Recap

Week 4, 2016  Pitch Vs Cow

Week 4

 

• PITCH
• 118.7 pts, 2-2
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• Cow
• 108.25 pts, 3-1
• Weekly Grade

PITCH is probably a huge fan of Ben Roethlisberger right now, who posted the second-highest player score this week with 44.90 points, leading to a 118.70 to 108.25 victory over Cow. PITCH beat expectations and scored 18.7% more than their projected 100.01 points, while Cow fell just short of projections and got 99.2% of a projected 109.12. For Cow, Greg Olsen and Kirk Cousins played the roles of Maverick and Goose, scoring 21.60 and 21.15 points, respectively. PITCH (2-2, 426.40 points) climbs into 10th place while Cow (3-1, 440.00 points) stays in second place.

Top Players

• • Ben Roethlisberger
  • 44.90
 
• • Ezekiel Elliott
  • 22.70
 
• • Greg Olsen
  • 21.60
 
• • Kirk Cousins
  • 21.15

Smooth Moves by PITCH

• PITCH scored massive brownie points with the Toyota Hall of Fame this week. Too bad brownie points don't count as real points. Not that you need help.
• Put this performance on the season's highlight reel. Ben Roethlisberger led all QBs in scoring this week with 44.90 points, also the second-highest QB score for the season.
• With 9.00 points, Brandon McManus, who PITCH picked up this week, beat his 7.01-point projection by 28.4%.
• The 22.70 points scored by Ezekiel Elliott was the sixth-highest score of any RB in the league this week.
• PITCH saw the majority of their starters (5 of 8) beat their projected point total.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• Next week, be sure to ask PITCH where official Toyota Hall of Fame articles are kept.
• Left Matt Ryan on the bench, where he scored the third-most points in the league and beat his projected point total by 162.7%, the sixth-highest percentage in the league.
• At the QB position, Cow got outscored 44.90 - 21.15 by PITCH.
• Mohamed Sanu did not meet his 11.40 projected points and has now underperformed versus projections for three straight weeks. He also scored a season-low 4.20 points.
• The 10.90 points scored by Mike Evans was a season-low for both scoring and for his performance against projections. He reached only 76.8% of his 14.20 projected points this week.

What If

• If PITCH played Cow every week, they'd be 2-2 this year.
• PITCH would have beaten 12 other teams besides Cow this week.
• If they played the same schedule as Cow, PITCH would be 2-1.
• PITCH would be 32-28 if they played every team every week.
• Cow would have lost to just four other teams besides PITCH this week.
• Timing really is everything. PITCH would have lost to Cow 112.40 - 84.15 had they played each other last week.
• If they played the same schedule as PITCH, Cow would be 1-2.
• Cow would be 38-22 if they played every team every week.

Game Notes

• It was a tough loss for Cow, which put up the eighth-biggest score for a losing team in the league this season.
• This must be how Jay Leno feels with a garage full of high-performance cars. Cow got a combined 33.40 points from their RBs, their highest combined scoring output from the RB position this season.
• Cow had their three-game win streak snapped in the loss.
• PITCH beat Cow at the top, with two of their starters outscoring the leading point-getter for Cow.
• Although PITCH won, it was no thanks to Brandin Cooks, who scored 6.10 points and has now scored below his projection in three straight weeks.
• Greg Olsen scored 21.60 points, the sixth-highest TE score in the league this season, but it was not enough to tip the scales in favor of Cow.
• PITCH overachieved in the win, improving to 2-0 when beating their projected points this season, while Cow falls to 2-1 when scoring below their projected points.
• PITCH had the third-highest score in the league this week with 118.70 points.