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Matchup Recap Summary
Week 5
Weekly
Grade
Grade
Orange Nation
2-3 254.99
182.58
VS
proj
Bring It!
204.85
3-2
194.66
Orange Nation brush off projections, knock off Bring It!, 254.99-204.85
Orange Nation brought their A game and exceeded their projected point total, earning a 254.99-204.85 victory over Bring It!. Orange Nation earned a 56.78-point lead on Thursday behind impressive performances from Matthew Stafford (25.1 points) and Aaron Donald (7 Tackles, 1 Sack) and never looked back. Dak Prescott (302 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) and Alexander Mattison (113 Rush Yds, 40 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) led the way for Bring It! in the loss. Orange Nation (2-3) will look to keep it rolling against Macheteros™, while Bring It! (3-2) face Texasseans in an effort to get back in the win column.
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Matchup Timeline
Orange Nation
Bring It!
Inside the Matchup
Matchup Player of the Week
Callaway overachieved for the second time this season, scoring 30.67 points against his 9.58-point projection. In a 33-22 win over the Football Team, he caught 4 passes for 85 yards and 2 touchdowns. Callaway will face the Seahawks next week.
Marquez Callaway
Top Player Comparison
Orange Nation
Points
% of total points 254.99
1
Antonio Brown
WR
39.02
14.91
15.3%
2
The Chicago Bears defense
DEF
32
19.24
12.5%
3
Marquez Callaway
WR
30.67
9.58
12%
4
Matthew Stafford
QB
25.1
31.28
9.8%
Bring It!
Points
% of total points 204.85
1
Dak Prescott
QB
34.48
31.25
16.8%
2
Alexander Mattison
RB
28.2
18.02
13.8%
3
Dawson Knox
TE
27.05
9.09
13.2%
4
James Robinson
RB
23.18
13.51
11.3%
Matchup Highlights
Thursday
Matthew Stafford had a 68-yard pass for Orange Nation, contributing to a 56.78-0.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Both teams had several players with big-time plays early Sunday, but after all was said and done, Orange Nation had a 149.02-98.32 lead. Antonio Brown had a 62-yard touchdown catch for Orange Nation, while Marquez Callaway had a 49-yard touchdown catch. Meanwhile, Alexander Mattison had a 48-yard run for Bring It!, while James Robinson had a 58-yard run.
Sunday Late
Dak Prescott had a 49-yard touchdown pass and a 24-yard touchdown pass for Bring It!, who trailed 211.89-177.80 after the late afternoon action.
Sunday Night
Dawson Knox had a 53-yard touchdown catch and a 41-yard catch for Bring It!, who trailed 234.09-204.85 after Sunday Night Football.
Points By Position
Orange Nation
Bring It!
What If
Orange Nation would have beaten eight other teams besides Bring It! this week.
Bring It! would have lost to just three other teams besides Orange Nation this week.
Orange Nation would be 3-2 if they played Bring It! every week.
Had they played each other last week, Orange Nation would have topped Bring It! 225.31-219.44.
Orange Nation would be 3-1 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Bring It!.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Orange Nation, Bring It! would be 1-3.
If Orange Nation had played every team in the league each week, they would be 29-26.
If they played every team every week, Bring It! would be 33-22.
Next Week Preview
Orange Nation
A couple of teams sporting identical 2-3 records, Orange Nation and Macheteros™ will each vie for their third win next week in an early-season matchup. Orange Nation will have to prep for the fact that Marquez Callaway is out on bye in Week 6. Macheteros™ won't have Kyle Pitts, Nick Bosa, Michael Carter, or Tony Jones Jr.. Over the last three weeks, Orange Nation have put up 225.11 points per game, while Macheteros™ have averaged just 134.71 per contest.
Bring It!
The outlook doesn't immediately get much better for fourth-place Bring It!, considering they next have the privilege of squaring off against the league-leading Texasseans next week. Five weeks into the 2021 campaign, Bring It! have accumulated the sixth-most points in the league while Texasseans (208.26 PPG) are ranked first. In terms of recent scoring output, these two squads have been mirror images of each other lately. Bring It! has scored 212.15 points per game over the last three weeks, while Texasseans has averaged 210.26 per matchup over that same span.