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Week 10

Weekly
Grade
Sierra Nevada Giants
8-2 158.78
158.37
 
VS
proj
San Diego Crush
107.32 5-5
114.26

Sierra Nevada Giants come back to defeat San Diego Crush for fifth straight win in 158.78-107.32 rout

Sierra Nevada Giants extended their win streak to five games with a convincing victory over San Diego Crush, rolling to a 158.78-107.32 win. It was the third loss in a row for San Diego Crush. San Diego Crush earned a 9.00-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Sierra Nevada Giants after that. They were led by Dak Prescott (397 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) and Dalvin Cook (97 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 86 Rec Yds). Michael Thomas (28.2 points) and Jared Goff (26.22) carried the flag for San Diego Crush in the loss. Sierra Nevada Giants (8-2) will look to notch another W against Throwball Champ, while San Diego Crush (5-5) match up against Sturgeon Bulldogs in an effort to generate some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Sierra Nevada Giants   San Diego Crush

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cook racked up 183 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown as the Vikings beat the Cowboys 28-24. In doing so, he put up 44.3 points and scored 54.8% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Sierra Nevada Giants this week. Next week, Cook will face the Broncos.
Dalvin Cook

Top Player Comparison

Sierra Nevada Giants
Points
% of total points 158.78
1
Dak Prescott
QB
53.88
42.39
33.9%
2
Dalvin Cook
RB
44.3
28.61
27.9%
3
Nick Chubb
RB
24.1
26.63
15.2%
4
The Indianapolis Colts defense
DEF
13
14.28
8.2%
San Diego Crush
Points
% of total points 107.32
1
Michael Thomas
WR
28.2
22.22
26.3%
2
Jared Goff
QB
26.22
42.2
24.4%
3
Larry Fitzgerald
WR
15.1
11.04
14.1%
4
Sam Ficken
K
12
7.63
11.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Sam Ficken had a 53-yard field goal for San Diego Crush to contribute to an 81.10-37.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Joey Slye had a 50-yard field goal for Sierra Nevada Giants, who trailed 107.32-60.60 after the late afternoon games.
Sunday Night
Dak Prescott had a 23-yard touchdown pass and a 22-yard touchdown pass for Sierra Nevada Giants to contribute to a 158.78-107.32 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Sierra Nevada Giants   San Diego Crush

Game Notes

Sierra Nevada Giants won despite the fact that only two of their eight starting players scored higher than their projected point totals.
Despite four of their eight starters exceeding their points projection, San Diego Crush lost.
San Diego Crush can partially blame the loss on Justin Jackson, who didn't score any points.
Sierra Nevada Giants put up more points than their season scoring average (149.01) while San Diego Crush fell short of theirs (124.16).
Sierra Nevada Giants put up more points than their projected total, while San Diego Crush failed to reach their projection.
Not only did Sierra Nevada Giants earn the W, but they also covered the 44.11-point predicted margin of victory.
In blowout games this year, Sierra Nevada Giants moves to (4-2), while San Diego Crush falls to (2-3).
On the losing side, Michael Thomas scored 28.2 points, the fourth-highest score for a wideout this week.

Coach Talk

Sierra Nevada Giants
You know, the key to football is exploiting the mismatches. Not only did we double up San Diego Crush at QB (53.88 points to 26.22), we also royally dominated them at RB (68.4 to 5.1).
San Diego Crush
Talk about under-utilized. As a group, the starting RBs for San Diego Crush collectively logged only one measly target this past week. Tell those offensive coordinators to draw up a couple of screen plays in Week 11!