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Week 5

Weekly
Grade
squids squad
4-1 132.53
131.17
 
VS
proj
Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers
129.1 3-2
125.4

Despite top scorer Ekeler, Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers fall to squids squad in 132.53-129.10 battle

Austin Ekeler accumulated 37.9 points for Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers, the best total in the matchup and 12th-highest in the league this week, but it wasn't enough to overcome squids squad, who narrowly earned a 132.53-129.10 win. Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers made a run at it on Sunday night, but it wasn't to be. squids squad led 121.53-107.70 after the afternoon action and held on for the win despite 21.4 points from Lamar Jackson on Sunday night for Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers. Jalen Hurts (38.03 points) and Leonard Fournette (37.9) were the top performers for squids squad in the victory. squids squad (4-1) will look to earn another win against ella’s team, while Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers (3-2) will take on I like cox in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  squids squad   Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Diggs caught 8 passes for 102 yards and a touchdown as the Bills beat the Steelers 38-3. In doing so, he put up 24.2 points to score 103.3% of his 23.43-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on squids squad this week. Diggs will play the Chiefs in Week 6.
Stefon Diggs

Top Player Comparison

squids squad
Points
% of total points 132.53
1
Jalen Hurts
QB
38.03
38.35
28.7%
2
Leonard Fournette
RB
37.9
18.4
28.6%
3
Stefon Diggs
WR
24.2
23.43
18.3%
4
The Cincinnati Bengals defense
DEF
11
15.71
8.3%
Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers
Points
% of total points 129.1
1
Austin Ekeler
RB
37.9
19.04
29.4%
2
Tony Pollard
RB
31.6
9.87
24.5%
3
Lamar Jackson
QB
21.4
38.83
16.6%
4
Nick Folk
K
18
7.85
13.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with big-time plays on both teams early Sunday, but after all was said and done, Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers became the proud owner of a 76.10-72.70 lead. For squids squad, Stefon Diggs had a 41-yard catch. Austin Ekeler made the highlight reel for Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers with a 71-yard run.
Sunday Late
Tony Pollard had a 57-yard touchdown run for Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers, who trailed 121.53-107.70 after the late round of games.

Points By Position

  squids squad   Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers

What If

squids squad would have beaten six other teams besides Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers this week.
Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers would have lost to eight other teams besides squids squad this week.
If squids squad played Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers every week this season, they'd be 4-1.
Had they played each other last week, squids squad would have topped Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers 120.5-113.7.
squids squad would be 3-1 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as squids squad, Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers would be 2-2.
If squids squad had played every team in the league each week, they would be 50-25.
If they played every team every week, Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers would be 45-30.

Coach Talk

squids squad
You know squids squad, the good news is that we took this matchup by more than three points. The *even better* news is that we've proven we're stronger than this, as our scoring average through four weeks was 152.39. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers
Yo, Quinn's Dark Skin Destroyers, did your receiving crew talk bad about their quarterbacks or something? Seeing just five targets combined in Week 5, our three starting pass-catchers (two WR, one TE) clearly got on the bad side of their respective QBs.