A spot in the championship game is on the line this week as No. 4-seed New Orleans Bounty Hunters (9-5, 1,784.70) meets No. 1-seed A-Team (11-3, 2,026.74). It looks like a heartbreaker, with New Orleans Bounty Hunters favored to win by only 2.46 points, according to the updated projections.
A-Team has Chris Ivory (18.10 projected points) playing in the Thursday and Saturday games. All of the players in the starting lineup for New Orleans Bounty Hunters play later this week. League-wide, three other matchups begin before Sunday. New Orleans Bounty Hunters has the advantage at the WR position, where they are projected to outscore A-Team, 66.70 - 42.80. For A-Team to compete, they'll need to capitalize at the QB position, where Tom Brady is expected to score more than Andy Dalton, 27.74 - 0.00. New Orleans Bounty Hunters has one player (Shaun Draughn) facing a top-10 defense while two more (Randall Cobb and Allen Robinson) face a bottom-10-ranked defense.
A-Team has two starters (Odell Beckham and David Johnson) going up against a top-10 defense and two (Danny Amendola and Tom Brady) against a defense ranked in the bottom 10.
New Orleans Bounty Hunters has stood pat on their lineup since Tuesday, but still has Andy Dalton (0.00 projected points) starting this week. Meanwhile, A-Team made one pickup, adding James White (5.80 projected points) while dropping the Denver Broncos DEF (7.00 projected points). They've also made one lineup change, starting Jordan Reed (12.10 projected points) while benching Tyler Eifert (21.30 projected points).