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Week 3

Weekly
Grade
Hooked On A Thielen
2-1 101.54
98.95
 
VS
proj
SKOL House Rock
94.08 0-3
89.4

Hooked On A Thielen hand SKOL House Rock third straight loss, 101.54-94.08

Hooked On A Thielen secured a 101.54-94.08 victory to hand SKOL House Rock their third straight loss to open the season. SKOL House Rock earned an 8.2-point lead early Sunday afternoon, but Hooked On A Thielen held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Cordarrelle Patterson, who racked up 153 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown for 21.3 points, and the Denver Broncos defense, who allowed only 10 points, surrendered 267 yards, and forced 3 turnovers (16 points). Trevor Lawrence (262 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) and Derrick Henry (85 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 58 Rec Yds) were the leaders for SKOL House Rock in the loss. Hooked On A Thielen (2-1) will look to earn another W against Nana Nancy, while SKOL House Rock (0-3) meet The Fighting Sloth in an effort to get their first W.

Matchup Timeline

  Hooked On A Thielen   SKOL House Rock

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Broncos defense scored 16 points in an 11-10 win over the 49ers to more-than-double their 6.48-point projection. They allowed only 10 points, surrendered 267 yards, and forced 3 turnovers to beat their projection by the highest percentage of any player on Hooked On A Thielen this week. The Broncos will go up against the Raiders in Week 4.
The Denver Broncos defense

Top Player Comparison

Hooked On A Thielen
Points
% of total points 101.54
1
Cordarrelle Patterson
RB
21.3
10.53
21%
2
The Denver Broncos defense
DEF
16
6.48
15.8%
3
Tom Brady
QB
14.74
18.95
14.5%
4
A.J. Brown
WR
14.5
11.06
14.3%
SKOL House Rock
Points
% of total points 94.08
1
Trevor Lawrence
QB
25.18
15.8
26.8%
2
Derrick Henry
RB
20.3
15.24
21.6%
3
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
13.5
9.51
14.3%
4
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
11
7.01
11.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Cordarrelle Patterson had a 40-yard run for Hooked On A Thielen, helping the team to an 85.54-78.88 lead.

Points By Position

  Hooked On A Thielen   SKOL House Rock

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. Hooked On A Thielen scored more in this matchup (101.54) than their season average (95.87).
SKOL House Rock would be doing great, if the goal was to lose. They've dropped their last three matchups.
We heard scoring helps you win. SKOL House Rock need some help then, averaging just 78.09 versus Hooked On A Thielen's 95.87.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. Hooked On A Thielen (2-1) have a better record than SKOL House Rock (0-3).
Even the computers think Hooked On A Thielen have a better lineup. Their projected average points is higher (102.48) than SKOL House Rock (95.15).
Once Hooked On A Thielen put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than SKOL House Rock (1 vs 0).
Hooked On A Thielen should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than SKOL House Rock (2 vs 1).
Hooked On A Thielen have had more fantasy starters beat their projected score than SKOL House Rock (12 vs 9).
By position, Hooked On A Thielen have outscored SKOL House Rock at WR, TE, and K this season.
Hooked On A Thielen has a higher average scoring margin (1) than SKOL House Rock this season (-42).
The starters for Hooked On A Thielen had more big plays in their NFL games this week (1) than the starters for SKOL House Rock (0).
There's not much good to say about SKOL House Rock this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

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