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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
A Taste of the Herb
3-6 156.74
132.24
 
VS
proj
GloriouslyVictorious
140.5 5-4
121.45

A Taste of the Herb hand GloriouslyVictorious fourth straight loss, 156.74-140.50

A Taste of the Herb emerged victorious with a 156.74-140.50 victory to hand GloriouslyVictorious their fourth consecutive loss. A Taste of the Herb nabbed a 38.50-point lead on Thursday behind impressive efforts from Davante Adams (10 Rec, 173 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Tyler Ervin (24 Rush Yds, 48 Rec Yds) and never looked back. Ben Roethlisberger (306 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) and Jake Luton (304 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 13 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) led the way for GloriouslyVictorious in the loss. A Taste of the Herb improve to 3-6 on the season, while GloriouslyVictorious fall to 5-4.

Matchup Timeline

  A Taste of the Herb   GloriouslyVictorious

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Titans defense allowed 17 points, surrendered 375 yards, and forced 2 fumbles in a 24-17 win over the Bears. In doing so, they put up 14 points and nearly doubled their scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on A Taste of the Herb this week. The Titans will battle the Colts next week.
The Tennessee Titans defense

Top Player Comparison

A Taste of the Herb
Points
% of total points 156.74
1
Davante Adams
WR
29.3
17.06
18.7%
2
Justin Herbert
QB
22.44
21.19
14.3%
3
Terry McLaurin
WR
21
14
13.4%
4
Keenan Allen
WR
20.8
15.25
13.3%
GloriouslyVictorious
Points
% of total points 140.5
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
26.04
17.97
18.5%
2
Jake Luton
QB
21.46
10.84
15.3%
3
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
18.3
10.76
13%
4
James Robinson
RB
15.9
14.67
11.3%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Davante Adams had a 36-yard touchdown catch and a 49-yard catch for A Taste of the Herb, contributing to a 38.50-0.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Both teams had several players with big-time moments early Sunday, after which A Taste of the Herb became the proud owner of an 89.30-80.86 lead. Terry McLaurin had a 68-yard touchdown catch for A Taste of the Herb, while Brandin Cooks had a 57-yard touchdown catch. Meanwhile, Jake Luton had a 73-yard touchdown pass for GloriouslyVictorious, while Harrison Butker had a 55-yard field goal.
Sunday Late
Both teams had players with big-time moments on Sunday afternoon, but after all the points were tallied, A Taste of the Herb became the proud owner of a 153.44-135.90 lead. Justin Herbert teamed up with Keenan Allen for a 27-yard touchdown pass for A Taste of the Herb. Herbert also lit up the scoreboard with a 50-yard pass. Ben Roethlisberger made the highlight reel for GloriouslyVictorious with a 42-yard pass.

Points By Position

  A Taste of the Herb   GloriouslyVictorious

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. A Taste of the Herb scored more points in this one (156.74) than their season average (138.86).
GloriouslyVictorious would be doing great, if the goal was to lose. They've dropped their last four matchups.
By position, A Taste of the Herb have outscored GloriouslyVictorious at WR and DEF this season.
The starters for A Taste of the Herb had more big plays in their NFL games this week (8) than the starters for GloriouslyVictorious (3).
Don't worry GloriouslyVictorious, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

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