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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
lefty's Crazy Team
6-3 153.98
129.8
 
VS
proj
Dee's Wonderful Team
111.74 5-4
117.94

lefty's Crazy Team defeat Dee's Wonderful Team for fourth straight win in 153.98-111.74 rout

lefty's Crazy Team extended their win streak to four games with an easy win over Dee's Wonderful Team, cruising to a 153.98-111.74 victory. There was very little drama in the matchup, as lefty's Crazy Team earned a 72.88-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind stellar efforts from Dalvin Cook (38.2 points) and Patrick Mahomes (30.88). Ben Roethlisberger (306 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) and John Brown (8 Rec, 99 Rec Yds) did everything they could for Dee's Wonderful Team in defeat. lefty's Crazy Team improve to 6-3 on the season, while Dee's Wonderful Team fall to 5-4.

Matchup Timeline

  lefty's Crazy Team   Dee's Wonderful Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Mahomes (372 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs) scored 30.88 points in a 33-31 win over the Panthers in Week 9. He scored 33% more than his 23.21-point projection and overachieved for the fifth time this season. Mahomes ranks #2 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Raiders next week.
Patrick Mahomes

Top Player Comparison

lefty's Crazy Team
Points
% of total points 153.98
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
38.2
19.3
24.8%
2
Patrick Mahomes
QB
30.88
23.21
20.1%
3
Christian Kirk
WR
20.8
9.68
13.5%
4
Julio Jones
WR
13.9
16.17
9%
Dee's Wonderful Team
Points
% of total points 111.74
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
25.04
19.87
22.4%
2
John Brown
WR
13.9
9.23
12.4%
3
CeeDee Lamb
WR
13.1
8.52
11.7%
4
T.J. Hockenson
TE
12.4
9.99
11.1%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Patrick Mahomes had a 28-yard touchdown pass and a 44-yard pass for lefty's Crazy Team, while Julio Jones had a 21-yard touchdown catch, contributing to a 133.18-60.30 lead for lefty's Crazy Team.
Sunday Late
There were players with big-time plays on both teams on Sunday afternoon, but after the results were tallied, lefty's Crazy Team became the proud owner of a 153.98-108.74 lead. For lefty's Crazy Team, Christian Kirk had a 56-yard touchdown catch. Ben Roethlisberger had a 42-yard pass for Dee's Wonderful Team, while CeeDee Lamb had a 20-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  lefty's Crazy Team   Dee's Wonderful Team

Game Notes

lefty's Crazy Team emerged victorious even though only four of their 10 starters exceeded their scoring projections.
Despite five of their 10 starters scoring above their points projection, Dee's Wonderful Team lost.
lefty's Crazy Team put up more points than their season scoring average (125.83) while Dee's Wonderful Team fell short of theirs (112.78).
lefty's Crazy Team put up more points than their projected total, while Dee's Wonderful Team fell short of their projection.
Not only did lefty's Crazy Team get the win, but they also easily covered the 11.86-point projected margin of victory.
lefty's Crazy Team moves to (4-1) in blowout games this year, while Dee's Wonderful Team falls to (1-2).
In a losing effort, Ben Roethlisberger scored 25.04 points, the fifth-highest score for a quarterback this week.

Coach Talk

lefty's Crazy Team
You know, the key to football is exploiting the mismatches. With some monster yardage production from our running backs, our team created a noticeable disparity this week. Our three starting backs logged 156 more total yards than the RBs of Dee's Wonderful Team (346 yards from scrimmage to 190), as we ultimately doubled up them at the position (61.6 points to 28).
Dee's Wonderful Team
Hey, our guys were just resting up for Week 10, right? The seven starting offensive skill players (three WRs, three RBs, one TE) on Dee's Wonderful Team combined to record 447 yards and just three touchdowns this past week. Our opponent's skill players stuffed the statsheet by logging 631 yards and six scores.