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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
Gritz Blitz
4-0 89.5
89.29
 
VS
proj
Drones
74 3-1
89.46

Gritz Blitz overtake Drones for top spot, 89.5-74.0

Gritz Blitz overtook Drones in the standings, ascending into first place in 'We are the Borg' with a hard-fought victory, securing an 89.5-74.0 win. Gritz Blitz leapt out to a 31.5-point lead on Thursday behind a combined 24 points from Tee Higgins (7 Rec, 124 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and the Cincinnati Bengals defense (15 Pts Allowed, 378 Yds Allowed, 2 Turnovers) and never looked back. Clyde Edwards-Helaire (92 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Matt Milano (13 Tackles) did everything they could for Drones in the loss. Gritz Blitz (4-0) have now won four matchups in a row and will look to add to their success against Spoon. Drones (3-1) will attempt to get some positive momentum against Flyhawks.

Matchup Timeline

  Gritz Blitz   Drones

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Oluokun (16 Tackles) scored 12 points in a 29-21 lost to the Eagles in Week 4. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 5.06-point projection and was higher than his 8.5-point season scoring average. Oluokun ranks #1 among fantasy LBs this season and will face the Texans next week.
Foye Oluokun

Top Player Comparison

Gritz Blitz
Points
% of total points 89.5
1
Tee Higgins
WR
14
8.29
15.6%
2
Foye Oluokun
LB
12
5.06
13.4%
3
Younghoe Koo
K
12
8.58
13.4%
4
The Cincinnati Bengals defense
DEF
10
13.31
11.2%
Drones
Points
% of total points 74
1
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
RB
13
6.09
17.6%
2
Matt Milano
LB
11
4.28
14.9%
3
Maxx Crosby
DE
10
5.83
13.5%
4
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
7
17.84
9.5%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Joe Burrow connected with Tee Higgins for a 59-yard touchdown pass for Gritz Blitz. Burrow also lit up the scoreboard with a 43-yard pass to contribute to a 33.5-2.0 lead for Gritz Blitz.

Points By Position

  Gritz Blitz   Drones

What If

Gritz Blitz would have beaten four other teams besides Drones this week.
Drones would have lost to eight other teams besides Gritz Blitz this week.
Gritz Blitz would be 2-2 if they played Drones every week.
Drones would have topped Gritz Blitz 104-97 had they played each other last week.
Gritz Blitz would be 2-1 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Drones.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Gritz Blitz, Drones would be 3-0.
If Gritz Blitz had played every team in the league each week, they would be 27-17.
If they played every team every week, Drones would be 26-18.

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