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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Morning Woodhead
5-4 217.84
209.37
 
VS
proj
country roads
159.08 2-7
208.74

Morning Woodhead beat country roads for third straight win, 217.84-159.08

Morning Woodhead extended their win streak to three games with a hard-fought win over country roads, securing a 217.84-159.08 victory. Morning Woodhead never trailed in this one after taking a 10.30-point lead on Thursday behind Mike White. Matthew Stafford (294 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 13 Rush Yds) and Baker Mayfield (218 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) were the leading scorers for country roads in the loss. Morning Woodhead improve to 5-4 on the season, while country roads fall to 2-7.

Matchup Timeline

  Morning Woodhead   country roads

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 7.53 points, Parsons more-than-doubled that amount by scoring 17 points as the Cowboys lost to the Broncos 30-16. He made 10 tackles and recorded 2.5 sacks to beat his projection by the fifth-highest percentage of any LB in the league this season. In Week 10, Parsons and the Cowboys will go up against the Falcons.
Micah Parsons

Top Player Comparison

Morning Woodhead
Points
% of total points 217.84
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
47.14
34.82
21.6%
2
J.C. Jackson
CB
24.3
6.34
11.2%
3
Cordarrelle Patterson
RB
23.6
13.18
10.8%
4
Robert Woods
WR
17.4
15.87
8%
country roads
Points
% of total points 159.08
1
Matthew Stafford
QB
31.56
33.15
19.8%
2
Baker Mayfield
QB
21.72
27.55
13.7%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
17.8
19.07
11.2%
4
Anthony Walker Jr.
LB
16
7.09
10.1%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel plays on both teams early Sunday, but after the smoke cleared, Morning Woodhead emerged with a 137.24-81.92 lead. For Morning Woodhead, Cordarrelle Patterson had a 64-yard catch. Baker Mayfield made the highlight reel for country roads with a 60-yard touchdown pass.

Points By Position

  Morning Woodhead   country roads

Game Notes

Only seven of the 16 starters on Morning Woodhead exceeded their scoring projections.
country roads had only three of their 16 starters score higher than their projected points.
country roads can partially blame the loss on Zack Baun, who didn't score any points.
Morning Woodhead put up more points than their season scoring average (212.97) while country roads fell short of theirs (187.14).
Morning Woodhead put up more points than their projected total, while country roads failed to reach their projection.
Not only did Morning Woodhead earn the W, but they also covered the 0.63-point forecasted margin of victory.
A bright spot in the loss, Matthew Stafford (31.56 points) recorded the fifth-highest score for a signal-caller this week.

Coach Talk

Morning Woodhead
Three WRs, two RBs, one TE, zero TDs: The six offensive skill starters on Morning Woodhead combined to register a whopping 416 total yards. None of those starters could find his way to the end zone in Week 9.
country roads
Fortunately, country roads, this week's problem isn't exactly rocket science. Choosing to start Zack Baun in a fantasy matchup where your opposition tallied nearly 218 points... let's all just put this in the rear-view mirror and assume it's not going to happen again?