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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
New York Giants
2-7 147.58
142.67
 
VS
proj
Chicago Bears
127.5 0-9
160.32

Offensively challenged New York Giants top Chicago Bears, 147.58-127.50

Despite ranking only 17th in the league in points scored for the week, New York Giants secured a 147.58-127.50 victory over Chicago Bears. New York Giants never trailed in this one after grabbing a 22.20-point lead on Thursday behind Marquez Valdes-Scantling (19.3 points) and Adrian Amos (5). Nick Foles (335 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and Darius Leonard (15 Tackles) were the leaders for Chicago Bears in the loss. New York Giants (2-7) will look to keep it rolling against Jacksonville JAGUARS, while Chicago Bears (0-9) face Green Bay Packers in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  New York Giants   Chicago Bears

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Valdes-Scantling overachieved for the third time this season, scoring 19.3 points against his 4.82-point projection. In a 34-17 win over the 49ers, he caught 2 passes for 53 yards and 2 touchdowns. Valdes-Scantling will face the Jaguars next week.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling

Top Player Comparison

New York Giants
Points
% of total points 147.58
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
38.88
27.94
26.3%
2
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
WR
19.3
4.82
13.1%
3
Tyler Bass
K
14
7.06
9.5%
4
Zach Pascal
WR
10.5
10.35
7.1%
Chicago Bears
Points
% of total points 127.5
1
Nick Foles
QB
25.6
18.03
20.1%
2
Darius Leonard
LB
16
15.13
12.5%
3
Devontae Booker
RB
12.8
3.68
10%
4
Jerry Hughes
DE
11
4.56
8.6%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Marquez Valdes-Scantling had a 52-yard touchdown catch for New York Giants, helping to stake the team to a 26.20-4.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Patrick Mahomes had a 28-yard touchdown pass and a 44-yard pass for New York Giants, helping the team to a 133.28-91.80 lead.
Sunday Late
Devontae Booker had a 23-yard touchdown run for Chicago Bears, who trailed 141.28-115.00 after the late round of games.

Points By Position

  New York Giants   Chicago Bears

StatSmack

They weren't even trying all that hard. New York Giants scored fewer points in this one (147.58) than their season average of 156.85.
Chicago Bears are making their mark - in the loss column that is. They've dropped their last nine matchups.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. New York Giants (2-7) have a better record than Chicago Bears (0-9).
Once New York Giants put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than Chicago Bears (1 vs 0).
New York Giants see projections as no real threat. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than Chicago Bears (0).
New York Giants are better at closing games out, with fewer close losses than Chicago Bears (0 vs 1).
New York Giants should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than Chicago Bears (5 vs 1).
By position, New York Giants have outscored Chicago Bears at QB, WR, and DEF this season.
The starters for New York Giants had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for Chicago Bears (1).
There's not much good to say about Chicago Bears this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

New York Giants
You know New York Giants, the good news is that we took this matchup by over 20 points. The *even better* news is that we know we're stronger than this, as our scoring average through eight weeks was 157.63. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Chicago Bears
It's entirely possible that Chicago Bears could be a better talent scout in real football than in fantasy. Accumulating just 19 targets as a group this past week, their seven starting pass-catchers (four WR, three TE) apparently made most of their contributions by blocking downfield and running decoy routes.