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Week 10

Weekly
Grade
Closet of Hope-fuls
7-3 99.62
108.18
 
VS
proj
Up where we belong
81.24 4-6
106.93

Closet of Hope-fuls hand Up where we belong third consecutive loss, 99.62-81.24

Closet of Hope-fuls secured a 99.62-81.24 win to hand Up where we belong their third consecutive loss. Closet of Hope-fuls never trailed in this one after nabbing a 12.30-point lead on Thursday behind Mark Andrews. Derek Carr (261 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 18 Rush Yds) and D'Ernest Johnson (99 Rush Yds, 58 Rec Yds) carried the flag for Up where we belong in the loss. Closet of Hope-fuls improve to 7-3 on the season, while Up where we belong fall to 4-6.

Matchup Timeline

  Closet of Hope-fuls   Up where we belong

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Carter racked up 82 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown as the Jets lost to the Bills 45-17. In doing so, he put up 14.2 points and scored 41.4% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Closet of Hope-fuls this week. Carter will battle the Dolphins next week.
Michael Carter

Top Player Comparison

Closet of Hope-fuls
Points
% of total points 99.62
1
Michael Carter
RB
14.2
10.04
14.3%
2
Justin Jefferson
WR
13.9
12
14%
3
Najee Harris
RB
13.3
16.99
13.4%
4
Mark Andrews
TE
12.3
9.64
12.3%
Up where we belong
Points
% of total points 81.24
1
Derek Carr
QB
19.24
19.21
23.7%
2
D'Ernest Johnson
RB
15.7
13.13
19.3%
3
James Robinson
RB
14.4
11.48
17.7%
4
Travis Kelce
TE
11.9
12.37
14.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Night
Derek Carr had a 37-yard touchdown pass for Up where we belong, who trailed 83.80-81.24 after Sunday Night Football.

Points By Position

  Closet of Hope-fuls   Up where we belong

Game Notes

Closet of Hope-fuls got the victory even though only four of their nine starters scored higher than their point projections.
Up where we belong had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The three highest scorers for Up where we belong scored more points than Michael Carter, the leading scorer for Closet of Hope-fuls.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
Not only did Closet of Hope-fuls win, but they also covered the 1.25-point projected margin of victory.
For Up where we belong, Derek Carr (19.24 points) recorded the fourth-highest score for a quarterback this week.

Coach Talk

Closet of Hope-fuls
You know Closet of Hope-fuls, the good news is that we won this matchup by over 18 points. Even better news is that we've proven we're stronger than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through nine weeks was 108.15. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also get back up to where we know we can be!
Up where we belong
Up where we belong will find it tough to complain about lack of opportunity this past week. As a group, our pass-catching corps (three WR, one TE) collectively saw a grand total of 24 targets in Week 10. Those players should participate in some additional timing drills with their QBs, considering they notched just 14 receptions.