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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
THE LITTLE GUYS
7-5 117.46
108.89
 
VS
proj
Pump it up
102.74 3-9
113.3

THE LITTLE GUYS hand Pump it up fourth consecutive loss, 117.46-102.74

THE LITTLE GUYS secured a 117.46-102.74 win to hand Pump it up their fourth straight loss. Pump it up grabbed a 30.50-point lead on Thursday behind impressive efforts from Amon-Ra St. Brown (23.4 points) and CeeDee Lamb (14.7). But THE LITTLE GUYS held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Lamar Jackson (254 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 89 Rush Yds) and Nick Chubb (116 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 16 Rec Yds). This marks the second time this season THE LITTLE GUYS have gotten the best of Pump it up, after winning 133.22-90.36 in their last matchup. THE LITTLE GUYS (7-5) will look to add to their success against Cbone's Choice Team, while Pump it up (3-9) try to get back in the win column against Hoodsta 2.

Matchup Timeline

  THE LITTLE GUYS   Pump it up

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

In a 33-26 win over the Patriots, Thielen scored 16.6 points to beat his 9.61-point projection. He caught 9 passes for 61 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on THE LITTLE GUYS this week. Thielen will play the Jets next week.
Adam Thielen

Top Player Comparison

THE LITTLE GUYS
Points
% of total points 117.46
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
23.06
23.38
19.6%
2
Nick Chubb
RB
19.7
13.62
16.8%
3
James Conner
RB
19.5
14.03
16.6%
4
Adam Thielen
WR
16.6
9.61
14.1%
Pump it up
Points
% of total points 102.74
1
Kyler Murray
QB
26.24
21.1
25.5%
2
Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR
23.4
12.87
22.8%
3
CeeDee Lamb
WR
14.7
16.56
14.3%
4
Jeff Wilson Jr.
RB
11.7
14.12
11.4%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Graham Gano had a 57-yard field goal for Pump it up, contributing to a 51.10-20.60 lead for Pump it up.
Sunday Early
Lamar Jackson had a 62-yard pass and a 40-yard pass for THE LITTLE GUYS, helping the team to a 72.36-65.90 lead.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 33-yard touchdown pass for Pump it up, who trailed 117.46-92.14 after the late games.

Points By Position

  THE LITTLE GUYS   Pump it up

Game Notes

THE LITTLE GUYS had five of their nine starters exceed their projected points.
Pump it up had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Pump it up can partially blame the loss on Tyler Higbee, who didn't score any points.
The two highest scorers for Pump it up (Kyler Murray and Amon-Ra St. Brown) scored more points than Lamar Jackson, the leading scorer for THE LITTLE GUYS.
THE LITTLE GUYS put up more points than their season scoring average (103.9) while Pump it up fell short of theirs (106.94).
THE LITTLE GUYS recorded more points than their projected total, while Pump it up failed to reach their projection.
This victory ends a streak of three straight defeats for THE LITTLE GUYS.
A bright spot in the defeat, Kyler Murray recorded 26.24 points, the fourth-best score for a quarterback this week.

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