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Week 11

Weekly
Grade
cw's Team
8-3 246
236.01
 
VS
proj
Play With Fire
170 6-5
220.93

cw's Team top Play With Fire for fifth straight win in 246-170 rout

cw's Team extended their win streak to five games with a dominant win over Play With Fire, rolling to a 246-170 victory. Play With Fire nabbed a 59-point lead on Thursday behind impressive performances from Kyler Murray, who passed for 269 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 15 yards for 26 points, and Jordan Hicks, who made 6 tackles (18 points). But it was all cw's Team after that. They were led by Aaron Rodgers, who passed for 311 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 13 yards for 40 points, and the New York Jets defense, who allowed 34 points, surrendered 376 yards, and forced a fumble (24 points). cw's Team (8-3) will look to keep it rolling against The wtf team, while Play With Fire (6-5) take on Bro's Big Brew in an effort to develop some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  cw's Team   Play With Fire

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

With 9 points, Herndon crushed his 0.36-point projection as the Jets lost to the Chargers 34-28. He caught 2 passes for 32 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on cw's Team this week. Next week, Herndon will play the Dolphins.
Chris Herndon

Top Player Comparison

cw's Team
Points
% of total points 246
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
40
21.05
16.3%
2
The New York Jets defense
DEF
24
11.41
9.8%
3
Eric Kendricks
LB
21
33.73
8.5%
4
Tom Brady
QB
20
19.76
8.1%
Play With Fire
Points
% of total points 170
1
Kyler Murray
QB
26
25.63
15.3%
2
Daniel Sorensen
S
21
21.06
12.4%
3
Jordan Hicks
LB
18
29.76
10.6%
4
The Detroit Lions defense
DEF
14
15.87
8.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Alex Smith had a 42-yard pass for Play With Fire, helping the team to a 103-74 lead.
Sunday Late
Aaron Rodgers had a 25-yard touchdown pass and a 47-yard pass for cw's Team, while Melvin Gordon III had a 20-yard touchdown run to contribute to a 221-141 lead for cw's Team.

Points By Position

  cw's Team   Play With Fire

StatSmack

cw's Team are on fire, with victories in five straight matchups.
We heard scoring helps you win. cw's Team are doing a better job of that, averaging 258.45 versus Play With Fire's 239.55.
Play With Fire are like tires on a highway full of nails. They've been blown out more times than cw's Team (2 vs 1).
cw's Team see projections as no real threat. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than Play With Fire (0).
cw's Team should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than Play With Fire (9 vs 5).
Play With Fire have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (10) than cw's Team (0) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, cw's Team have outscored Play With Fire at QB, TE, K, DEF, and IDP this season.
cw's Team has a higher average scoring margin (33) than Play With Fire this season (29).
The starters for cw's Team had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for Play With Fire (1).
Hey Play With Fire, want to see stats that favor your team? Well, try winning for a change, and see what the numbers have to say next week!

Coach Talk

cw's Team
Hey cw's Team, the good news is that we won this matchup by an impressive 76 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even stronger than this, as our scoring average through 10 weeks was 258.9. So while we're happy to have gotten this victory, let's get back up to where we know we can be!
Play With Fire
Hey, Play With Fire, what'd your wideouts do to get written out of their teams' game plans this week? Seeing only 17 targets as a group in Week 11, our five wide receivers obviously need to get the attention of their respective QBs this week in practice.