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Week 11

Weekly
Grade
Pit Steelers (ZS)
8-3 35
37.08
 
VS
proj
Denver Broncos
17 5-6
21.97

Denver Broncos lose to Pit Steelers (ZS) in 35-17 rout

There's no way around it, Denver Broncos underdelivered, at least according to projections, as Pit Steelers (ZS) rolled to a 35-17 victory. The matchup was over almost as soon as it started, as Pit Steelers (ZS) leapt out to a 7-point lead on Thursday behind a stellar performance from Kyler Murray, who passed for 269 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 15 yards. The Denver Broncos defense (13 Pts Allowed, 223 Yds Allowed, 1 Turnovers) and Brandon McManus (2-2 FG, 47 long, 2-2 XP) led the charge for Denver Broncos in defeat. Pit Steelers (ZS) (8-3) will look to build on their success against Phi Eagles (TS), while Denver Broncos (5-6) will face off against Cleveland Browns in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Pit Steelers (ZS)   Denver Broncos

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 4 passes for 36 yards and a touchdown against the Jaguars, Ebron scored 3 points this week. His scoring output more-than-tripled his 0.88-point projection and was much higher than his 1-point season scoring average. Ebron will face the Ravens next week.
Eric Ebron

Top Player Comparison

Pit Steelers (ZS)
Points
% of total points 35
1
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
10
7.25
28.6%
2
Justin Tucker
K
10
8.83
28.6%
3
Kyler Murray
QB
7
8.96
20%
4
Eric Ebron
TE
3
0.88
8.6%
Denver Broncos
Points
% of total points 17
1
The Denver Broncos defense
DEF
9
4.71
52.9%
2
Brandon McManus
K
8
6.93
47.1%
3
%
4
%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Eric Ebron had a 20-yard touchdown catch for Pit Steelers (ZS), while Chase Claypool had a 31-yard touchdown catch, helping Pit Steelers (ZS) to a 35-0 lead.
Sunday Late
Drew Lock had a 61-yard pass and a 41-yard pass for Denver Broncos, who trailed 35-17 after the late action.

Points By Position

  Pit Steelers (ZS)   Denver Broncos

Game Notes

Four of the eight starting players on Pit Steelers (ZS) scored higher than their projected point totals.
Denver Broncos had only two of their eight starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could've looked differently, as Pit Steelers (ZS) had one starter score zero points, while Denver Broncos had six.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The loss snaps a streak of three straight wins for Denver Broncos.
Not only did Pit Steelers (ZS) earn the W, but they also covered the 15.11-point projected margin of victory.
Pit Steelers (ZS) moves to (5-1) in blowout games this year, while Denver Broncos falls to (2-4).
A bright spot in the defeat, the Denver Broncos defense recorded 9 points, the third-highest score for a DEF this week.

Coach Talk

Pit Steelers (ZS)
You know Pit Steelers (ZS), the good news is that we took this matchup by a whopping 18 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even better than this, as our scoring average through Week 10 stood at 39.2. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also get back up to where we know we can be!
Denver Broncos
It's entirely possible that Denver Broncos could be a better GM in real football than in fantasy. Seeing just 11 total targets this past week, their three wide receivers apparently spent the majority of their games running decoy routes and blocking downfield.