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Week 10

Weekly
Grade
A Michael's Team
3-6 121.4
111.71
 
VS
proj
Amazeballs
80.92 2-7
107.3

A Michael's Team hand Amazeballs third straight loss in 121.40-80.92 drubbing

A Michael's Team cruised to a 121.40-80.92 win to hand Amazeballs their third consecutive loss. It didn't take long to learn who would have the advantage in this one, as A Michael's Team leapt out to a 35.76-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind 36.36 points from Jonathan Taylor (116 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 10 Rec Yds) and Ezekiel Elliott (41 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 15 Rec Yds). Matthew Stafford (243 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD) and Christian McCaffrey (95 Rush Yds, 66 Rec Yds) led the way for Amazeballs in defeat. This marks the second time this season A Michael's Team have knocked off Amazeballs, after winning 127.72-98.52 in their last matchup. A Michael's Team improve to 3-6 on the season, while Amazeballs fall to 2-7.

Matchup Timeline

  A Michael's Team   Amazeballs

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While allowing only 10 points, surrendering 278 yards, and intercepting 2 passes against the Rams, the 49ers defense put up 16 points this week. Their scoring output nearly tripled their 5.34-point projection and was much higher than their 4.67-point season scoring average. The 49ers defense ranks #10 among fantasy DEFs this season and will face the Jaguars next week.
The San Francisco 49ers defense

Top Player Comparison

A Michael's Team
Points
% of total points 121.4
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
56.24
35.01
46.3%
2
Jonathan Taylor
RB
18.6
17.55
15.3%
3
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
17.76
15.71
14.6%
4
The San Francisco 49ers defense
DEF
16
5.34
13.2%
Amazeballs
Points
% of total points 80.92
1
Matthew Stafford
QB
16.82
26.61
20.8%
2
Christian McCaffrey
RB
16.1
17.16
19.9%
3
Cooper Kupp
WR
12.2
14.39
15.1%
4
Travis Kelce
TE
11.9
12.31
14.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Night
Patrick Mahomes had a 38-yard touchdown pass and a 22-yard touchdown pass for A Michael's Team to contribute to a 105.40-51.90 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  A Michael's Team   Amazeballs

StatSmack

One's a data point, Two's a trend. In their two matchup wins against Amazeballs, A Michael's Team averaged more points (124.56) than they usually score (101).
Amazeballs are making their mark - in the loss column that is. They've dropped their last three matchups.
You won't win many weeks if you leave points on the bench. A Michael's Team has left fewer points on the bench this season (459.64) than Amazeballs (558.04).
A Michael's Team are the more resilient squad, with fewer upset losses (0) than Amazeballs (1).
A Michael's Team should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than Amazeballs (3 vs 2).
A Michael's Team have had more fantasy starters beat their projection than Amazeballs (30 vs 24).
By position, A Michael's Team have outscored Amazeballs at QB, RB, and K this season.
The starters for A Michael's Team had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for Amazeballs (0).
There's not much good to say about Amazeballs this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

A Michael's Team
Hey, creating mismatches is the key to football, right? Fueled by an awesome outing by Patrick Mahomes, we tripled Amazeballs at the quarterback position this past week (56.24 points to 16.82). Mahomes orchestrated a big victory over the Raiders, hitting 35 of 50 passes for 406 yards and five TDs.
Amazeballs
The problem in Week 10 isn't exactly rocket science, Amazeballs. Choosing to start Greg Zuerlein in a tough fantasy matchup... let's all just put this behind us and move on.