Matchup of the Week – Week 4

A matchup between a maybe underrated Bunnies and the vastly overrated Boomers.

These teams have played each other only 7 times since 2011, with no matchups in the 2016-18 seasons (how??). They are almost even split, with 4 wins for Bunnies and 3 wins for the Boomers. Their last match up was in the 2019 season, with the Boomers crushing the Bunnies 185.45 to 136.97. The Boomers effort was led by a trio of familiar faces: 33 points from Dark Prescott, 38 points from CMC, and 36 points from Austin Ekeler. The Boomers have been without CMC for most of the year, and now will be without Ekeler. Lets take a look at these 2020 stats:

The Boomers have been riding an extremely favorable schedule to open up the year. They are currently undefeated while holding the third lowest points for, and the least points against. The Bunnies are now sitting at 2-2 thanks to some timely stat corrections, but hold a sub-average point average and wins against the field. They’ve recently began surging thanks to the acquisitions of Mike Davis and Joe Mixon. The Boomers have relied heavily on the performance of Dak Prescott who has scored an incredible 23% of the Boomers total points this season. This is as vulnerable as we’ve seen an undefeated team: 2 stud RBs hurt, bye weeks and Covid pulling out flex players. The Boomers will need to make quite a few moves to even put together a roster this week. 

ESPN and PWR both agree that it’s an uphill battle for the Boomers. What these systems can’t account for, is the raw power of unbelievable luck that carries a team through an entire season. We’ve seen worse teams win harder matchups. The bulk of the players will be playing in the 10AM slot on Sunday. There will be a handful of players playing in the afternoon and night games, and then the Boomers (and Pumaskulls) will pray that the Bills will play football on Tuesday night.

Final Prediction:

Fluffy Bunnies: 134

Boomers: 112  

(Boomers projection is based on them filling current empty spots on their roster. The floor is much lower)

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