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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
Nasty biters
3-2 108.66
107.05
 
VS
proj
Rodney's Optimal Team
104.5 1-4
100.06

Nasty biters hand Rodney's Optimal Team third straight loss in 108.66-104.50 battle

Nasty biters narrowly earned a 108.66-104.50 victory to hand Rodney's Optimal Team their third consecutive loss. Nasty biters led 108.66-104.50 heading into Monday night with one player left to play. They were fortunate to have the lead already, as ( points) didn't do much to pad their point total. Breece Hall (97 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 100 Rec Yds) and Justin Jefferson (23 Pass Yds, 154 Rec Yds) carried the flag for Rodney's Optimal Team in defeat. Nasty biters (3-2) will look to keep it rolling against Mountain Climbing Jellyfish, while Rodney's Optimal Team (1-4) will face off against thomas grayauskie's 24 Rules in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Nasty biters   Rodney's Optimal Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cook racked up 121 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns as the Vikings beat the Bears 29-22. In doing so, he put up 25.1 points and scored 77.0% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Nasty biters this week. Cook will battle the Dolphins in Week 6.
Dalvin Cook

Top Player Comparison

Nasty biters
Points
% of total points 108.66
1
Jalen Hurts
QB
27.66
24.95
25.5%
2
Dalvin Cook
RB
25.1
14.18
23.1%
3
Stefon Diggs
WR
20.2
18.42
18.6%
4
Marquise Brown
WR
17.8
12.38
16.4%
Rodney's Optimal Team
Points
% of total points 104.5
1
Breece Hall
RB
26.7
11.94
25.6%
2
Justin Jefferson
WR
24.32
17.12
23.3%
3
Joe Burrow
QB
18.28
20.35
17.5%
4
Justin Tucker
K
16
9.38
15.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays early Sunday, after which Rodney's Optimal Team emerged with a 62.42-50.70 lead. For Nasty biters, Stefon Diggs had a 41-yard catch. Breece Hall made the highlight reel for Rodney's Optimal Team with a 79-yard catch.
Sunday Late
Marquise Brown had a 25-yard touchdown catch for Nasty biters, helping the team to a 108.66-70.22 lead.
Sunday Night
Justin Tucker had a 58-yard field goal for Rodney's Optimal Team, who trailed 108.66-104.50 after Sunday Night Football.

Points By Position

  Nasty biters   Rodney's Optimal Team

Game Notes

Only four of the nine starters on Nasty biters scored higher than their projected point totals.
Rodney's Optimal Team had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could have looked differently, as Nasty biters had one starter score zero points, while Rodney's Optimal Team had two.
Nasty biters put up more points than their season scoring average (104.29) while Rodney's Optimal Team fell short of theirs (111.77).
Each team scored more than its projected point total.
The matchup's 4.16-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
Nasty biters managed to get the win, but did not cover the 6.99-point projected margin of victory.
In close games this season, Nasty biters moves to (1-0), while Rodney's Optimal Team falls to (0-2).
Despite the loss, Breece Hall scored 26.7 points, the fourth-highest score for a RB this week.

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