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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Vandals
7-2 172
158.03
 
VS
proj
Nightmares
137.65 6-3
152.23

Vandals top Nightmares in 172.00-137.65 rout

Vandals earned a dominant win over Nightmares, rolling to a 172.00-137.65 victory. Vandals grabbed a 13.50-point lead on Thursday behind Mason Crosby (12 points) and Robert Tonyan (1.5) and never looked back. Tyreek Hill (33.1 points) and Drew Brees (32.9) did their part for Nightmares in the loss. Vandals (7-2) will look to add to their success against Team Tadlock, while Nightmares (6-3) will match up against Dirty Dogs in an effort to generate some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Vandals   Nightmares

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

McCaffrey racked up 151 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns as the Panthers lost to the Chiefs 33-31. In doing so, he put up 37.1 points to more-than-double his 18.24-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Vandals this week. In Week 10, McCaffrey and the Panthers will face the Buccaneers.
Christian McCaffrey

Top Player Comparison

Vandals
Points
% of total points 172
1
Christian McCaffrey
RB
37.1
18.24
21.6%
2
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
34.1
27.17
19.8%
3
Jerry Jeudy
WR
25.5
12.79
14.8%
4
Stefon Diggs
WR
20.8
18.87
12.1%
Nightmares
Points
% of total points 137.65
1
Tyreek Hill
WR
33.1
17.21
24%
2
Drew Brees
QB
32.9
26.54
23.9%
3
Julio Jones
WR
16.4
19.59
11.9%
4
Hayden Hurst
TE
13.2
12.21
9.6%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Mason Crosby had a 53-yard field goal for Vandals, helping to stake the team to a 13.50-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments early Sunday, but after all the points were tallied, Vandals became the proud owner of a 118.50-104.75 lead. For Vandals, Jerry Jeudy had a 20-yard touchdown catch and a 41-yard catch. Tyreek Hill had a 28-yard touchdown catch for Nightmares, while Julio Jones had a 21-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Ben Roethlisberger had a 42-yard pass for Vandals, while CeeDee Lamb had a 20-yard touchdown catch, contributing to a 172.00-104.75 lead for Vandals.
Sunday Night
Drew Brees had a 40-yard pass for Nightmares, who trailed 172.00-137.65 after Sunday night.

Points By Position

  Vandals   Nightmares

Game Notes

Six of the 11 starting players on Vandals scored higher than their projected point totals.
Nightmares had only three of their 11 starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams exceeded their season scoring average.
Vandals scored more points than their projected total, while Nightmares fell short of their projection.
Not only did Vandals win, but they also easily covered the 5.8-point projected margin of victory.
All three of the losses for Nightmares have been blowout losses.
Despite the loss, Tyreek Hill scored 33.1 points, the third-best score for a wideout this week.

Coach Talk

Vandals
Hey, football is all about finding the mismatches. With some stellar yardage production from our running backs, our team really made that happen this week. Our three starting backs outgained the RBs of Nightmares, 206 total yards to 151, and we wound up doubling up them at the position (46.6 points to 21.15).
Nightmares
Unless Nightmares wants to go full diva-mode, then "not seeing enough chances" doesn't fly as an excuse this week. As a group, our pass-catching corps (four WR, one TE) were targeted a respectable 44 times in Week 9. With only 26 total catches, that group may have some chemistry issues.