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Week 10

Weekly
Grade
Tides and Vibes
8-2 79
93.21
 
VS
proj
The Shield
56 6-4
73.1

Tides and Vibes knock off The Shield for sixth straight win in 79-56 runaway

Tides and Vibes extended their win streak to six games with an easy victory over The Shield, rolling to a 79-56 win. It didn't take long to learn who would be the frontrunner in the matchup, as Tides and Vibes jumped out to a 51-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind stellar showings from Dak Prescott (25 points) and Jonathan Taylor (18). Tyreek Hill (20 points) and Justin Jefferson (14) did everything they could for The Shield in defeat. Tides and Vibes (8-2) will look to keep it rolling against Amanda's Expert Team, while The Shield (6-4) will attempt to generate some positive momentum against DOOM.

Matchup Timeline

  Tides and Vibes   The Shield

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Colts in Week 10, Arnold scored 8 points to beat his 5.68-point projection. He caught 5 passes for 67 yards to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Tides and Vibes this week. Next week, Arnold will square off against the 49ers.
Dan Arnold

Top Player Comparison

Tides and Vibes
Points
% of total points 79
1
Dak Prescott
QB
25
24.25
31.6%
2
Jonathan Taylor
RB
18
17.21
22.8%
3
Melvin Gordon III
RB
8
8.24
10.1%
4
Dan Arnold
TE
8
5.68
10.1%
The Shield
Points
% of total points 56
1
Tyreek Hill
WR
20
12.37
35.7%
2
Justin Jefferson
WR
14
11.9
25%
3
Robbie Gould
K
9
7.81
16.1%
4
Aaron Jones
RB
8
15.36
14.3%

Matchup Highlights

Monday
Robbie Gould had a 50-yard field goal for The Shield.

Points By Position

  Tides and Vibes   The Shield

Game Notes

Tides and Vibes won despite the fact that only four of their nine starting players exceeded their projected point totals.
The Shield had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The Shield could have used points from T.Y. Hilton and Ben Roethlisberger, as both put up goose eggs.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
The defeat ends a streak of two consecutive wins for The Shield.
Not only did Tides and Vibes get the win, but they also covered the 20.11-point forecasted margin of victory.
Tides and Vibes moves to (5-1) in blowout games this year, while The Shield falls to (3-2).
For The Shield, Tyreek Hill recorded 20 points, the fourth-highest score for a wideout this week.

Coach Talk

Tides and Vibes
A big key to success in football is exploiting the mismatches. Case in point: we made that a point of emphasis by nearly tripling The Shield at running back this past week (26 points to 9).
The Shield
Well, The Shield, this week's problem was fairly easy to diagnose. Going with T.Y. Hilton and Ben Roethlisberger in a tough fantasy matchup... let's just assume it won't happen again and move on?