Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Week 3: Crazy Ben Cable Installs a Defeat Package at C.R.E.A.M. Team's House





Crazy Ben Cable (2-1, 353.00 points) stole one from C.R.E.A.M. Team (1-2, 362.12 points) 115.28 - 111.12 in a back-and-forth battle. They were led by Torrey Smith who had 33.70 points and Maurice Jones-Drew who scored 32.30. C.R.E.A.M. Team was the first to put up points and by Sunday was already out in front 10.20 - 0. That advantage disappeared by the end of the early Sunday games and they trailed by 1.28. After the late Sunday games, the lead went back the other way 98.12 - 81.58. However, by the end of Sunday night Crazy Ben Cable took the lead for good.


Crazy Ben Cable Smooth Moves

Torrey Smith had 33.70 points, the third-highest WR score of the week and the seventh-highest WR score in the league this season.
The second-highest RB score of the week and the fifth-highest RB score of the season came from Maurice Jones-Drew, who scored 32.30 points.
Crazy Ben Cable was still able to pull out a win with only 2 of their 9 starters exceeding their projected points.


C.R.E.A.M. Team Regret Tracker

Did not start Ben Roethlisberger, who scored 35.16 points to rank fourth in the league in scoring.
Did not start Fred Davis, who beat his scoring projection with 16.00 points against a projected 8.97.
Jason Witten had the lowest point total in the matchup with 2.80 points.
Victor Cruz did not meet his 19.36-point projection this week, the second time that's happened this season. His 10.20 points were also a season-low.
Willis McGahee had a season-low 5.20 points against a projected 12.97 and scored below his projection for the second time this season.


What If

Crazy Ben Cable would be 2-1 if they played C.R.E.A.M. Team every week.
Besides C.R.E.A.M. Team, Crazy Ben Cable would have defeated five other teams this week.
If they played the same schedule as C.R.E.A.M. Team, Crazy Ben Cable would be 1-1.
Crazy Ben Cable would be 16-17 if they played every team every week.
Besides Crazy Ben Cable, C.R.E.A.M. Team would have been defeated by five other teams this week.
Crazy Ben Cable would have lost to C.R.E.A.M. Team 151.70 - 101.54 had they played each other last week.
If they played the same schedule as Crazy Ben Cable, C.R.E.A.M. Team would be 1-1.
If they played every team every week, C.R.E.A.M. Team would be 17-16.


Game Notes

Mike Wallace was on the losing team, but still ranked ninth in the league in scoring with 29.40 points against a projected 13.38 and has now beaten his projection in every game this season.
Stephen Gostkowski scored 13.00 points against a projected 8.33 in the loss and has now beaten his projection in every game this season.
Despite being on the winning team, Chris Johnson had a season-low 3.90 points against a projected 13.65 and has now underachieved in every game this season.
C.R.E.A.M. Team scored 111.12 points and lost. It is the sixth-highest losing score in the league this season.
Despite being on the winning team, Alex Henery scored 7.00 points against a projected 10.17 and has now underachieved in every game this season.
The margin of victory for the matchup ended up being the smallest in the league this week at 4.16 points.
Crazy Ben Cable had two starters score more points than the highest-scoring starter for C.R.E.A.M. Team.
With 5.20 points, C.R.E.A.M. Team got the lowest combined scoring output from the RB position for any team this week.

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