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Week 6

Weekly
Grade
Matty Ice Ice Baby
3-3 173.88
143.87
 
VS
proj
CUBuffs21
172.82 3-3
146.92

Matty Ice Ice Baby knock off CUBuffs21 in 173.88-172.82 battle

Both teams rose to the occasion and exceeded projections, but Matty Ice Ice Baby knocked off CUBuffs21, squeaking by for a 173.88-172.82 win. CUBuffs21 made a run at it on Monday night, but it wasn't to be. Matty Ice Ice Baby led 173.88-151.52 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite a combined 21.3 points from Kenny Golladay and Marquez Valdes-Scantling on Monday night for CUBuffs21. Matty Ice Ice Baby were led by Matt Ryan, who passed for 356 yards and 4 touchdowns for 30.94 points, and Lamar Jackson, who passed for 236 yards and ran for 152 yards and a touchdown (30.64 points). Matty Ice Ice Baby (3-3) will look to sustain their momentum against Out for Blood, while CUBuffs21 (3-3) will try to get back in the win column against Tommy Sleaze.

Matchup Timeline

  Matty Ice Ice Baby   CUBuffs21

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Sanders overachieved for the third time this season, scoring 16.7 points against his 7.24-point projection. In a 38-20 loss to the Vikings, he caught 3 passes for 86 yards and a touchdown. Sanders will face the Cowboys next week.
Miles Sanders

Top Player Comparison

Matty Ice Ice Baby
Points
% of total points 173.88
1
Matt Ryan
QB
30.94
20.63
17.8%
2
Lamar Jackson
QB
30.64
21.82
17.6%
3
Curtis Samuel
WR
21.8
9.96
12.5%
4
Christian McCaffrey
RB
19.7
20.59
11.3%
CUBuffs21
Points
% of total points 172.82
1
Kyler Murray
QB
28.8
19.94
16.7%
2
Kirk Cousins
QB
27.32
17.56
15.8%
3
Tyreek Hill
WR
22.5
13.64
13%
4
Chris Godwin
WR
20.1
14.18
11.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were several players with highlight-reel moments on both teams early Sunday, after which Matty Ice Ice Baby owned a 135.34-122.72 lead. Miles Sanders had a 32-yard touchdown catch and a 45-yard catch for Matty Ice Ice Baby, while Christian McCaffrey had a 25-yard touchdown catch. Meanwhile, Kirk Cousins had a 62-yard touchdown pass and a 51-yard touchdown pass for CUBuffs21, while Tyreek Hill had a 46-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 20-yard touchdown pass and a 58-yard pass for CUBuffs21, who trailed 173.88-151.52 after the late afternoon slate.
Monday
Kenny Golladay had a 66-yard catch for CUBuffs21, while Marquez Valdes-Scantling had a 46-yard catch.

Points By Position

  Matty Ice Ice Baby   CUBuffs21

Game Notes

Matty Ice Ice Baby had six of their 12 starters exceed their projected points.
CUBuffs21 lost despite seven of their 12 starters scoring above their points projection.
Matty Ice Ice Baby won despite starting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense, who scored zero points.
Both teams recorded their highest point totals of the season.
Each team scored more than its projected point total.
Matty Ice Ice Baby ranked 2nd in the league in scoring this week, while CUBuffs21 ranked 3rd.
The 173.88 points scored by Matty Ice Ice Baby are the 5th-most in the league this year.
The matchup's 1.06-point margin was the closest in the league this week.
Matty Ice Ice Baby moves to (1-2) in close games this year, while CUBuffs21 falls to (0-1).
For CUBuffs21, Kyler Murray scored 28.8 points, the fifth-highest score for a signal-caller this week.

Next Week Preview

CUBuffs21
On the docket next week, seventh-place CUBuffs21 (3-3) will try to get back in the win column against 11th-place Tommy Sleaze (2-4). Each side has two bye weeks to think about in Week 7, as Chris Godwin and Ricky Seals-Jones are off for CUBuffs21 and DJ Moore and JuJu Smith-Schuster for Tommy Sleaze.
Matty Ice Ice Baby
Week 7 will showcase the league's two highest-scoring teams, as Matty Ice Ice Baby (3-3) square off against Out for Blood (4-2). Matty Ice Ice Baby might have to shuffle the deck some with Curtis Samuel, Christian McCaffrey, Mike Evans, Ronald Jones II, O.J. Howard, Donte Moncrief, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense, and James Washington out on bye next week. Out for Blood won't have Nick Chubb. In terms of recent scoring output, these two squads have posted similar results lately. Matty Ice Ice Baby have put up 159.26 points per game over the last three weeks, while Out for Blood have averaged 159.98 per contest over that same period.