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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
CHEETAHS
2-5 180
223.82
 
VS
proj
0o
152 2-5
201

CHEETAHS hand 0o fourth straight loss, 180-152

CHEETAHS secured a 180-152 victory to hand 0o their fourth consecutive loss. CHEETAHS never trailed in this one after grabbing a 15-point lead on Thursday behind the Cleveland Browns defense (18 points). Justin Fields (184 Pass Yds, 38 Rush Yds) and Russell Gage (4 Rec, 67 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) carried the flag for 0o in the loss. CHEETAHS (2-5) will look to earn another W against shane's Notable Team, while 0o (2-5) take on Wrecking Crew in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  CHEETAHS   0o

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Fairbairn scored right around his 5.6-point projection with 5 points against the Cardinals in Week 7. He made his only FG attempt in the 31-5 loss. Fairbairn will face the Rams next week.
Ka'imi Fairbairn

Top Player Comparison

CHEETAHS
Points
% of total points 180
1
Ryan Tannehill
QB
89
101.94
49.4%
2
The Cleveland Browns defense
DEF
18
27.99
10%
3
Chase Edmonds
RB
16
17.63
8.9%
4
Travis Kelce
TE
14
21.48
7.8%
0o
Points
% of total points 152
1
Justin Fields
QB
79
82.7
52%
2
Russell Gage
WR
17
9.56
11.2%
3
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
17
33.63
11.2%
4
Joe Mixon
RB
15
21.88
9.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time moments early Sunday, but after the dust settled, CHEETAHS emerged with a 155-55 lead. For CHEETAHS, Ryan Tannehill had a 24-yard touchdown pass and a 46-yard pass. Russell Gage had a 49-yard touchdown catch for 0o, while Joe Mixon had a 21-yard touchdown run.
Sunday Late
Ka'imi Fairbairn had a 53-yard field goal for CHEETAHS, contributing to a 180-152 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  CHEETAHS   0o
Standings Update
If you blink, you'll miss it. That's how we feel about this season, which is already at the halfway mark. Let's catch up on the Standings.
CHEETAHS
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on CHEETAHS making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The team is on the outside looking in for the playoffs after averaging only 210 points per game through seven weeks, 13th-best in the league.
Important Players
Ryan Tannehill
MVP
1737 Pass Yds, 7 Pass TDs, 139 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs
Cle Defense
Best Drafted
23.6 Avg Pts Allowed, 295.6 Avg Yds Allowed, 5 Turnovers
Jacoby Brissett
Best Acquisition
883 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs
0o
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to imagine 0o making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The team finds itself outside of playoff position after averaging only 199 points per game through seven weeks, 17th-best in the league.
Important Players
Jimmy Garoppolo
MVP
1106 Pass Yds, 6 Pass TDs
Justin Fields
Best Drafted
816 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 140 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD
Russell Gage
Best Acquisition

Game Notes

Only two of the nine starters on CHEETAHS exceeded their scoring projections.
0o had only one of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
The matchup's 28-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
The win ends a streak of two consecutive losses for CHEETAHS.
Not only did CHEETAHS earn the win, but they also covered the 22.82-point projected margin of victory.