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Week 4

Weekly
Grade
Indy.Ant
2-2 85.18
90.09
 
VS
proj
Fred
81.94 1-3
99.5

Fred fall to Indy.Ant in 85.18-81.94 battle

There's no way around it, Fred underperformed, at least compared to projections, as Indy.Ant eked out a 85.18-81.94 win. It wasn't nearly as close as the final score indicates, as Indy.Ant led 82.78-62.64 heading into Monday night. Fred came roaring back behind Brandon McManus (3-3 FG, 46 long, 2-2 XP) and Emmanuel Sanders (18 Rush Yds, 45 Rec Yds). Indy.Ant (2-2) will look to rack up another win against lovemushi's Team, while Fred (1-3) try to get some positive momentum against goodspeed.

Matchup Timeline

  Indy.Ant   Fred

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 18.25 points, Cousins scored 73.6% more than that amount by scoring 31.68 points as the Vikings lost to the Rams 38-31. He passed for 422 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 28 yards to beat his projection by the fourth-highest percentage of any QB in the league this season. Cousins will play the Eagles next week.
Kirk Cousins

Top Player Comparison

Indy.Ant
Points
% of total points 85.18
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
31.68
18.25
37.2%
2
Stefon Diggs
WR
12.3
9.53
14.4%
3
Adam Vinatieri
K
10
9.58
11.7%
4
Eric Ebron
TE
10
6.53
11.7%
Fred
Points
% of total points 81.94
1
Brandin Cooks
WR
18.6
8.43
22.7%
2
Brandon McManus
K
13
10.07
15.9%
3
Antonio Brown
WR
12.2
13.15
14.9%
4
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
10
7.06
12.2%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments on Thursday, but after all the points were tallied, Indy.Ant boasted a 43.98-18.60 lead. For Indy.Ant, Kirk Cousins had a 45-yard touchdown pass. Brandin Cooks made the highlight reel for Fred with a 47-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Early
Ryan Fitzpatrick had a 48-yard pass and a 42-yard pass for Fred, who trailed 76.38-41.94 after the early round of games.
Sunday Night
Antonio Brown had a 26-yard touchdown catch for Fred, who trailed 82.78-62.64 after Sunday night.

Points By Position

  Indy.Ant   Fred

What If

Indy.Ant would have beaten only three other teams besides Fred this week.
Fred would have lost to seven other teams besides Indy.Ant this week.
If Indy.Ant played Fred every week this season, they'd be 3-1.
Had they played each other last week, Fred would have gotten the victory over Indy.Ant 83-61.
Indy.Ant would be 1-2 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Fred.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Indy.Ant, Fred would be 0-3.
If Indy.Ant had played every team in the league each week, they would be 18-26.
If they played every team every week, Fred would be 12-32.

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