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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Indianapolis Colts
7-2 198.9
216.32
 
VS
proj
Vacant Team
26.2 3-6
50.83

Vacant Team come up short of projections, lose to Indianapolis Colts in 198.9-26.2 rout

Vacant Team failed to live up to their projected point total, as Indianapolis Colts cruised to a 198.9-26.2 victory. Indianapolis Colts pulled out to a 6.1-point lead on Thursday behind Tevin Coleman (5.6 points) and Haason Reddick (1.5) and never looked back. Darren Waller (2 Rec, 52 Rec Yds) and Olivier Vernon (2 Tackles, 1 Sack) carried the flag for Vacant Team in the loss. Indianapolis Colts (7-2) will look to get another W against New York Giants, while Vacant Team (3-6) face off against Pittsburgh Steelers in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Indianapolis Colts   Vacant Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Going up against the Colts in Week 9, McDonald caught 5 passes for 30 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 15 points and more-than-doubled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Indianapolis Colts this week. McDonald will square off against the Rams in Week 10.
Vance McDonald

Top Player Comparison

Indianapolis Colts
Points
% of total points 198.9
1
Jameis Winston
QB
24.2
23.63
12.2%
2
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
19.4
21.19
9.8%
3
Shaq Thompson
LB
15.5
11.14
7.8%
4
Hunter Henry
TE
15.4
13.6
7.7%
Vacant Team
Points
% of total points 26.2
1
Darren Waller
TE
7.2
14.85
27.5%
2
Olivier Vernon
DE
7
1.45
26.7%
3
Anthony Harris
S
4
8.46
15.3%
4
Willie Snead IV
WR
3.5
8.16
13.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Carlos Hyde had a 48-yard run for Indianapolis Colts to contribute to a 127.4-3.7 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Indianapolis Colts   Vacant Team

What If

Indianapolis Colts would have beaten 13 other teams besides Vacant Team this week.
Vacant Team would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
If they played Vacant Team every week, Indianapolis Colts would be 8-1 this season.
Indianapolis Colts would have gotten the victory over Vacant Team 238.34-111 had they played each other last week.
Indianapolis Colts would be 6-2 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Vacant Team.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Indianapolis Colts, Vacant Team would be 2-6.
If Indianapolis Colts had played every team in the league each week, they would be 137-34.
If they played every team every week, Vacant Team would be 67-104.

Next Week Preview

Vacant Team
The upcoming schedule gets no easier for 15th-place Vacant Team, as they'll now get to go head-to-head against red-hot Pittsburgh Steelers next week. Vacant Team may need to shuffle their lineup a bit with Jordan Thomas out on bye next week. Pittsburgh Steelers will be without Courtland Sutton, Zach Cunningham, Sony Michel, Jeremy Sprinkle, Patrick Chung, Trey Quinn, Dede Westbrook, and Bradley Roby.
Indianapolis Colts
Next week will feature two squads heading in different directions, as Indianapolis Colts (7-2) enter Week 10 on a two-game unbeaten streak, while their opposition (New York Giants, 1-8), have now dropped five in a row. Each side has multiple bye weeks to consider in Week 10, as DeAndre Hopkins, Carlos Hyde, Miles Sanders, Jake Elliott, Kareem Jackson, Malcolm Jenkins, and Fletcher Cox are off for Indianapolis Colts and Darren Fells, Geoff Swaim, Bradley Chubb, and Joe Flacco are out for New York Giants. Over the last three weeks, Indianapolis Colts have scored 207.85 points per game, while New York Giants have averaged just 138.21 per contest.