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Week 10

Weekly
Grade
QB Safe Space
5-5 113.42
84.2
 
VS
proj
Thomas Diggs Watkins
88.02 7-3
116.93

QB Safe Space knock Thomas Diggs Watkins from 1st place in 113.42-88.02 rout

QB Safe Space cruised to a 113.42-88.02 win over Thomas Diggs Watkins, knocking them out of the No. 1 position in Throwback Dynasty. Thomas Diggs Watkins pulled out to a 13.80-point lead on Thursday, but it was all QB Safe Space after that. They were led by Nick Chubb (34.4 points) and Alvin Kamara (24.2). Michael Thomas (8 Rec, 70 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) and Marcus Mariota carried the flag for Thomas Diggs Watkins in the loss. QB Safe Space (5-5) will look to keep it rolling against Riverboat Rob, while Thomas Diggs Watkins (7-3) face off against Mile High Hawkeyes in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  QB Safe Space   Thomas Diggs Watkins

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Penny (108 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) scored 16.8 points in a 36-31 lost to the Rams in Week 10. His scoring output more-than-quadrupled his 3.53-point projection and was much higher than his 4.34-point season scoring average. Penny will face the Packers next week.
Rashaad Penny

Top Player Comparison

QB Safe Space
Points
% of total points 113.42
1
Nick Chubb
RB
34.4
12.46
30.3%
2
Alvin Kamara
RB
24.2
21.28
21.3%
3
Rashaad Penny
RB
16.8
3.53
14.8%
4
John Ross
WR
10.9
7.89
9.6%
Thomas Diggs Watkins
Points
% of total points 88.02
1
Michael Thomas
WR
23
18.47
26.1%
2
Marcus Mariota
QB
21.82
17.66
24.8%
3
James Conner
RB
13.8
19.42
15.7%
4
George Kittle
TE
12.8
10.55
14.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments early Sunday, after which QB Safe Space owned a 83.50-75.22 lead. Nick Chubb had a 92-yard touchdown run for QB Safe Space, while Josh Lambo had a 55-yard field goal. Marcus Mariota made the highlight reel for Thomas Diggs Watkins with a 23-yard touchdown pass.

Points By Position

  QB Safe Space   Thomas Diggs Watkins

Game Notes

Six of the 10 starters on QB Safe Space scored higher than their projected point totals.
Thomas Diggs Watkins had only three of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could have looked differently, as each team had a starter that failed to score.
QB Safe Space put up more points than their season scoring average (89.36) while Thomas Diggs Watkins fell short of theirs (124.62).
QB Safe Space recorded more points than their projected total, while Thomas Diggs Watkins fell shy of their projection.
This win concludes a two-game losing streak for QB Safe Space, while the loss breaks a five-game winning streak for Thomas Diggs Watkins.
QB Safe Space moves to (1-3) in blowout games this season, while Thomas Diggs Watkins falls to (4-1).
A bright spot in the defeat, Michael Thomas scored 23 points, the third-best score for a WR this week.

Coach Talk

QB Safe Space
Hey, finding mismatches is the key to football, right? Thanks to some stellar yardage production from our running backs, our team really made that happen this week. Our three starting backs logged 252 more yards from scrimmage than the RBs of Thomas Diggs Watkins (419 total yards to 167), and we wound up tripling them at the position, 75.4 points to 24.7.
Thomas Diggs Watkins
Here's a list of sports scenarios where it's somewhat acceptable to go 0-for-2: A hitter's line in baseball, a pair of DeAndre Jordan free throws, and a double-fault in tennis. That's just about it. Going 0-for-2 on field goal attempts this past week? Sounds like Cody Parkey might have just toe-bashed himself back into the free agent pool after this effort.