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Week 11

Weekly
Grade
Steelers Wheels
7-4 148.18
117.92
 
VS
proj
Team Scooter
103.94 6-5
122.09

Steelers Wheels outperform projections, earn win over Team Scooter in 148.18-103.94 beatdown

Steelers Wheels outperformed their projected point total, cruising to a 148.18-103.94 victory over Team Scooter, who fell short of projections. Steelers Wheels pulled out to an early 16.00-point lead on Thursday. Team Scooter came back to take the lead early Sunday, powered by Christian McCaffrey (21.4 points) and D'Andre Swift (21.1). Not to be deterred, Steelers Wheels pulled it together later that afternoon, as James Conner (18.4 points) and Travis Kelce (16.3) put them back in the lead for good. This marks the second time this season Steelers Wheels have gotten the best of Team Scooter, after winning 129.62-90.88 in their last matchup. Steelers Wheels (7-4) will look to add to their success against LETHAL WEAPONS 50 AUCTION 14, while Team Scooter (6-5) attempt to get some positive momentum against Ben Beast.

Matchup Timeline

  Steelers Wheels   Team Scooter

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While passing for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns and running for 90 yards against the Steelers, Herbert tallied 35.28 points this week. His scoring output was 67.5% more than his 21.06-point projection and was much higher than his 21.25-point season scoring average. Herbert ranks #6 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Broncos next week.
Justin Herbert

Top Player Comparison

Steelers Wheels
Points
% of total points 148.18
1
Justin Herbert
QB
35.28
21.06
23.8%
2
Terry McLaurin
WR
18.8
13.15
12.7%
3
James Conner
RB
18.4
14.3
12.4%
4
Adam Thielen
WR
18.2
12.12
12.3%
Team Scooter
Points
% of total points 103.94
1
Christian McCaffrey
RB
21.4
19.57
20.6%
2
D'Andre Swift
RB
21.1
14.26
20.3%
3
Brandon Aiyuk
WR
18
10.84
17.3%
4
AJ Dillon
RB
12.7
15.11
12.2%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Nick Folk had a 53-yard field goal for Steelers Wheels, helping to give the team a 16.00-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Christian McCaffrey had a 27-yard touchdown catch for Team Scooter, while D'Andre Swift had a 57-yard touchdown run to contribute to a 94.20-53.00 lead for Team Scooter.
Sunday Night
Justin Herbert had a 53-yard touchdown pass for Steelers Wheels to contribute to a 139.58-103.94 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Steelers Wheels   Team Scooter

What If

Steelers Wheels would have beaten six other teams besides Team Scooter this week.
Team Scooter would have lost to three other teams besides Steelers Wheels this week.
If Steelers Wheels played Team Scooter every week this season, they'd be 4-7.
Team Scooter would have gotten the victory over Steelers Wheels 104.84-86.9 had they played each other last week.
Steelers Wheels would be 3-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Team Scooter.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Steelers Wheels, Team Scooter would be 4-5.
If Steelers Wheels had played every team in the league each week, they would be 37-62.
If they played every team every week, Team Scooter would be 51-48.

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