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Week 11

Weekly
Grade
The Placebo Arm
4-7 90.88
84.36
 
VS
proj
The Phantom Limbs
88.46 5-6
88.22

The Placebo Arm hand The Phantom Limbs fourth straight loss in 90.88-88.46 battle

The Placebo Arm squeaked by for a 90.88-88.46 victory to hand The Phantom Limbs their fourth consecutive loss. The Phantom Limbs made a run at it on Monday night, but they came up short. The Placebo Arm led 88.88-73.96 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite 14.5 points from Cooper Kupp on Monday night for The Phantom Limbs. Ben Roethlisberger (267 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and Davante Adams (7 Rec, 106 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) led the way for The Placebo Arm in the win. The Placebo Arm (4-7) will look to add to their success against The Mad Scientist, while The Phantom Limbs (5-6) try to right the ship against An Easy W.

Matchup Timeline

  The Placebo Arm   The Phantom Limbs

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 148 yards from scrimmage against the Lions, Moore scored 14.8 points this week. His scoring output was 59.5% more than his 9.28-point projection and was higher than his 10.22-point season scoring average. Moore ranks #47 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Vikings next week.
DJ Moore

Top Player Comparison

The Placebo Arm
Points
% of total points 90.88
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
17.68
20
19.5%
2
Davante Adams
WR
16.6
14.25
18.3%
3
DJ Moore
WR
14.8
9.28
16.3%
4
A.J. Brown
WR
12.2
10.29
13.4%
The Phantom Limbs
Points
% of total points 88.46
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
22.96
17.73
26%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
17.4
11.46
19.7%
3
Cooper Kupp
WR
14.5
9.48
16.4%
4
Joey Slye
K
10
9.29
11.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were several players with big-time moments on both teams early Sunday, but it was The Placebo Arm who emerged with the lead, 66.98-24.60. Ben Roethlisberger had a 31-yard touchdown pass and a 20-yard touchdown pass for The Placebo Arm, while DJ Moore had a 52-yard catch. Meanwhile, Joey Slye had a 56-yard field goal for The Phantom Limbs, while Calvin Ridley had a 46-yard catch.
Sunday Late
Kirk Cousins had a 51-yard pass for The Phantom Limbs, who trailed 88.88-73.96 after the late afternoon games.

Points By Position

  The Placebo Arm   The Phantom Limbs

Game Notes

The Placebo Arm had five of their nine starting players score higher than their projected point totals.
The Phantom Limbs lost despite five of their nine starters scoring more than their projected points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Both teams scored higher than their projected point total.
The matchup's 2.42-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
In close games this season, The Placebo Arm moves to (1-0), while The Phantom Limbs falls to (0-1).
A bright spot in the loss, Kirk Cousins recorded 22.96 points, the fifth-best score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

The Placebo Arm
It just can't be overstated how critical tight victories like this are for the locker room. Overcoming tough obstacles and persevering in the face of adversity... we expect the The Placebo Arm team chemistry to be stronger than ever heading into Week 12.
The Phantom Limbs
With four receptions on just five targets this past week, the starting RBs for The Phantom Limbs should remind their quarterbacks to get them more involved (and dial up a screen play or two).