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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Belichick Yo'Self
6-3 88.9
71.78
 
VS
proj
YO MOMMA
77.26 1-8
86.3

Belichick Yo'Self beat YO MOMMA for fifth straight win, 88.90-77.26

Belichick Yo'Self extended their win streak to five games with a hard-fought win over YO MOMMA, earning a 88.90-77.26 victory. It was the fifth consecutive loss for YO MOMMA. Belichick Yo'Self took an early 6.90-point lead on Thursday. YO MOMMA bounced back to take the lead during the early round of games on Sunday, powered by Kareem Hunt (32.1 points) and Kirk Cousins (8.86). Unphased, Belichick Yo'Self got it going later that afternoon, as Michael Thomas (32.1 points) and Russell Wilson (22.5) put them back in the lead once and for all. Belichick Yo'Self (6-3) will look to earn another win against Thundering Spaniels, while YO MOMMA (1-8) match up against show me your TD's in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Belichick Yo'Self   YO MOMMA

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Facing the Rams in Week 9, Thomas caught 12 passes for 211 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 32.1 points and more-than-doubled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Belichick Yo'Self this week. Thomas will square off against the Bengals in Week 10.
Michael Thomas

Top Player Comparison

Belichick Yo'Self
Points
% of total points 88.9
1
Michael Thomas
WR
32.1
12.65
36.1%
2
Russell Wilson
QB
22.5
19.55
25.3%
3
Wil Lutz
K
11
10.73
12.4%
4
Mike Williams
WR
9
6.02
10.1%
YO MOMMA
Points
% of total points 77.26
1
Kareem Hunt
RB
32.1
16.32
41.5%
2
Kirk Cousins
QB
8.86
23.68
11.5%
3
Tre'Quan Smith
WR
8.3
6.1
10.7%
4
Isaiah Crowell
RB
6
9.51
7.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kareem Hunt had a 50-yard touchdown catch for YO MOMMA to contribute to a 59.96-10.30 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Russell Wilson had a 42-yard pass for Belichick Yo'Self, while Wil Lutz had a 54-yard field goal to contribute to a 84.90-72.26 lead for Belichick Yo'Self.

Points By Position

  Belichick Yo'Self   YO MOMMA

Game Notes

Belichick Yo'Self got the win even though only four of their nine starters exceeded their scoring projections.
YO MOMMA had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Belichick Yo'Self won despite having two starters (T.Y. Hilton and Sony Michel) score zero points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Belichick Yo'Self recorded more points than their projected total, while YO MOMMA fell short of their projection.
The matchup's 11.64-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
Belichick Yo'Self moves to (1-0) in upset games this season, while YO MOMMA falls to (0-2).
For YO MOMMA, Kareem Hunt scored 32.1 points, the highest score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

Belichick Yo'Self
Identifying mismatches is a big key to success in football. Not only did we double up YO MOMMA at WR (41.1 points to 18.8), we also utterly dominated them at QB (22.5 points to 8.86).
YO MOMMA
Hey now, talk about under-utilized: As a group, the starting backfield for YO MOMMA collectively registered just a pair of catches on four targets this past week. Tell those quarterbacks to dump it down a little more often in Week 10!