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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
The Empire
2-2 157.74
142.27
 
VS
proj
24/7 Landry Service
87.06 1-3
107.97

The Empire beat 24/7 Landry Service in 157.74-87.06 blowout

Despite similar records, The Empire held a big season point advantage over 24/7 Landry Service coming into this one (605-462), and they lived up to their reputation with a dominant victory, rolling to a 157.74-87.06 win. 24/7 Landry Service grabbed a 3.90-point lead on Thursday, but it was all The Empire after that. They were led by Patrick Mahomes (278 Pass Yds, 5 Pass TDs, 26 Rush Yds) and DJ Moore (8 Rec, 113 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs). Russell Wilson (22.56 points) and Tyler Bass (16) carried the flag for 24/7 Landry Service in defeat. The Empire (2-2) will look to maintain their winning ways against LongBeach Big Ditkas, while 24/7 Landry Service (1-3) take on Robbywood Staffords in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  The Empire   24/7 Landry Service

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Texans in Week 4, the Bills defense scored 23 points to more-than-double their 9.32-point projection. They didn't allow any points, surrendered 109 yards, and forced 5 turnovers to beat their projection by the fifth-highest percentage of any DEF in the league this season. The Bills will face the Chiefs next week.
The Buffalo Bills defense

Top Player Comparison

The Empire
Points
% of total points 157.74
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
32.72
25.05
20.7%
2
DJ Moore
WR
27.9
14.47
17.7%
3
The Buffalo Bills defense
DEF
23
9.32
14.6%
4
Kyler Murray
QB
22.62
23.35
14.3%
24/7 Landry Service
Points
% of total points 87.06
1
Russell Wilson
QB
22.56
22.21
25.9%
2
Tyler Bass
K
16
10.33
18.4%
3
Mike Evans
WR
11
13.56
12.6%
4
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense
DEF
9
7.25
10.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Patrick Mahomes had a 44-yard touchdown pass for The Empire to contribute to a 97.32-19.90 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 41-yard touchdown pass for The Empire, helping the team to a 119.94-58.16 lead.

Points By Position

  The Empire   24/7 Landry Service

Game Notes

Only four of the 10 starting players on The Empire exceeded their projected scoring totals.
24/7 Landry Service had only four of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
24/7 Landry Service can partially blame the loss on Christian McCaffrey, who didn't score any points.
The Empire had four players score more points than the leading scorer for 24/7 Landry Service.
The Empire put up more points than their season scoring average (151.34) while 24/7 Landry Service fell short of theirs (115.44).
The Empire recorded more points than their projected total, while 24/7 Landry Service fell shy of their projection.
The 157.74 points scored by The Empire are the 4th-most in the league this year.
The matchup's 70.68-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
This win ends a streak of two consecutive defeats for The Empire.
Not only did The Empire get the W, but they also easily covered the 34.3-point forecasted margin of victory.
Both of the wins for The Empire have been blowout wins.

Coach Talk

The Empire
Creating mismatches is a huge component to winning in football. We really took that to heart this week by doubling up 24/7 Landry Service at the wide receiver position (44.9 points to 19.3).
24/7 Landry Service
Whoa now, talk about under-utilized. As a group, the starting RBs for 24/7 Landry Service collectively registered just three catches on five targets this past week. Tell those quarterbacks to check down a little more often in Week 5!