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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Cabs wet dream team
7-2 116.68
134.13
 
VS
proj
Mile High Manning
103.76 3-6
96.71

Back-and-forth battle ends with Cabs wet dream team coming back to defeat Mile High Manning, 116.68-103.76

Well, that was thrilling! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, Cabs wet dream team extended their win streak to four games with a come-from-behind win over Mile High Manning, rallying for a 116.68-103.76 victory. Trailing 103.76-98.68 heading into Monday night, Cabs wet dream team came storming back behind the Dallas Cowboys defense (18 points). The Pittsburgh Steelers defense (24 Pts Allowed, 328 Yds Allowed, 3 Turnovers) and Marvin Jones Jr. (8 Rec, 126 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) carried the flag for Mile High Manning in the loss. Cabs wet dream team (7-2) have now won four straight and will look to build on their success against Clone Club. Mile High Manning (3-6) will attempt to right the ship against Zombie Unicorns.

Matchup Timeline

  Cabs wet dream team   Mile High Manning

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While allowing 18 points, surrendering 271 yards, and forcing 3 turnovers against the Giants, the Cowboys defense scored 18 points this week. Their scoring output more-than-doubled their 7.27-point projection and was much higher than their 7.56-point season scoring average. The Cowboys defense will face the Vikings next week.
The Dallas Cowboys defense

Top Player Comparison

Cabs wet dream team
Points
% of total points 116.68
1
Tyler Lockett
WR
27.2
11.73
23.3%
2
Deshaun Watson
QB
19.74
22.38
16.9%
3
The Dallas Cowboys defense
DEF
18
7.27
15.4%
4
Aaron Rodgers
QB
12.94
22.74
11.1%
Mile High Manning
Points
% of total points 103.76
1
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
19
7.69
18.3%
2
Marvin Jones Jr.
WR
18.6
7.47
17.9%
3
Emmanuel Sanders
WR
17.2
8.64
16.6%
4
Phillip Lindsay
RB
15.2
8.05
14.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Phillip Lindsay had a 30-yard touchdown run and a 40-yard run for Mile High Manning, while Marvin Jones Jr. had a 47-yard catch for the team, who trailed 91.68-89.36 after the late afternoon slate.

Points By Position

  Cabs wet dream team   Mile High Manning

Game Notes

Cabs wet dream team got the W despite the fact that only two of their 10 starters exceeded their scoring projections.
Despite five of their 10 starters exceeding their points projection, Mile High Manning lost.
Cabs wet dream team emerged victorious despite putting up a season-low 116.68 points.
Cabs wet dream team got the W despite scoring fewer points than projected, while Mile High Manning exceeded their projection.
The matchup's 12.92-point margin was the closest in the league this week.
Cabs wet dream team managed to get the win, but failed to cover the 37.42-point projected margin of victory.
Cabs wet dream team moves to (2-0) in comeback games this season, while Mile High Manning falls to (1-1).
On the losing side, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense (19 points) registered the highest score for a DEF this week.

Coach Talk

Cabs wet dream team
You know Cabs wet dream team, the good news is that we took this matchup by almost 13 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even stronger than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through eight weeks was 130.59. So while we're happy to have gotten this victory, let's "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Mile High Manning
Hey now, talk about old-school ground n' pound: As a group, the starting RBs for Mile High Manning collectively recorded just four targets this past week. Instruct those quarterbacks to dump it down a little more often in Week 10!