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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
eric's Team
3-4 128.36
100.68
 
VS
proj
Sesquipedantic Squad
76.44 2-5
99.48

eric's Team hand Sesquipedantic Squad fifth straight loss in 128.36-76.44 landslide

eric's Team rolled to a 128.36-76.44 victory to hand Sesquipedantic Squad their fifth consecutive loss. eric's Team got out to a 6.80-point lead on Thursday behind Courtland Sutton and never looked back. Alvin Kamara (51 Rush Yds, 128 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Christian Kirk (4 Rec, 50 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) led the charge for Sesquipedantic Squad in the loss. eric's Team improve to 3-4 on the season, while Sesquipedantic Squad fall to 2-5.

Matchup Timeline

  eric's Team   Sesquipedantic Squad

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Gaskin (67 Rush Yds, 10 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 13.7 points against the Falcons in Week 7. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 6.36-point projection and was much higher than his 8.13-point season scoring average. Gaskin ranks #85 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Bills next week.
Myles Gaskin

Top Player Comparison

eric's Team
Points
% of total points 128.36
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
24.66
23.35
19.2%
2
Chris Godwin
WR
17.1
11.31
13.3%
3
Kyle Pitts
TE
16.3
7.73
12.7%
4
Derrick Henry
RB
14.4
18.51
11.2%
Sesquipedantic Squad
Points
% of total points 76.44
1
Alvin Kamara
RB
23.9
16.91
31.3%
2
Christian Kirk
WR
11
7.93
14.4%
3
Dallas Goedert
TE
9
6.45
11.8%
4
Jimmy Garoppolo
QB
7.24
16.87
9.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Aaron Rodgers had a 20-yard touchdown pass for eric's Team, helping the team to an 87.86-12.20 lead.

Points By Position

  eric's Team   Sesquipedantic Squad

StatSmack

eric's Team must have eaten their Wheaties this morning. They scored more in this matchup (128.36) than their season average (101.91).
Sesquipedantic Squad are making their mark - in the loss column that is. They've dropped their last five matchups.
We heard scoring helps you win. eric's Team are doing a better job of that, averaging 101.91 versus Sesquipedantic Squad's 87.65.
You can't win if you don't play. Sesquipedantic Squad has left more points on the bench this season (369.96) than eric's Team (285.6).
Once eric's Team put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than Sesquipedantic Squad (2 vs 1).
eric's Team are better at closing games out, with fewer close losses than Sesquipedantic Squad (0 vs 1).
eric's Team should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more weeks than Sesquipedantic Squad (4 vs 3).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of Sesquipedantic Squad - they’ve made more transactions (2) than eric's Team (0) this week. Too bad they couldn't transact a win.
By position, eric's Team have outscored Sesquipedantic Squad at QB, RB, WR, TE, and DEF this season.
The starters for eric's Team had more big plays in their NFL games this week (1) than the starters for Sesquipedantic Squad (0).
Don't worry Sesquipedantic Squad, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

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