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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
People's Champion
4-0 94.6
93.31
 
VS
proj
Colonel Sanders
88.8 2-2
90.55

People's Champion climb into 1st place, 94.6-88.8

People's Champion climbed into first place in Xtreme Fantasy Football with a hard-fought victory over Colonel Sanders, emerging victorious with a 94.6-88.8 win. People's Champion jumped out to a 26.4-point lead on Thursday behind standout showings from Tee Higgins (18.4 points) and Chase Edmonds (2 Rec, 14 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and never looked back. Justin Herbert (340 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and the San Francisco 49ers defense (9 Pts Allowed, 257 Yds Allowed, 2 Turnovers) were the leading performers for Colonel Sanders in the loss. People's Champion (4-0) have now won four games in a row and will look to build on their success against Wild Hogs2. Colonel Sanders (2-2) face off against Jr’s season in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  People's Champion   Colonel Sanders

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Maher (4-4 FG, 53 long, 1-2 XP) scored 16 points against the Commanders in Week 4. He nearly doubled his 8.14-point projection and overachieved for the first time this season. Maher ranks #83 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Rams next week.
Brett Maher

Top Player Comparison

People's Champion
Points
% of total points 94.6
1
Tee Higgins
WR
18.4
10.87
19.5%
2
Brett Maher
K
16
8.14
16.9%
3
CeeDee Lamb
WR
15.7
11.51
16.6%
4
Travis Kelce
TE
15.2
10.51
16.1%
Colonel Sanders
Points
% of total points 88.8
1
Justin Herbert
QB
22.5
22.91
25.3%
2
The San Francisco 49ers defense
DEF
21
7.08
23.6%
3
Christian McCaffrey
RB
16.8
14.45
18.9%
4
Aaron Jones
RB
11.5
12.08
13%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Tee Higgins had a 59-yard touchdown catch for People's Champion, helping the team to a 26.4-0.0 lead.
Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays early Sunday, but it was People's Champion who emerged with the lead, 72.4-32.2. Brett Maher had a 53-yard field goal for People's Champion, while CeeDee Lamb had a 30-yard touchdown catch. Justin Herbert made the highlight reel for Colonel Sanders with a 50-yard pass.

Points By Position

  People's Champion   Colonel Sanders

Game Notes

Five of the eight starters on People's Champion scored higher than their projected point totals.
Colonel Sanders had only two of their eight starters score higher than their projected points.
Justin Herbert and the San Francisco 49ers defense both outscored Tee Higgins, the leading scorer for People's Champion.
Both teams exceeded their season scoring average.
People's Champion recorded more points than their projected total, while Colonel Sanders fell shy of their projection.
This defeat ends a streak of two consecutive wins for Colonel Sanders.
Not only did People's Champion win, but they also covered the 2.76-point projected margin of victory.
For Colonel Sanders, Justin Herbert (22.5 points) registered the fifth-highest score for a QB this week.

Coach Talk

People's Champion
You know, this sport is all about exploiting the mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by thoroughly outplaying Colonel Sanders at the wide receiver position (34.1 points to 4.7).
Colonel Sanders
Well, we can't really complain about a lack of opportunities this time, can we? As a group, our pass-catching corps (two WR and one TE) were targeted a respectable 25 times in Week 4. With only 15 total catches, that group may need to work on chemistry with their QBs.