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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Naperville Methlab
6-3 81
97.15
 
VS
proj
Six Mile Jets
65 5-4
82.01

Naperville Methlab manage to defeat Six Mile Jets 81-65

Both teams failed to rise to the occasion, coming up short of projections, but Naperville Methlab did enough to beat Six Mile Jets. Predicted to win 97-82, Naperville Methlab earned an 81-65 victory over Six Mile Jets. Naperville Methlab nabbed an early 8-point lead on Thursday. Six Mile Jets bounced back to take the lead early Sunday, powered by Teddy Bridgewater (29 points) and Tee Higgins (7). Not to be deterred, Naperville Methlab rallied later that afternoon, as Jalen Hurts (20 points) put them back in the lead for good. Naperville Methlab (6-3) will look to build on their success against Springfield Atoms, while Six Mile Jets (5-4) will attempt to right the ship against Arizona Mini Teeth.

Matchup Timeline

  Naperville Methlab   Six Mile Jets

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Gaskin scored 82.9% of his 10.86-point projection with 9 points against the Texans in Week 9. He racked up 57 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown in the 17-9 win. Gaskin ranks #81 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Ravens next week.
Myles Gaskin

Top Player Comparison

Naperville Methlab
Points
% of total points 81
1
Joe Mixon
RB
22
12.38
27.2%
2
Jalen Hurts
QB
20
26.33
24.7%
3
Michael Pittman Jr.
WR
12
9.45
14.8%
4
Myles Gaskin
RB
9
10.86
11.1%
Six Mile Jets
Points
% of total points 65
1
Teddy Bridgewater
QB
29
23.52
44.6%
2
Tee Higgins
WR
7
8.1
10.8%
3
Austin Ekeler
RB
7
15.21
10.8%
4
Kyle Pitts
TE
6
7.58
9.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Teddy Bridgewater had a 44-yard touchdown pass and a 40-yard pass for Six Mile Jets to contribute to a 52-51 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Jalen Hurts had a 28-yard touchdown pass for Naperville Methlab, helping the team to a 71-65 lead.

Points By Position

  Naperville Methlab   Six Mile Jets

Game Notes

Naperville Methlab emerged victorious despite the fact that only three of their nine starters exceeded their scoring projections.
Six Mile Jets had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Naperville Methlab won despite starting Greg Zuerlein, who scored zero points.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Both teams scored below their projected point total.
The defeat concludes a streak of two consecutive wins for Six Mile Jets.
Not only did Naperville Methlab earn the win, but they also covered the 15.14-point forecasted margin of victory.
In a losing effort, Teddy Bridgewater (29 points) registered the fourth-highest score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

Naperville Methlab
Hey, football is all about taking advantage of the mismatches. Case in point: we made that a point of emphasis by doubling up Six Mile Jets at running back this past week (31 points to 13).
Six Mile Jets
Hey now, talk about old-school ground n' pound: The starting RBs for Six Mile Jets collectively recorded just three targets this past week. Get those offensive coordinators to draw up a screen play or two in Week 10!