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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
Meat Puppets
2-3 148.96
115.9
 
VS
proj
rhys's Crazy Team
104.04 2-3
110.13

Meat Puppets beat expectations, knock off rhys's Crazy Team in 148.96-104.04 romp

Meat Puppets showed up, cruising to a 148.96-104.04 victory over rhys's Crazy Team, who fell short of projections. Meat Puppets nabbed an 8.40-point lead on Thursday behind Michael Pittman Jr. and never let go of it. Justin Jefferson (23 Pass Yds, 154 Rec Yds) and Dameon Pierce (99 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 14 Rec Yds) carried the flag for rhys's Crazy Team in defeat. Meat Puppets (2-3) will look to keep it rolling against JaresBears🐻, while rhys's Crazy Team (2-3) meet t's Nice Team in an effort to get some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Meat Puppets   rhys's Crazy Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cook (94 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 27 Rec Yds) scored 25.1 points in a 29-22 win over the Bears in Week 5. His scoring output was 77% more than his 14.18-point projection and was much higher than his 13.24-point season scoring average. Cook ranks #44 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Dolphins next week.
Dalvin Cook

Top Player Comparison

Meat Puppets
Points
% of total points 148.96
1
Josh Allen
QB
36.16
26.03
24.3%
2
Leonard Fournette
RB
30.9
15.21
20.7%
3
Gabe Davis
WR
30.6
11.35
20.5%
4
Dalvin Cook
RB
25.1
14.18
16.9%
rhys's Crazy Team
Points
% of total points 104.04
1
Justin Jefferson
WR
24.32
17.12
23.4%
2
Dameon Pierce
RB
18.8
11.6
18.1%
3
Justin Herbert
QB
14.42
21.1
13.9%
4
The Buffalo Bills defense
DEF
14
9.23
13.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Josh Allen teamed up with Gabe Davis on multiple big plays for Meat Puppets: a 98-yard touchdown pass and a 62-yard touchdown pass. Allen also lit up the scoreboard with a 24-yard touchdown pass to contribute to a 142.96-104.04 lead for Meat Puppets.

Points By Position

  Meat Puppets   rhys's Crazy Team

StatSmack

Meat Puppets must have eaten their Wheaties this morning. They scored more points in this one (148.96) than their season average (111.25).
We heard scoring helps you win. Meat Puppets are doing a better job of that, averaging 111.25 versus rhys's Crazy Team's 103.77.
You won't win many weeks if you leave points on the bench. rhys's Crazy Team has left more points on the bench this season (230.6) than Meat Puppets (150.46).
Once Meat Puppets put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than rhys's Crazy Team (2 vs 1).
Meat Puppets should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more weeks than rhys's Crazy Team (3 vs 0).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of rhys's Crazy Team - they’ve made more transactions (3) than Meat Puppets (0) this week. Too bad they couldn't transact a win.
By position, Meat Puppets have outscored rhys's Crazy Team at QB and WR this season.
Meat Puppets has a higher average scoring margin (3) than rhys's Crazy Team this season (-16).
The starters for Meat Puppets had more big plays in their NFL games this week (6) than the starters for rhys's Crazy Team (0).
Don't worry rhys's Crazy Team, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

Next Week Preview

Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets (2-3) take on JaresBears🐻 (1-4) in a Week 6 showdown between teams separated by just a game in the standings. Meat Puppets might have to rearrange the deck some with Amon-Ra St. Brown out on bye in Week 6. JaresBears🐻 will be without Brandin Cooks and Darren Waller. Over the last three weeks, Meat Puppets have put up 104.29 points per game, while JaresBears🐻 have averaged 88.04 per contest.
rhys's Crazy Team
Two teams sporting matching 2-3 records, seventh-place rhys's Crazy Team are set to face ninth-place t's Nice Team next week. rhys's Crazy Team might need to rearrange the deck some with Dameon Pierce and Robert Woods out on bye next week. t's Nice Team will be without Derek Carr.