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Week 6

Weekly
Grade
Ditka Butkus
2-4 76.04
86.84
 
VS
proj
SnitchesGetStitches
72.52 0-6
101.49

Offensively challenged Ditka Butkus defeat SnitchesGetStitches in 76.04-72.52 battle

Ditka Butkus narrowly earned a 76.04-72.52 win over SnitchesGetStitches despite posting only the 13th-highest point total in the league for the week. SnitchesGetStitches had a chance to come from behind on Monday night, but it wasn't to be. Ditka Butkus led 72.74-67.32 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite a combined 5.2 points from Tyreek Hill and Tyler Kroft on Monday night for SnitchesGetStitches. Lamar Jackson (186 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 108 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and James Conner (101 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) were the stars for Ditka Butkus in the victory. Ditka Butkus (2-4) will look to notch another W against Baby got dak, while SnitchesGetStitches (0-6) will match up against Elephants Can’t Swim in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Ditka Butkus   SnitchesGetStitches

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Smith Jr. (4 Rec, 55 Rec Yds) scored 9.5 points against the Falcons in Week 6. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 4.25-point projection and was much higher than his 3.38-point season scoring average. Smith Jr. will face the Packers next week.
Irv Smith Jr.

Top Player Comparison

Ditka Butkus
Points
% of total points 76.04
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
28.24
23.37
37.1%
2
James Conner
RB
16.7
15.13
22%
3
Irv Smith Jr.
TE
9.5
4.25
12.5%
4
Frank Gore
RB
9
8.67
11.8%
SnitchesGetStitches
Points
% of total points 72.52
1
Gardner Minshew II
QB
18.62
19.6
25.7%
2
Rob Gronkowski
TE
16.3
7.16
22.5%
3
Phillip Lindsay
RB
10.1
12.52
13.9%
4
Marquise Brown
WR
7.7
12.34
10.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Gardner Minshew II had a 51-yard pass for SnitchesGetStitches, who trailed 55.54-51.02 after the early action.

Points By Position

  Ditka Butkus   SnitchesGetStitches

What If

Ditka Butkus would have beaten only two other teams besides SnitchesGetStitches this week.
SnitchesGetStitches would have lost to 13 other teams besides Ditka Butkus this week.
Ditka Butkus would be 2-4 if they played SnitchesGetStitches every week.
Had they played each other last week, SnitchesGetStitches would have topped Ditka Butkus 79.94-66.9.
Ditka Butkus would be 0-5 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as SnitchesGetStitches.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Ditka Butkus, SnitchesGetStitches would be 3-2.
If Ditka Butkus had played every team in the league each week, they would be 24-66.
If they played every team every week, SnitchesGetStitches would be 32-58.

Coach Talk

Ditka Butkus
Well Ditka Butkus, the good news is that we won this matchup by 3.52 points. The *even better* news is that we've proven we're stronger than this, as our scoring average through five weeks was 80.87. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
SnitchesGetStitches
Recording four receptions on just five targets this past week, it appears that the starting running backs for SnitchesGetStitches should smooth things over with their quarterbacks... and remind them to start checking down more often.