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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
The Champ
3-3 99
122.36
 
VS
proj
The MariSHOw🇯🇵
66 2-4
70.06

The Champ come up short of predictions, find way to knock off The MariSHOw🇯🇵, 99-66

Despite underachieving compared to expectations, The Champ secured a 99-66 victory over The MariSHOw🇯🇵. The MariSHOw🇯🇵 took a 2-point lead on Thursday, but The Champ held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Kyler Murray (23 points) and Evan McPherson (14). Russell Gage (4 Rec, 67 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Younghoe Koo (3-3 FG, 36 long, 3-3 XP) were the leaders for The MariSHOw🇯🇵 in the loss. The Champ (3-3) will look to keep it rolling against Kaeptain America, while The MariSHOw🇯🇵 (2-4) will meet JTime in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  The Champ   The MariSHOw🇯🇵

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

McPherson overachieved for the second time this season, scoring 14 points against his 6.95-point projection. During a 41-17 win over the Ravens, he made both of his FG attempts. McPherson will face the Jets next week.
Evan McPherson

Top Player Comparison

The Champ
Points
% of total points 99
1
Kyler Murray
QB
23
24.64
23.2%
2
Evan McPherson
K
14
6.95
14.1%
3
Christian Kirk
WR
12
8.85
12.1%
4
Corey Davis
WR
12
8.91
12.1%
The MariSHOw🇯🇵
Points
% of total points 66
1
Russell Gage
WR
13
7.34
19.7%
2
Younghoe Koo
K
12
8.38
18.2%
3
Jalen Reagor
WR
11
4.4
16.7%
4
The San Francisco 49ers defense
DEF
10
9.05
15.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays early Sunday, but it was The Champ who grabbed the lead, 49-36. For The Champ, Evan McPherson had a 52-yard field goal. Russell Gage made the highlight reel for The MariSHOw🇯🇵 with a 49-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 47-yard touchdown pass and a 41-yard pass for The Champ to contribute to an 86-56 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  The Champ   The MariSHOw🇯🇵
Standings Update
Don’t look now, but we’re already midway through the season, and that means it's about time to check in on the Standings.
The Champ
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on The Champ making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The squad currently is on the outside looking in for the playoffs after averaging only 123 points per game through six weeks, 11th-best in the league.
Important Players
Kyler Murray
MVP
2002 Pass Yds, 17 Pass TDs, 126 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs
Patrick Mahomes
Best Drafted
2093 Pass Yds, 18 Pass TDs, 219 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD
Evan McPherson
Best Acquisition
9-12 FG, 53 long, 22-22 XP
The MariSHOw🇯🇵
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to imagine The MariSHOw🇯🇵 making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The team currently finds itself outside of playoff position after averaging only 107 points per game through six weeks, 14th-best in the league.
Important Players
Kirk Cousins
MVP
1769 Pass Yds, 13 Pass TDs
Antonio Gibson
Best Drafted
408 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs, 124 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD
Russell Gage
Best Acquisition

StatSmack

They weren't even trying all that hard. The Champ scored less in this one (99) than their season average of 123.33.
We heard scoring helps you win. The MariSHOw🇯🇵 need some help then, averaging just 107.17 versus The Champ's 123.33.
Even the computers think The Champ have better players. Their projected average points is higher (132.09) than The MariSHOw🇯🇵 (122.65).
The Champ are the more resilient squad, with fewer upset losses (0) than The MariSHOw🇯🇵 (1).
The Champ should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than The MariSHOw🇯🇵 (2 vs 1).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of The MariSHOw🇯🇵 - they’ve made more transactions (3) than The Champ (2) this week. That didn't seem to help them this time, though.
By position, The Champ have outscored The MariSHOw🇯🇵 at QB, TE, and K this season.
The Champ has a higher average scoring margin (9) than The MariSHOw🇯🇵 this season (-10).
The starters for The Champ had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for The MariSHOw🇯🇵 (1).
There's not much good to say about The MariSHOw🇯🇵 this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!