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Week 10

Weekly
Grade
An Easy W
5-5 99.5
89.51
 
VS
proj
Layne Ducks
97.74 5-5
89.89

An Easy W beat predictions, earn win over Layne Ducks in 99.50-97.74 battle

An Easy W brought their A game, squeaking by for a 99.50-97.74 win over Layne Ducks. It wasn't nearly as close as the final score indicates, as An Easy W led 75.30-57.04 heading into the late afternoon slate on Sunday. Layne Ducks made them sweat behind Jason Sanders, who made 3 of his 4 FG attempts (14 points), and Keenan Allen, who caught 3 passes for 39 yards and a touchdown (9.9). An Easy W were led by Aaron Rodgers (26.4 points) and Marquez Valdes-Scantling (20.9). An Easy W (5-5) will look to add to their success against Minor Prophets, while Layne Ducks (5-5) attempt to right the ship against UNSTOPPABLE!.

Matchup Timeline

  An Easy W   Layne Ducks

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Taking on the Jaguars in Week 10, Valdes-Scantling caught 4 passes for 149 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 20.9 points and nearly quadrupled his scoring projection, the fifth-highest percent increase of any player in the league this season. Valdes-Scantling will battle the Colts next week.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling

Top Player Comparison

An Easy W
Points
% of total points 99.5
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
26.4
20.41
26.5%
2
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
WR
20.9
5.28
21%
3
Daniel Carlson
K
15
8.69
15.1%
4
Rob Gronkowski
TE
11.1
7.07
11.2%
Layne Ducks
Points
% of total points 97.74
1
Teddy Bridgewater
QB
20.04
18.58
20.5%
2
Nick Chubb
RB
18.6
12
19%
3
Jason Sanders
K
14
9.02
14.3%
4
J.D. McKissic
RB
10.9
8.28
11.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were multiple players with big-time moments on both teams early Sunday, after which An Easy W had a 75.30-57.04 lead. Aaron Rodgers hit Marquez Valdes-Scantling for a 78-yard touchdown pass for An Easy W. Meanwhile, Teddy Bridgewater had a 24-yard touchdown pass for Layne Ducks, while Nick Chubb had a 59-yard run.
Sunday Late
There were players with big-time moments on both teams on Sunday afternoon, after which An Easy W had a 99.50-97.74 lead. For An Easy W, Daniel Carlson had a 52-yard field goal. Jason Sanders made the highlight reel for Layne Ducks with a 50-yard field goal.

Points By Position

  An Easy W   Layne Ducks

StatSmack

An Easy W don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than Layne Ducks (2 vs 1).
An Easy W see projections as no real threat. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than Layne Ducks (0).
An Easy W are clutch masters, with more close wins than Layne Ducks (3 vs 0).
Layne Ducks have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (3) than An Easy W (1) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, An Easy W have outscored Layne Ducks at RB, WR, and K this season.
An Easy W has a higher average scoring margin (3) than Layne Ducks this season (-2).
The starters for An Easy W had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for Layne Ducks (3).
There's not much good to say about Layne Ducks this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

An Easy W
It cannot be overstated just how critical tight victories like this are for the locker room. Persevering in the face of adversity and triumphing as a tight-knit group... we expect the An Easy W team chemistry to be stronger than ever riding into Week 11.
Layne Ducks
Normally, a single missed field goal isn't any reason to worry, but talk about impeccable timing: Jason Sanders went 3-for-4 on FGs instead of 4-for-4, and Layne Ducks dropped the matchup by 1.76 points. We'll let you do the math on that one.