BOSS leapt out to a 58-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind stellar performances from Patrick Mahomes (340 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 21 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Lamar Jackson (20) and never looked back. The Baltimore Ravens defense (3 Pts Allowed, 205 Yds Allowed, 3 Turnovers) and Josh Allen (263 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 18 Rush Yds) led the charge for bunkstraps in the loss. THE BOSS (4-1) will look to maintain their momentum against Christmas Miracle, while bunkstraps (3-2) meet LarryDavidShrimp in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  THE BOSS   bunkstraps

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

In a 37-34 loss to the Cowboys, Gano scored 20 points to more-than-double his 7.23-point projection. He made all 4 of his FG attempts to beat his projection by the second-highest percentage of any K in the league this season. Gano will face the Football Team in Week 6.
Graham Gano

Top Player Comparison

THE BOSS
Points
% of total points 136
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
38
33.6
27.9%
2
DK Metcalf
WR
21
11.3
15.4%
3
Lamar Jackson
QB
20
29.08
14.7%
4
Graham Gano
K
20
7.23
14.7%
bunkstraps
Points
% of total points 118
1
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
26
8.84
22%
2
Josh Allen
QB
24
30.48
20.3%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
20
10.72
16.9%
4
A.J. Brown
WR
14
10.02
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Patrick Mahomes had a 58-yard pass for THE BOSS, helping the team to a 93-35 lead.
Sunday Late
Graham Gano had a 55-yard field goal and a 50-yard field goal for THE BOSS to contribute to a 115-49 lead for the team.
Monday
Josh Allen had a 22-yard touchdown pass for bunkstraps.

Points By Position

  THE BOSS   bunkstraps

StatSmack

We heard scoring helps you win. THE BOSS are doing a better job of that, averaging 133.4 versus bunkstraps's 124.
As Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game!" THE BOSS (4-1) have a better record than bunkstraps (3-2).
Even the machines think THE BOSS have better players. Their projected average points is higher (129.58) than bunkstraps (103.53).
Once THE BOSS put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than bunkstraps (1 vs 0).
By position, THE BOSS have outscored bunkstraps at QB, WR, TE, and K this season.
THE BOSS don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 16 points, highest in the league.
The starters for THE BOSS had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for bunkstraps (1).
There's not much good to say about bunkstraps this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

THE BOSS
Listen, THE BOSS, we certainly appreciate the confidence. It takes true moxie to deploy a player with negative points (the Kansas City Chiefs defense) while still earning the win. All we ask is to please keep those shenanigans to the early regular season. Try it in the playoffs and we're toast.
bunkstraps
The problem in Week 5 isn't exactly rocket science, bunkstraps. Going with Austin Ekeler in a tough fantasy matchup... let's all just assume it won't happen again and move on?