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Week 10

Weekly
Grade
Mananas
5-5 152.46
112.58
 
VS
proj
Cavemen
96.92 6-4
92.4

Mananas earn win over Cavemen in 152.46-96.92 rout

Mananas beat expectations, cruising to a 152.46-96.92 win over Cavemen. Mananas nabbed a 19.30-point lead on Thursday behind Melvin Gordon III (21.3 points) and Hunter Henry (9) and never let go of it. Amari Cooper (11 Rec, 147 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Jarvis Landry (9 Rec, 97 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) did their part for Cavemen in defeat. Mananas (5-5) will look to maintain their winning ways against Firestorm, while Cavemen (6-4) try to develop some positive momentum against Slim Pickens.

Matchup Timeline

  Mananas   Cavemen

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 13.25 points, Hill more-than-doubled that amount by scoring 28 points as the Chiefs lost to the Titans 35-32. He caught 11 passes for 157 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Mananas this week. In Week 11, Hill and the Chiefs will play the Chargers.
Tyreek Hill

Top Player Comparison

Mananas
Points
% of total points 152.46
1
Kyler Murray
QB
34.76
21.37
22.8%
2
Tyreek Hill
WR
28
13.25
18.4%
3
Melvin Gordon III
RB
21.3
10.58
14%
4
Michael Thomas
WR
21.2
13.23
13.9%
Cavemen
Points
% of total points 96.92
1
Amari Cooper
WR
22.7
11.65
23.4%
2
Jarvis Landry
WR
15.7
7.5
16.2%
3
Nick Chubb
RB
14.1
15.36
14.5%
4
The Los Angeles Chargers defense
DEF
11
8.46
11.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kyler Murray had a 69-yard touchdown pass and a 33-yard touchdown pass for Mananas, while Zane Gonzalez had a 54-yard field goal, contributing to a 125.26-40.80 lead for Mananas.
Sunday Late
Aaron Rodgers found Jimmy Graham for a 48-yard pass for Cavemen, who trailed 147.56-66.22 after the late afternoon slate.

Points By Position

  Mananas   Cavemen

Game Notes

Six of the nine starters on Mananas exceeded their projected point totals.
Cavemen lost despite five of their nine starters scoring above their points projection.
Cavemen can partially blame the loss on Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who didn't score any points.
Mananas put up more points than their season scoring average (112.01) while Cavemen fell short of theirs (106.61).
Each team scored more than its projected point total.
The matchup's 55.54-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
The defeat concludes a streak of six consecutive wins for Cavemen.
Not only did Mananas get the win, but they also easily covered the 20.18-point forecasted margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, Mananas moves to (2-2), while Cavemen falls to (2-3).
In a losing effort, Amari Cooper scored 22.7 points, the second-highest score for a wide receiver this week.

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Mananas
Boom, big win for Mananas! Celebrate today and then start getting ready for next week's matchup. Read the latest installment of Weekly Rankings on Tuesday.
Cavemen
Ouch, tough loss Cavemen. Stop going with your gut and start listening to Yahoo's experts. The latest edition of Busts comes out on Thursday.