Recap...

Hitters Vs Pulled Pork Mafia

Week 4

 

• Hitters
• 98.97 pts, 3-1
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• Pulled Pork Mafia
• 94.3 pts, 3-1
• Weekly Grade

Down by 19.73 points on Monday night, Hitters put up 24.40 to pull off an upset of Pulled Pork Mafia 98.97 to 94.30. They got a team-leading 24.40 points from Travis Kelce and 17.00 from Cooper Kupp. Even though the teams are tied for third place with matching 3-1 records, Hitters has a distinct advantage in points, 450.97 to 380.21. This one just as easily could have been decided by a coin flip. The 4.67-point margin of victory was the second-smallest in the league this season.

Top Players

• • Dak Prescott
  • 28.10
 
• • Travis Kelce
  • 24.40
 
• • Jordy Nelson
  • 23.50
 
• • Cooper Kupp
  • 17.00

Smooth Moves by Hitters

• Winning feels great all week long. Becoming a member of the Toyota Hall of Fame feels great the rest of your life.
• Travis Kelce had 24.40 points, the highest TE score of the week and the second-highest TE score in the league this season.
• Took Mike Gillislee out of the starting lineup, who scored 4.90 points on the bench, fewer than the starting RB.
• Cooper Kupp exceeded scoring projections by 78.0%, with 17.00 points against a projected 9.55.
• Even with only 4 of the 8 starters scoring more than their projection, Hitters was still able to win.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• It's OK, Pulled Pork Mafia. Losing happens. Not necessarily to Toyota Hall of Famers, but to other folks, sure.
• Theo Riddick had a season-low 2.20 points against a projected 12.89 and has now underachieved in three straight games.
• Hate to point fingers for why a team loses, but RIGHT HERE. Mason Crosby had a season-low 5.00 points against a projected 8.38 and scored below his projection for the third time this season.
• It's times like these when it's important to support your players when they're down. So move the mouse pointer away from the DROP button. Zach Ertz scored a season-low 13.10 points, 80.2% of his projected 16.34, which is his lowest percentage of the year.
• 6 of the 8 starters scored less than their projected points.

What If

• If Hitters played Pulled Pork Mafia every week, they'd be 3-1 this season.
• Besides Pulled Pork Mafia, Hitters would have defeated six other teams this week.
• Were they resting their players for this week? Hitters would have defeated Pulled Pork Mafia 121.82 - 109.07 had they played each other last week.
• Hitters would be 3-0 if they played the same schedule as Pulled Pork Mafia.
• If Hitters had played every team in the league each week, they would be 39-21.
• Pulled Pork Mafia would have lost to nine other teams besides Hitters this week.
• If they played the same schedule as Hitters, Pulled Pork Mafia would be 2-1.
• If they played every team every week, Pulled Pork Mafia would be 33-27.

Game Notes

• Pulled Pork Mafia has underachieved every week this season, scoring 94.30 points against a projected 115.51 this week.
• The 98.97 points by Hitters was their lowest winning score of the season.
• It was a tough loss for Pulled Pork Mafia, which put up the seventh-biggest score for a losing team in the league this season.
• Matthew Stafford had a season-low 6.15 points against a projected 18.53 in the win and has now scored below his projection in three straight games.
• The WRs on Pulled Pork Mafia collectively had their worst week of the season with only 31.40 points.
• The margin of victory for the matchup ended up being the smallest in the league this week at 4.67 points.
• Pulled Pork Mafia could not extend their three-game win streak.
• With the win, Hitters remains undefeated in comeback games this season, improving to 2-0.