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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Piesh's Players
6-3 138.83
104.62
 
VS
proj
Rocky Mountain Bears
127.45 4-5
102.41

Piesh's Players hand Rocky Mountain Bears fourth straight loss, 138.83-127.45

Piesh's Players earned a 138.83-127.45 victory to hand Rocky Mountain Bears their fourth straight loss. Rocky Mountain Bears nabbed a 6.45-point lead on Thursday, but Piesh's Players held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Josh Allen (48.53 points) and Dalvin Cook (37.6). Patrick Mahomes (40.4 points) and A.J. Brown (19.05) led the way for Rocky Mountain Bears in the loss. This marks the first time this season Piesh's Players have gotten the best of Rocky Mountain Bears, after falling 157.52-125.23 in their last matchup. Piesh's Players (6-3) will look to rack up another W against Rocky Mountain Bears, while Rocky Mountain Bears (4-5) try to develop some positive momentum against Piesh's Players.

Matchup Timeline

  Piesh's Players   Rocky Mountain Bears

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Allen (415 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs, 14 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) scored 48.53 points against the Seahawks in Week 9. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 23.38-point projection and was much higher than his 29.92-point season scoring average. Allen ranks #4 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Cardinals next week.
Josh Allen

Top Player Comparison

Piesh's Players
Points
% of total points 138.83
1
Josh Allen
QB
48.53
23.38
35%
2
Dalvin Cook
RB
37.6
13.45
27.1%
3
Younghoe Koo
K
14
10.11
10.1%
4
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
RB
9.2
7.7
6.6%
Rocky Mountain Bears
Points
% of total points 127.45
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
40.4
25.25
31.7%
2
A.J. Brown
WR
19.05
9.5
14.9%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
16.95
11.4
13.3%
4
The Buffalo Bills defense
DEF
13
5.16
10.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were multiple players with standout plays for both teams early Sunday, but after the smoke cleared, Piesh's Players owned a 126.18-115.35 lead. Josh Allen had a 25-yard touchdown pass for Piesh's Players, while Dalvin Cook had a 70-yard touchdown run. Meanwhile, Patrick Mahomes teamed up with Travis Kelce for a 44-yard pass for Rocky Mountain Bears. Mahomes also lit up the scoreboard with a 28-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Late
Diontae Johnson had a 42-yard catch for Rocky Mountain Bears, who trailed 138.83-122.40 after the late games.

Points By Position

  Piesh's Players   Rocky Mountain Bears

Game Notes

Five of the 10 starters on Piesh's Players exceeded their projected point totals.
Rocky Mountain Bears lost despite five of their 10 starters exceeding their points projection.
Piesh's Players won despite starting Justin Jackson, who scored zero points.
Both teams put up more points than their season scoring average.
Both teams scored higher than their projected point total.
Piesh's Players ranked 1st in the league in points scored this week, while Rocky Mountain Bears ranked 4th.
The matchup's 11.38-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
Not only did Piesh's Players get the win, but they also covered the 2.21-point projected margin of victory.
In a losing effort, Patrick Mahomes recorded 40.4 points, the third-highest score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

Piesh's Players
Hey, exploiting mismatches is the key to football, right? Thanks to some monster yardage production from our running backs, our team certainly made that happen this week. Our four starting backs put up 120 more total yards than the RBs of Rocky Mountain Bears (320 yards from scrimmage to 200), and we ended up nearly tripling them at the position, 50 points to 18.
Rocky Mountain Bears
Let's take this loss as a learning opportunity and try to improve in Week 10, Rocky Mountain Bears. Read up on what the Yahoo! Fantasy Experts are saying and deploy the most-potent possible lineup next week.