Recap

Bullock Bulls vs Pitch

Week 7

 

• PITCH
• 107.14 pts, 2-5
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• Bullock Bulls!
• 100.1 pts, 3-4
• Weekly Grade

Just like Batman and Robin, Russell Wilson and Jarvis Landry were a deadly combo for PITCH, leading the way to a 107.14 to 100.10 victory over Bullock Bulls!. They logged 34.70 and 22.94 points, respectively. While PITCH (2-5) is only a game back of Bullock Bulls! (3-4), they're quite a bit farther behind in points, 808.38 to 586.82. Bullock Bulls! failed to live up to expectations and scored only 98.6% of a projected 101.50, while PITCH scored 4.5% more points than projected (102.52). PITCH showed some mercy in the win, starting a player with zero points (Brandon McManus).

Top Players

• • Russell Wilson
  • 34.70
 
• • Jarvis Landry
  • 22.94
 
• • Ben Roethlisberger
  • 22.90
 
• • Mark Ingram
  • 21.00

Smooth Moves by PITCH

• PITCH, your competitive drive brought home the victory (with some help from professional athletes). That drive could take you all the way to the Toyota Hall of Fame.
• Not the best, but in the conversation. Russell Wilson ranked seventh in the league in scoring this week with 34.70 points. It was also the second-highest score of any player on PITCH this season.
• Took David Njoku out of the starting lineup, who scored 7.80 points on the bench, fewer than the starting TE.
• Was smart to sit the New Orleans Saints Defense this week, which had 7.00 points, the lowest DEF score on the team.
• Benched Jay Cutler, who had the lowest QB score on the team with 13.90 points.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• Loss is a four-letter word to Toyota Hall of Famers. And win is a three-letter word. Hall of Famers are great at Fantasy Football AND counting.
• At the DEF position, Bullock Bulls! got outscored by PITCH 11.00 - 3.00.
• Bullock Bulls! had 5 of their 8 starters score less than their projected points.
• The Baltimore Ravens Defense could not reach their projected point total, scoring only 35.8% of their 8.37-point projection with 3.00 points.

What If

• If PITCH played Bullock Bulls! every week, they'd be 1-6 this season.
• Besides Bullock Bulls!, PITCH would have defeated nine other teams this week.
• If they played the same schedule as Bullock Bulls!, PITCH would be 1-5.
• PITCH would be 32-73 if they played every team every week.
• Bullock Bulls! would have lost to seven other teams besides PITCH this week.
• Timing really is everything. PITCH would have lost to Bullock Bulls! 116.15 - 86.55 had they played each other last week.
• If they played the same schedule as PITCH, Bullock Bulls! would be 4-2.
• If they played every team every week, Bullock Bulls! would be 73-32.

Game Notes

• The 7.04-point win by PITCH beat the 1.02-point spread.
• After scoring 10.00 points against a projected 7.73, Jake Elliott has now exceeded his projection in three straight weeks.
• Two of the starters for PITCH scored higher than the leading scorer for Bullock Bulls!.
• PITCH got 96.5% of their points from players they drafted.
• PITCH outdid their projection in the win, while Bullock Bulls! came in under their point expectation. PITCH is now 2-0 when overachieving, while Bullock Bulls! falls to 1-3 when failing to reach their projection.
• Even in the loss, the 21.00 points scored by Mark Ingram was the sixth-highest score of any RB in the league this week.
• Kareem Hunt was a bright spot for Bullock Bulls! in the loss with 15.70 points, the ninth-highest RB score in the league this week.
• If I had a performance like that, I'd probably go see the local hypnotist. Despite being on the winning team, Doug Martin scored a season-low 10.00 points, just 85.7% of a projected 11.67, his lowest percentage of the season.