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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
r18xxl
2-2 109.48
87.37
 
VS
proj
huangssss99 Team
74.78 2-2
106.93

r18xxl earn win against huangssss99 Team in 109.48-74.78 rout

r18xxl brought their A game and exceeded expectations, cruising to a 109.48-74.78 win over huangssss99 Team, who fell short of projections. r18xxl got out to a 18.60-point lead on Thursday behind Brandin Cooks and never gave it back. Melvin Gordon III (104 Rush Yds, 55 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and T.Y. Hilton (4 Rec, 115 Rec Yds) led the charge for huangssss99 Team in defeat. r18xxl (2-2) will look to add to their success against S.R.911, while huangssss99 Team (2-2) will face lawrence's Team in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  r18xxl   huangssss99 Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

With 18.6 points, Cooks more-than-doubled his 8.43-point projection as the Rams beat the Vikings 38-31. He caught 7 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on r18xxl this week. Next week, Cooks will face the Seahawks.
Brandin Cooks

Top Player Comparison

r18xxl
Points
% of total points 109.48
1
Derek Carr
QB
33.58
16.57
30.7%
2
Kareem Hunt
RB
23.5
13.9
21.5%
3
Brandin Cooks
WR
18.6
8.43
17%
4
Mason Crosby
K
14
8.92
12.8%
huangssss99 Team
Points
% of total points 74.78
1
Melvin Gordon III
RB
23.9
15.81
32%
2
T.Y. Hilton
WR
11.5
11.07
15.4%
3
Drew Brees
QB
8.58
22.56
11.5%
4
Alex Collins
RB
8.5
10.7
11.4%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Brandin Cooks had a 47-yard touchdown catch for r18xxl, helping the team to a 18.60-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
There were players with big-time moments for both teams early Sunday, after which r18xxl had a 85.98-49.70 lead. For r18xxl, Mason Crosby had a 52-yard field goal and a 52-yard field goal. T.Y. Hilton made the highlight reel for huangssss99 Team with a 42-yard catch and a 40-yard catch.
Monday
Kareem Hunt had a 45-yard run for r18xxl on Monday night, helping to increase the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  r18xxl   huangssss99 Team

Game Notes

Five of the nine starters on r18xxl exceeded their projected point totals.
huangssss99 Team had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
r18xxl put up more points than their season scoring average (92.95) while huangssss99 Team fell short of theirs (100.7).
r18xxl recorded more points than their projected total, while huangssss99 Team fell short of their projection.
The win snaps a two-game losing streak for r18xxl.
Both of the losses for huangssss99 Team have been blowout losses.
On the losing side, Melvin Gordon III scored 23.9 points, the third-best score for a RB this week.

Next Week Preview

r18xxl
In a matchup featuring a couple of teams that are separated in the standings by just one game, r18xxl (2-2) battle S.R.911 (1-3) in Week 5.Each side has a couple of bye weeks to contend with in Week 5, as DeSean Jackson and Jordan Howard are off for r18xxl and Tarik Cohen and Mike Evans for S.R.911. Looking at just the last two weeks, r18xxl have scored 91.34 points per game, while S.R.911 have averaged 103.09 per contest.
huangssss99 Team
Two teams with matching 2-2 records, fifth-place huangssss99 Team will now get a date with eighth-place lawrence's Team next week. Four weeks into the 2018 season, huangssss99 Team are ranked fifth in points scored, while lawrence's Team have put up the league's lowest point total. Over the last three weeks, huangssss99 Team has scored 95.95 points per game, while lawrence's Team has averaged 83.47 per contest.