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Week 10

Weekly
Grade
Cooking with Defense
6-4 169.64
210.04
 
VS
proj
TeamBrickLesnar
71.6 5-5
75.1

Cooking with Defense knock off TeamBrickLesnar in 169.64-71.60 rout

Despite similar records, Cooking with Defense held a big season point advantage over TeamBrickLesnar coming into this one (1,882-1,201), and they lived up to their reputation with an easy victory, cruising to a 169.64-71.60 win. Cooking with Defense grabbed a 6.70-point lead on Thursday behind Corey Davis and never looked back. D'Andre Swift (20.9 points) and DJ Moore (16.6) led the charge for TeamBrickLesnar in defeat. Cooking with Defense (6-4) will look to notch another W against Manager-less Team, while TeamBrickLesnar (5-5) attempt to generate some positive momentum against Thats Weird.

Matchup Timeline

  Cooking with Defense   TeamBrickLesnar

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Goodson made 7 tackles as the Browns beat the Texans 10-7. In doing so, he put up 6 points and more-than-doubled his scoring projection, the fifth-highest percent increase of any LB in the league this season. Next week, Goodson will play the Eagles.
B.J. Goodson

Top Player Comparison

Cooking with Defense
Points
% of total points 169.64
1
Kyler Murray
QB
42.9
43.27
25.3%
2
Teddy Bridgewater
QB
34.04
32.32
20.1%
3
Demario Davis
LB
11
7.55
6.5%
4
Aaron Jones
RB
8.5
16.14
5%
TeamBrickLesnar
Points
% of total points 71.6
1
D'Andre Swift
RB
20.9
9.31
29.2%
2
DJ Moore
WR
16.6
9.58
23.2%
3
Davante Adams
WR
10.6
13.74
14.8%
4
Melvin Gordon III
RB
4.6
8.04
6.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays early Sunday, after which Cooking with Defense owned an 85.24-48.10 lead. For Cooking with Defense, Teddy Bridgewater had a 24-yard touchdown pass. DJ Moore made the highlight reel for TeamBrickLesnar with a 24-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 43-yard touchdown pass for Cooking with Defense, contributing to a 156.74-68.10 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Cooking with Defense   TeamBrickLesnar

Game Notes

Cooking with Defense won even though only five of their 19 starters scored higher than their projected point totals.
TeamBrickLesnar had only four of their 19 starters score higher than their projected points.
Was TeamBrickLesnar even trying this week? They started nine players who scored zero points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
Cooking with Defense managed to get the win, but did not cover the 134.94-point projected margin of victory.
All six of the wins for Cooking with Defense have been blowout wins.
Despite the loss, D'Andre Swift (20.9 points) registered the third-highest score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

Cooking with Defense
Listen Cooking with Defense, the good news is that we took this matchup by over 98 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even better than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through nine weeks was 190.22. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
TeamBrickLesnar
The problem in Week 10 is pretty easy to spot, TeamBrickLesnar. Starting several zero-point players in a fantasy matchup where your opposition tallied 169.64 points... let's aim to play with a full deck of cards next time.