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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Who’s your Cousin?
7-2 128.9
144.48
 
VS
proj
J-Law's Proballers
103.24 5-4
130.16

Who’s your Cousin? manage to top J-Law's Proballers in 128.90-103.24 rout despite falling short of expectations

Both teams failed to rise to the occasion, coming up short of their projected point totals, but Who’s your Cousin? did enough to take down J-Law's Proballers. Predicted to win 144.48-130.16, Who’s your Cousin? cruised to a 128.90-103.24 victory over J-Law's Proballers. J-Law's Proballers pulled out to a 10.60-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Who’s your Cousin? after that. They were led by Kirk Cousins, who passed for 220 yards and 3 touchdowns for 27.3 points, and Josh Jacobs, who ran for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns (27 points). Deshaun Watson (23.74 points) and Mike Williams (17.3) did everything they could for J-Law's Proballers in the loss. Who’s your Cousin? (7-2) will look to build on their success against Montgomery County, while J-Law's Proballers (5-4) try to right the ship against Slippy Lippy.

Matchup Timeline

  Who’s your Cousin?   J-Law's Proballers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Jacobs overachieved for the fifth time this season, scoring 27 points against his 14.38-point projection. In a 31-24 win over the Lions, he ran for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns. Jacobs ranks #38 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Chargers next week.
Josh Jacobs

Top Player Comparison

Who’s your Cousin?
Points
% of total points 128.9
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
27.3
22.97
21.2%
2
Josh Jacobs
RB
27
14.38
20.9%
3
Julian Edelman
WR
16.9
17.33
13.1%
4
Dalvin Cook
RB
15.6
22.61
12.1%
J-Law's Proballers
Points
% of total points 103.24
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
23.74
25.59
23%
2
Mike Williams
WR
17.3
11.33
16.8%
3
Saquon Barkley
RB
15.5
22.96
15%
4
Jason Witten
TE
13.8
7.71
13.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Mike Williams had a 56-yard catch and a 46-yard catch for J-Law's Proballers, who trailed 105.00-65.94 after the late afternoon round of games.
Monday
Saquon Barkley had a 65-yard catch for J-Law's Proballers.

Points By Position

  Who’s your Cousin?   J-Law's Proballers

StatSmack

They weren't even trying all that hard. Who’s your Cousin? scored fewer points in this one (128.9) than their season average of 157.43.
We heard scoring helps you win. J-Law's Proballers need some help then, averaging just 137.59 versus Who’s your Cousin?'s 157.43.
As Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game!" Who’s your Cousin? (7-2) have a better record than J-Law's Proballers (5-4).
Once Who’s your Cousin? put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than J-Law's Proballers (5 vs 3).
Who’s your Cousin? should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more weeks than J-Law's Proballers (8 vs 3).
Who’s your Cousin? have started more fantasy players who beat their projected score than J-Law's Proballers (44 vs 30).
J-Law's Proballers have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (4) than Who’s your Cousin? (1) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Who’s your Cousin? have outscored J-Law's Proballers at RB, TE, K, and DEF this season.
Who’s your Cousin? don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 23 points, second-highest in the league.
There's not much good to say about J-Law's Proballers this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

Who’s your Cousin?
You know Who’s your Cousin?, we're "glass half full" kind of coaches. While others may harp on the fact that our scoring output has decreased a bit recently, we'll choose to take the high road. Averaging 160.99 points through Week 8, our crew has shown it's certainly capable of outperforming the 128.9 we needed to win this past week!
J-Law's Proballers
We were just taking it easy so our players could dominate in Week 10, right? The six starting offensive skill players (three WRs, two RBs, one TE) on J-Law's Proballers combined to record 355 yards and no touchdowns this past week. Our opposition's skill players definitely outperformed us by logging 506 yards and two scores.