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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Legion of BOOM
5-4 162.27
133.13
 
VS
proj
VACHout
87.66 4-5
116.96

Legion of BOOM beat predictions, defeat VACHout in 162.27-87.66 rout

Legion of BOOM outperformed expectations, cruising to a 162.27-87.66 victory over VACHout, who fell short of projections. VACHout nabbed a 10.44-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Legion of BOOM after that. They were led by Dalvin Cook, who racked up 252 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns for 48.17 points, and Deshaun Watson, who passed for 281 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 50 yards (27.28 points). Justin Herbert (326 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 24 Rush Yds) and Curtis Samuel (13 Rush Yds, 105 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) led the way for VACHout in the loss. Legion of BOOM improve to 5-4 on the season, while VACHout fall to 4-5.

Matchup Timeline

  Legion of BOOM   VACHout

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Ravens defense allowed only 10 points, surrendered 339 yards, and forced 2 turnovers in a 24-10 win over the Colts. In doing so, they put up 15.5 points to nearly double their 8.07-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Legion of BOOM this week. The Ravens will battle the Patriots next week.
The Baltimore Ravens defense

Top Player Comparison

Legion of BOOM
Points
% of total points 162.27
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
48.17
24.73
29.7%
2
Deshaun Watson
QB
27.28
24.34
16.8%
3
Terry McLaurin
WR
20.67
14.27
12.7%
4
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
18.2
11.02
11.2%
VACHout
Points
% of total points 87.66
1
Justin Herbert
QB
26.8
25.86
30.6%
2
Curtis Samuel
WR
24.05
7.53
27.4%
3
Harrison Butker
K
9
10.01
10.3%
4
Darnell Mooney
WR
7.87
7.88
9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel plays on both teams early Sunday, after which Legion of BOOM became the proud owner of a 124.22-55.86 lead. Deshaun Watson had a 77-yard touchdown pass and a 57-yard touchdown pass for Legion of BOOM, while Dalvin Cook had a 70-yard touchdown run. Harrison Butker made the highlight reel for VACHout with a 55-yard field goal.
Sunday Late
Justin Herbert had a 27-yard touchdown pass and a 50-yard pass for VACHout, who trailed 142.42-87.66 after the late afternoon round of games.

Points By Position

  Legion of BOOM   VACHout

What If

Legion of BOOM would have beaten every other team in the league this week.
VACHout would have lost to eight other teams besides Legion of BOOM this week.
If Legion of BOOM played VACHout every week this season, they'd be 6-3.
Legion of BOOM would have beaten VACHout 150.18-115.48 had they played each other last week.
Legion of BOOM would be 7-1 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as VACHout.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Legion of BOOM, VACHout would be 4-4.
If Legion of BOOM had played every team in the league each week, they would be 76-23.
If they played every team every week, VACHout would be 48-51.

Coach Talk

Legion of BOOM
Hey, the key to football is uncovering the mismatches, right? We made that a point of emphasis by utterly dominating VACHout at running back this past week (66.02 points to 3.97).
VACHout
Registering only a couple of targets this past week, it appears that the starting RBs for VACHout should investigate why their quarterbacks are giving them the cold shoulder.