Recap

Week 2 Chip Vs Pitch

Week 2

 

• TexasTide
• 118.16 pts, 1-1
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• PITCH
• 88.65 pts, 1-1
• Weekly Grade

TexasTide picked up 32.40 points from Carson Palmer and 26.00 from the Denver Broncos Defense, taking down PITCH 118.16 to 88.65. PITCH failed to live up to expectations and scored only 81.2% of a projected 109.22, while TexasTide scored 9.6% more points than projected (107.81). PITCH, coming off a 134.90 to 108.55 win against Bullock Bulls!, saw their scoring drop off this week. When assigning blame following this loss, PITCH can look in the mirror. They started a player with zero points (the Oakland Raiders Defense). TexasTide (1-1, 206.61 points) moves into 10th place and PITCH (1-1, 223.55 points) goes to fourth place.

Top Players

• • Carson Palmer
  • 32.40
 
• • Denver Broncos Defense
  • 26.00
 
• • Ben Roethlisberger
  • 25.35
 
• • DeAngelo Williams
  • 23.20

Smooth Moves by TexasTide

• The Toyota Hall of Fame would have its eyes on you for this week's win. But the Toyota Hall of Fame doesn't have eyes. Obviously.
• Expect to see some trade offers for Carson Palmer. He ranked fifth in the league in scoring with 32.40 points.
• TexasTide was still able to pull out a win with only 2 of their 8 starters exceeding their projected points.
• The Denver Broncos Defense exceeded scoring projections by 131.7%, with 26.00 points against a projected 11.22.
• Take that, you RB-loving traditionalists! TexasTide won even though both of their RBs scored below their projected points.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• 118.16 seems a lot higher when you're on the losing side of it. And the Toyota Hall of Fame knows you know that.
• 6 of the 8 starters scored less than their projected points.
• PITCH got a zero from the Oakland Raiders Defense after expecting a projected 11.73-point total.
• Donte Moncrief could not reach his projected point total, scoring only 16.0% of his 11.89-point projection with 1.90 points.
• With 7.70 points, Gary Barnidge recorded only 76.5% of his 10.07-point scoring projection.

What If

• TexasTide would be 1-1 if they played PITCH every week.
• TexasTide would have beaten 12 other teams besides PITCH this week.
• If TexasTide had played every team in the league each week, they would be 15-15.
• PITCH would have lost to 12 other teams besides TexasTide this week.
• Timing really is everything. TexasTide would have lost to PITCH 134.90 - 88.45 had they played each other last week.
• If they played every team every week, PITCH would be 15-15.

Game Notes

• TexasTide beat PITCH at the top, with two of their starters outscoring the leading point-getter for PITCH.
• With 36.90 points, PITCH got the highest combined scoring output from the RB position for any team this week.
• With a margin of victory of 29.51 points, TexasTide had the third-highest margin in the league this week.
• TexasTide had the third-highest score in the league this week with 118.16 points.
• PITCH scored 88.65 points, ranking them 14th in the league in scoring.
• In the loss, DeAngelo Williams had the third-highest RB score in the league this week with 23.20 points.
• Ben Roethlisberger exceeded his projected point total by 39.6% in the loss, scoring 25.35 points against a projected 18.16.
• No, it's okay, you don't have to get up and help us out. Despite being on the winning team, Emmanuel Sanders scored only 6.90 points against his projected 13.16.