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Week 11

Weekly
Grade
TheLegacy
6-5 160.27
157.5
 
VS
proj
zzirGrizz
149.17 7-4
158.73

TheLegacy overcome starter's goose egg, defeat zzirGrizz, 160.27-149.17

Despite a 0-point week from Benjamin Watson, TheLegacy were able to persevere and earn the win, earning a 160.27-149.17 victory over zzirGrizz. zzirGrizz nabbed a 31.58-point lead on Thursday behind a standout showing from Aaron Rodgers. But TheLegacy held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Kirk Cousins (262 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and Keenan Allen (9 Rec, 89 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD). TheLegacy (6-5) will look to keep it rolling against adoboblackdogs, while zzirGrizz (7-4) will match up against G-Men in an effort to develop some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  TheLegacy   zzirGrizz

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Facing the Bears in Week 11, Kendricks made 12 tackles. In doing so, he put up 12 points and scored 74.7% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on TheLegacy this week. Kendricks will face the Packers in Week 12.
Eric Kendricks

Top Player Comparison

TheLegacy
Points
% of total points 160.27
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
40.98
36.38
25.6%
2
Keenan Allen
WR
21.03
14.12
13.1%
3
Antonio Brown
WR
20.8
15.65
13%
4
Marlon Mack
RB
13.63
12.4
8.5%
zzirGrizz
Points
% of total points 149.17
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
31.58
36.64
21.2%
2
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
16.93
12.81
11.3%
3
T.J. Watt
LB
15.5
8.7
10.4%
4
Robert Woods
WR
14.8
15.41
9.9%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Aaron Rodgers had a 54-yard touchdown pass and a 24-yard touchdown pass for zzirGrizz, helping zzirGrizz to a 31.58-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Antonio Brown had a 78-yard touchdown catch for TheLegacy, who trailed 116.04-71.76 after the early round of games.

Points By Position

  TheLegacy   zzirGrizz

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. TheLegacy scored more in this one (160.27) than their season average (150.27).
TheLegacy are the more resilient squad, with fewer upset losses (0) than zzirGrizz (1).
TheLegacy should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than zzirGrizz (6 vs 5).
zzirGrizz have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (4) than TheLegacy (2) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, TheLegacy have outscored zzirGrizz at QB, WR, and IDP this season.
Don't worry zzirGrizz, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

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