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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Toxins
2-7 81.08
82.39
 
VS
proj
Captain Hindsight
76.2 1-8
106.87

Toxins hand Captain Hindsight seventh consecutive loss in 81.08-76.20 battle

Toxins narrowly earned an 81.08-76.20 victory to hand Captain Hindsight their seventh straight loss. Captain Hindsight made a run at it on Monday night, but it wasn't to be. Toxins led 74.28-60.00 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite 16.2 points from Ben Roethlisberger on Monday night for Captain Hindsight. Jonathan Taylor (172 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 28 Rec Yds) and Jalen Hurts (162 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 62 Rush Yds) won the week for Toxins in the win. Toxins (2-7) will look to earn another W against Earth-99 StL Rams, while Captain Hindsight (1-8) face off against Novaforce in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Toxins   Captain Hindsight

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Taking on the Chargers in Week 9, Hurts passed for 162 yards and a touchdown and ran for 62 yards. In doing so, he put up 16.68 points and scored 77.8% of his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Toxins this week. Next week, Hurts will battle the Broncos.
Jalen Hurts

Top Player Comparison

Toxins
Points
% of total points 81.08
1
Jonathan Taylor
RB
33
15.86
40.7%
2
Jalen Hurts
QB
16.68
21.43
20.6%
3
Robert Woods
WR
10.4
9.75
12.8%
4
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
8
10.84
9.9%
Captain Hindsight
Points
% of total points 76.2
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
16.2
16.63
21.3%
2
Josh Jacobs
RB
9.5
12.09
12.5%
3
Damien Harris
RB
9.3
11.5
12.2%
4
Darren Waller
TE
9.2
10.1
12.1%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Jonathan Taylor had a 78-yard touchdown run and a 21-yard touchdown run for Toxins, helping to give the team a 33.00-0.00 lead.
Sunday Late
Jalen Hurts had a 28-yard touchdown pass for Toxins, who trailed 60.00-55.88 after the late round of games.
Monday
Ben Roethlisberger had a 42-yard pass for Captain Hindsight.

Points By Position

  Toxins   Captain Hindsight

StatSmack

This wasn't even their best effort. Toxins scored fewer points in this one (81.08) than their season average of 91.64.
Everybody can't be a winner, especially if you're Captain Hindsight. They've dropped their last seven matchups.
We heard scoring helps you win. Captain Hindsight need some help then, averaging just 86.58 versus Toxins's 91.64.
Captain Hindsight are like tires on a highway full of nails. They've been blown out more times than Toxins (4 vs 3).
Toxins are the more resilient squad, with fewer upset losses (1) than Captain Hindsight (2).
Toxins are clutch masters, with more close wins than Captain Hindsight (1 vs 0).
Toxins should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than Captain Hindsight (4 vs 1).
Toxins have had more fantasy starters beat their projected score than Captain Hindsight (31 vs 23).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of Captain Hindsight - they’ve made more transactions (2) than Toxins (0) this week. That didn't seem to help them this time, though.
By position, Toxins have outscored Captain Hindsight at QB, RB, TE, and DEF this season.
The starters for Toxins had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for Captain Hindsight (1).
There's not much good to say about Captain Hindsight this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Next Week Preview

Captain Hindsight
Coming up in Week 10, Captain Hindsight (1-8, last-place) will look to get back in the win column against Novaforce (5-4, fifth-place). Captain Hindsight might have to shuffle their lineup a bit with Phillip Lindsay out on bye in Week 10. Novaforce will be without Brandin Cooks.
Toxins
Toxins (2-7) will take on Earth-99 StL Rams (4-5) in Week 10. Toxins may have to shuffle the deck some with Allen Robinson II, Ja'Marr Chase, and Saquon Barkley out on bye in Week 10. In terms of scoring production, these two teams have posted remarkably similar results lately. Toxins have put up 76.01 points per game over the last three weeks, while Earth-99 StL Rams have averaged 77.51 per contest over that same period.