Recap

Week 9, 2016 Rick vs Pitch

Week 9

 

• Hooligans
• 134.15 pts, 6-3
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• PITCH
• 122.7 pts, 3-6
• Weekly Grade

Underdog. Schmunderdog. Hooligans overcame a 22.85-point projected spread to take down PITCH 134.15 to 122.70 for the upset. They got a team-leading 25.10 points from Julio Jones and 24.45 from Philip Rivers. PITCH is coming apart and is on a four-game losing streak. PITCH was coming off a 129.95 to 92.50 loss against Bigg Squad and saw their scoring improve this week. Hooligans (6-3, 861.98 points) climbs into fifth place and PITCH (3-6, 943.75 points) steps into 12th place.

Top Players

• • Julio Jones
  • 25.10
 
• • Philip Rivers
  • 24.45
 
• • Michael Thomas
  • 24.30
 
• • Ezekiel Elliott
  • 22.70

Smooth Moves by Hooligans

• If this were a dream sequence, you'd hear a deep voice announce, "Hooligans, the Toyota Hall of Famer." But it's not.
• Steve Smith Sr. surprised everyone by contributing way more than expected, putting up 10.70 points against a projected goose egg.
• The New Orleans Saints Defense, which was picked up by Hooligans, scored 13.00 points against a projected 8.70, topping their projection by 49.4%.
• Julio Jones led a matchup in points scored for the second time this season (25.10).
• Hooligans had 7 of their 8 starters exceed their projected points.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• The fact that you're reading this means you have internet connection. Unfortunately, that's one less thing to blame your loss on. Don't tell the Hall.
• Picked up Tyrod Taylor, who led the team in scoring with 24.75 points, but left him on the bench.
• It was not a good week for PITCH at TE, where they were beaten 18.50 - 5.30.
• Of the 8 starters on PITCH, 5 underperformed versus their projections.
• Gary Barnidge could not reach his projected point total, scoring only 57.2% of his 9.27-point projection with 5.30 points.

What If

• If Hooligans played PITCH every week, they'd be 4-5 this season.
• Hooligans would have beaten 11 other teams besides PITCH this week.
• If they played the same schedule as PITCH, Hooligans would be 2-6.
• If Hooligans had played every team in the league each week, they would be 53-82.
• PITCH would have lost to just three other teams besides Hooligans this week.
• Timing really is everything. Hooligans would have lost to PITCH 92.50 - 44.85 had they played each other last week.
• PITCH would be 5-3 if they played the same schedule as Hooligans.
• If they played every team every week, PITCH would be 70-65.

Game Notes

• Luck has not been with PITCH, as four of their six losses have come when their opponent scores higher than their season average.
• Although PITCH lost, they did put up the second-highest score for a losing team in the league this season.
• Two of the starters for Hooligans scored higher than the leading scorer for PITCH.
• PITCH falls to 0-2 and remains winless in upset games this season.
• You might as well put PITCH in your drink, because they're ice cold after losing four games in a row.
• The drafted players on Hooligans put up 82.1% of the team's points this week.
• The win saw Hooligans top their projected points, giving them a 4-0 record when beating their projection. PITCH also overachieved and falls to 3-1 when doing so.
• In the loss, the Kansas City Chiefs Defense had the highest DEF score in the league this week with 17.00 points.