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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
Richmond Hill Roadkill
4-0 136.21
154.19
 
VS
proj
Death From Above
126.35 2-2
140.17

Richmond Hill Roadkill knock off Death From Above to remain unbeaten, 136.21-126.35

Richmond Hill Roadkill won their fourth straight matchup to open the season with a hard-fought victory over Death From Above, securing a 136.21-126.35 win. Richmond Hill Roadkill leapt out to a 51.1-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind 27.8 points from Breece Hall (66 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 12 Rec Yds) and A.J. Brown (5 Rec, 95 Rec Yds). Death From Above came back to take the lead during the late slate on Sunday, powered by Josh Jacobs (32 points) and Davante Adams (15). Not to be deterred, Richmond Hill Roadkill pulled it together later that night, as Patrick Mahomes (25.36 points) and Antoine Winfield Jr. (4) put them back on top once and for all. Richmond Hill Roadkill (4-0) will look to add to their success against Flutie Flakes, while Death From Above (2-2) meet Brown Bagging It in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Richmond Hill Roadkill   Death From Above

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 78 yards from scrimmage and running for a touchdown against the Steelers, Hall scored 15.8 points this week. His scoring output was 70.6% more than his 9.26-point projection and was higher than his 11.9-point season scoring average. Hall ranks #74 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Dolphins next week.
Breece Hall

Top Player Comparison

Richmond Hill Roadkill
Points
% of total points 136.21
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
25.36
22.43
18.6%
2
Breece Hall
RB
15.8
9.26
11.6%
3
A.J. Brown
WR
12
13.47
8.8%
4
Adam Thielen
WR
11.2
10.6
8.2%
Death From Above
Points
% of total points 126.35
1
Josh Jacobs
RB
32
11.61
25.3%
2
Davante Adams
WR
15
13.95
11.9%
3
L'Jarius Sneed
CB
13.5
6.48
10.7%
4
DeVante Parker
WR
9.4
8.22
7.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Justin Tucker had a 51-yard field goal for Richmond Hill Roadkill to contribute to a 97.05-45.95 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Josh Jacobs had a 43-yard run for Death From Above, while DeVante Parker had a 25-yard touchdown catch to contribute to a 103.45-97.05 lead for Death From Above.

Points By Position

  Richmond Hill Roadkill   Death From Above

Game Notes

Richmond Hill Roadkill got the victory despite the fact that only six of their 15 starters exceeded their scoring projections.
Death From Above had only four of their 15 starters score higher than their projected points.
Death From Above can partially blame the loss on Trey Hendrickson, who didn't score any points.
Richmond Hill Roadkill emerged victorious despite scoring a season-low 136.21 points.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
Richmond Hill Roadkill ranked 8th in the league in scoring this week, while Death From Above ranked 12th.
The matchup's 9.86-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Richmond Hill Roadkill. They got the win, but failed to cover the 14.02-point projected margin of victory.
Despite the loss, Josh Jacobs recorded 32 points, the highest scoring output for any RB this season.

Coach Talk

Richmond Hill Roadkill
Well Richmond Hill Roadkill, the good news is that we won this matchup by nearly 10 points. Even better news is that we've proven we're stronger than this, as our scoring average through Week 3 stood at 148.49. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Death From Above
Well, Death From Above, Week 4's problem isn't exactly a brain teaser. Starting Trey Hendrickson in a fantasy matchup where your opposition put up more than 136 points... let's try to play with a full deck of cards next time?