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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
byebye ne pats
3-2 113.3
112.27
 
VS
proj
Steve's Team
96.02 2-3
121.42

Steve's Team lose to byebye ne pats, 113.30-96.02

There's no sugarcoating it, Steve's Team underdelivered, at least compared to projections, as byebye ne pats emerged victorious with a 113.30-96.02 victory. Steve's Team leapt out to a 20.00-point lead on Thursday behind standout showings from Allen Robinson II, who caught 10 passes for 90 yards for 14 points, and the Chicago Bears defense, who allowed 19 points, surrendered 339 yards, and forced a fumble (6 points). But byebye ne pats held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Russell Wilson, who passed for 217 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 58 yards for 25.48 points, and Emmanuel Sanders, who caught 12 passes for 122 yards (18.2 points). byebye ne pats (3-2) will look to sustain their winning ways against C And K's Crazy Team, while Steve's Team (2-3) will take on Glory Boyz in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  byebye ne pats   Steve's Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Sanders scored 18.2 points against the Chargers in Week 5 to beat his 10-point projection. He caught 12 passes for 122 yards to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on byebye ne pats this week. In Week 6, Sanders and the Saints will go up against the Panthers.
Emmanuel Sanders

Top Player Comparison

byebye ne pats
Points
% of total points 113.3
1
Russell Wilson
QB
25.48
24.37
22.5%
2
Emmanuel Sanders
WR
18.2
10
16.1%
3
A.J. Brown
WR
17.7
12.79
15.6%
4
Darren Waller
TE
13.3
12.29
11.7%
Steve's Team
Points
% of total points 96.02
1
Todd Gurley II
RB
23
12.79
24%
2
Josh Allen
QB
18.32
24.09
19.1%
3
Alvin Kamara
RB
15.9
22.39
16.6%
4
Allen Robinson II
WR
14
13.94
14.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Todd Gurley II had a 35-yard touchdown run for Steve's Team, while Cooper Kupp had a 49-yard catch to contribute to a 60.30-33.70 lead for Steve's Team.
Monday
Josh Allen had a 22-yard touchdown pass for Steve's Team.

Points By Position

  byebye ne pats   Steve's Team

Game Notes

Only four of the nine starters on byebye ne pats exceeded their projected scoring totals.
Steve's Team had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
byebye ne pats put up more points than their season scoring average (109.66) while Steve's Team fell short of theirs (115.93).
byebye ne pats recorded more points than their projected total, while Steve's Team failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 17.28-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
The defeat ends a streak of two straight wins for Steve's Team.
For Steve's Team, Todd Gurley II recorded 23 points, the third-best score for a RB this week.

Next Week Preview

byebye ne pats
Week 6 will feature two squads heading in opposite directions, as byebye ne pats (3-2) enter Week 6 on a two-game winning streak, while their opposition (C And K's Crazy Team, 1-4), come in as losers of two in a row. byebye ne pats might have to shuffle their lineup some with Russell Wilson, Emmanuel Sanders, and Darren Waller out on bye next week. When it comes to scoring production, these two teams have posted eerily similar results lately. byebye ne pats have put up 105.07 points per game over the last three weeks, while C And K's Crazy Team have averaged 106.67 per matchup over that same stretch.
Steve's Team
A pair of teams sporting matching 2-3 records, sixth-place Steve's Team are set to face seventh-place Glory Boyz next week. Each side has two bye weeks to think about in Week 6, as Alvin Kamara and Tre'Quan Smith are off for Steve's Team and Wil Lutz and Latavius Murray for Glory Boyz.