Recap

Week 8, 2016 Alex Vs Pitch

Week 8

 

• Bigg Squad
• 129.95 pts, 2-6
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• PITCH
• 92.5 pts, 3-5
• Weekly Grade

Bigg Squad, with "Eye of the Tiger" playing in the background, accumulated the second-highest point total this week and beat PITCH 129.95 to 92.50, overcoming a 14.89-point spread. PITCH has had some misfortune and is on a three-game losing streak. PITCH was led by the tag team of Ezekiel Elliott, with 18.80 points, and Jacquizz Rodgers, who scored 14.80. PITCH (3-5, 821.05 points) sinks into 13th place while Bigg Squad (2-6, 733.20 points) remains mired in 15th place.

Top Players

• • Blake Bortles
  • 37.05
 
• • Amari Cooper
  • 35.30
 
• • Jonathan Stewart
  • 22.00
 
• • Ezekiel Elliott
  • 18.80

Smooth Moves by Bigg Squad

• If this were a dream sequence, you'd hear a deep voice announce, "Bigg Squad, the Toyota Hall of Famer." But it's not.
• Even the Wright brothers would be proud of this aerial performance. Amari Cooper had 35.30 points, the highest WR score of the week and the sixth-highest WR score in the league this season.
• Blake Bortles ranked fourth in the league in scoring and had the highest output of any player on Bigg Squad this season with 37.05 points.
• Jonathan Stewart put the team on his back with 22.00 points, the fourth-highest score among RBs in the league this week.
• This is the bar, and this is the team jumping over it. Bigg Squad had 6 of their 8 starters exceed their projected points.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• Next week, be sure to ask Bigg Squad where official Toyota Hall of Fame articles are kept.
• The Tennessee Titans Defense was last on the team in scoring with 5.00 points against a projected 12.77 and has now underachieved in three straight games.
• At the QB position, PITCH got outscored 37.05 - 12.40 by Bigg Squad.
• Even though PITCH lost, only 4 of their 8 starters scored less than their projected points.
• Gary Barnidge fell short of his scoring projection with 7.20 points, just 70.0% of his projected 10.28.

What If

• Bigg Squad would be 3-5 if they played PITCH every week.
• Besides PITCH, Bigg Squad would have defeated 13 other teams this week.
• Had they played each other last week, Bigg Squad would have defeated PITCH 82.00 - 79.20.
• Bigg Squad would be 0-7 if they played the same schedule as PITCH.
• If Bigg Squad had played every team in the league each week, they would be 34-86.
• Besides Bigg Squad, PITCH would have been defeated by 11 other teams this week.
• PITCH would be 4-3 if they played the same schedule as Bigg Squad.
• PITCH would be 59-61 if they played every team every week.

Game Notes

• Luck has not been with PITCH, as three of their five losses have come when their opponent scores higher than their season average.
• The top players for Bigg Squad were elite in the matchup, as three of their starters outperformed the leading scorer for PITCH.
• PITCH scored 92.50 points against a projected 101.72 and underachieved for the fifth time this season, including the last three weeks in a row.
• Bigg Squad had their largest margin of victory so far this year at 37.45 points.
• Bigg Squad had their highest score of the season with 129.95 points.
• With the win, Bigg Squad snapped their five-game losing streak.
• You might as well put PITCH in your drink, because they're ice cold after losing three games in a row.
• This is the biggest margin of defeat of the season for PITCH.