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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Vicious Penquins
7-2 124.4
109.97
 
VS
proj
evil wonkas
107.3 3-6
92.81

Vicious Penquins defeat evil wonkas, 124.40-107.30

Both teams rose to the occasion and exceeded projections, but Vicious Penquins beat evil wonkas. Predicted to come out on top by a score of 109.97-92.81, Vicious Penquins secured a 124.40-107.30 win over evil wonkas. Vicious Penquins never trailed in this one after taking a 8.20-point lead on Thursday behind Matt Breida (5.2 points) and Jared Cook (3). The Chicago Bears defense (33 points) and Deshaun Watson (20.32) carried the flag for evil wonkas in the loss. Vicious Penquins (7-2) will look to keep it rolling against Bald Z-gles, while evil wonkas (3-6) will try to right the ship against EURJPY140.

Matchup Timeline

  Vicious Penquins   evil wonkas

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 9 passes for 78 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Chiefs, Johnson Jr. tallied 25.1 points this week. His scoring output more-than-tripled his 8.32-point projection and was much higher than his 7.79-point season scoring average. Johnson Jr. will face the Falcons next week.
Duke Johnson Jr.

Top Player Comparison

Vicious Penquins
Points
% of total points 124.4
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
30.8
26.83
24.8%
2
Duke Johnson Jr.
RB
25.1
8.32
20.2%
3
Josh Gordon
WR
22
10.35
17.7%
4
Antonio Brown
WR
12.7
17.29
10.2%
evil wonkas
Points
% of total points 107.3
1
The Chicago Bears defense
DEF
33
15.32
30.8%
2
Deshaun Watson
QB
20.32
21.5
18.9%
3
Calvin Ridley
WR
16.7
8.97
15.6%
4
Julian Edelman
WR
14.38
12.45
13.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time plays early Sunday, but after the results were tallied, Vicious Penquins had a 86.40-56.10 lead. For Vicious Penquins, Patrick Mahomes had a 50-yard touchdown pass and a 40-yard pass. Calvin Ridley made the highlight reel for evil wonkas with a 40-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Night
Josh Gordon had a 55-yard touchdown catch for Vicious Penquins, contributing to a 124.40-104.20 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Vicious Penquins   evil wonkas

What If

Vicious Penquins would have beaten nine other teams besides evil wonkas this week.
evil wonkas would have lost to eight other teams besides Vicious Penquins this week.
If Vicious Penquins played evil wonkas every week this season, they'd be 6-3.
Had they played each other last week, Vicious Penquins would have topped evil wonkas 133.52-123.66.
Vicious Penquins would be 4-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as evil wonkas.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Vicious Penquins, evil wonkas would be 6-2.
If Vicious Penquins had played every team in the league each week, they would be 69-48.
If they played every team every week, evil wonkas would be 59-58.

Coach Talk

Vicious Penquins
The key to success in football is identifying (and exploiting) the mismatches. We really emphasized that by doubling up evil wonkas at running back this past week (30.3 points to 12.8).
evil wonkas
Registering only three targets this past week, it appears that the starting RBs for evil wonkas clearly should look into why their QBs are giving them the silent treatment.