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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Pay the man
4-5 152.12
144.71
 
VS
proj
IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses
93.8 3-6
121.94

IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses fall to Pay the man in 152.12-93.80 runaway

IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses failed to rise to the occasion, falling short of their projected point total, as Pay the man cruised to a 152.12-93.80 victory. Pay the man grabbed a 10.6-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Joe Mixon (28 points) and the Cleveland Browns defense (24) and never relinquished it. The New England Patriots defense (6 Pts Allowed, 240 Yds Allowed, 3 Turnovers) and Justin Jefferson (11 Rush Yds, 69 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) led the way for IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses in the loss. Pay the man (4-5) will look to keep it rolling against theLADYkillers*, while IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses (3-6) face The B.O.S.S. in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Pay the man   IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 10.72 points, the Browns defense more-than-doubled that amount by scoring 24 points in a 41-16 win over the Bengals. They allowed 16 points, surrendered 348 yards, and forced 3 turnovers to beat their projection by the fifth-highest percentage of any DEF in the league this season. Next week, the Browns will battle the Patriots.
The Cleveland Browns defense

Top Player Comparison

Pay the man
Points
% of total points 152.12
1
Joe Mixon
RB
28
16.88
18.4%
2
The Cleveland Browns defense
DEF
24
10.72
15.8%
3
Robert Woods
WR
17.4
15.72
11.4%
4
Ryan Tannehill
QB
14.52
22.3
9.5%
IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses
Points
% of total points 93.8
1
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
29.4
17.71
31.3%
2
Justin Jefferson
WR
19
16.67
20.3%
3
Darrel Williams
RB
10.7
12.67
11.4%
4
Mike Gesicki
TE
9.4
14.64
10%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Justin Jefferson had a 50-yard touchdown catch for IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses, who trailed 84.50-73.90 after the early games.
Sunday Night
Matt Gay had a 54-yard field goal for Pay the man to contribute to a 152.12-93.80 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Pay the man   IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses

Game Notes

Five of the 10 starters on Pay the man scored higher than their projected point totals.
IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses had only two of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses can partially blame the loss on Tua Tagovailoa, who didn't score any points.
Pay the man put up more points than their season scoring average (138.42) while IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses fell short of theirs (144.09).
Pay the man recorded more points than their projected total, while IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses fell short of their projection.
The defeat snaps a streak of two straight wins for IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses.
Not only did Pay the man win, but they also easily covered the 22.77-point projected margin of victory.
Pay the man moves to (3-1) in blowout games this season, while IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses falls to (2-3).
For IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses, the New England Patriots defense scored 29.4 points, the highest score for a DEF this week.

Next Week Preview

IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses
Looking ahead to Week 10, 11th-place IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses (3-6) will try to bounce back against fifth-place The B.O.S.S. (5-4). IR Rule Only Covid dumbasses might need to shuffle their lineup some with Tyler Boyd and Kadarius Toney out on bye in Week 10. The B.O.S.S. won't have Brandin Cooks.
Pay the man
Next week will feature two teams moving in different directions, as Pay the man (4-5) head into the matchup on a two-game unbeaten streak, while their Week 10 opponent (theLADYkillers*, 6-3), have recorded three straight losses. Pay the man may need to rearrange the deck some with Joe Mixon and David Montgomery out on bye next week. theLADYkillers* will be without Ja'Marr Chase. Over the last three weeks, Pay the man have scored 130.03 points per game, while theLADYkillers* have averaged only 105 per contest.