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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
Mean Machine
3-2 129
138.98
 
VS
proj
Headatitis
94 1-4
103.68

Mean Machine hand Headatitis third straight loss, 129-94

Mean Machine came out on top with a 129-94 victory to hand Headatitis their third straight loss. Headatitis nabbed a 10-point lead on Thursday, but Mean Machine held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Justin Herbert, who passed for 398 yards , ran for 29 yards and scored 5 touchdowns for 45 points, and D'Andre Swift, who racked up 104 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown (22 points). Lamar Jackson (442 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs, 62 Rush Yds) and Greg Zuerlein (3-3 FG, 38 long, 5-5 XP) led the way for Headatitis in the loss. Mean Machine (3-2) will look to keep it rolling against GRIDIRON GOOCH ATTAC, while Headatitis (1-4) face Hendrix Purple Haze in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Mean Machine   Headatitis

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Herbert passed for 398 yards , ran for 29 yards and scored 5 touchdowns as the Chargers beat the Browns 47-42. In doing so, he put up 45 points and scored 84.4% higher than his scoring projection, the second-highest percentage of any QB in the league this season. Herbert will play the Ravens next week.
Justin Herbert

Top Player Comparison

Mean Machine
Points
% of total points 129
1
Justin Herbert
QB
45
24.41
34.9%
2
D'Andre Swift
RB
22
15.09
17.1%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
17
19.24
13.2%
4
Chris Godwin
WR
14
16.5
10.9%
Headatitis
Points
% of total points 94
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
48
25.79
51.1%
2
Greg Zuerlein
K
14
9.27
14.9%
3
Tyler Lockett
WR
10
16.16
10.6%
4
The Indianapolis Colts defense
DEF
9
10.39
9.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Justin Herbert had a 72-yard touchdown pass and a 42-yard touchdown pass for Mean Machine, helping the team to a 109-33 lead.
Monday
Lamar Jackson had a 43-yard touchdown pass for Headatitis.

Points By Position

  Mean Machine   Headatitis

Game Notes

Mean Machine got the win even though only two of their nine starters exceeded their projected scores.
Headatitis had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Headatitis can partially blame the loss on Dalvin Cook, who didn't score any points.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
Headatitis ranked 12th in the league in points scored this week, while Mean Machine ranked 9th.
The experts were right on the money with this one. The projected margin of victory entering the match was 35.3, and Mean Machine covered by 35.
Despite the loss, Lamar Jackson recorded 48 points, the highest score in the league this season.

Coach Talk

Mean Machine
Kudos to you, Mean Machine. Nice work assembling a team that posted 129 points in Week 5. We should keep this momentum as we step into what's sure to be a particularly challenging Week 6 matchup.
Headatitis
Unless Headatitis wants to go full diva-mode, then "not getting enough looks" isn't really an excuse this time around. As a group, our pass-catching corps (two WR, one TE) were targeted a grand total of 15 times in Week 5. Those players should spend extra practice time working with their QBs, considering they reeled in only nine catches.