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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Mermen
6-3 137.44
114.37
 
VS
proj
Hot Ice!
37.78 1-8
72.29

Mermen hand Hot Ice! sixth straight loss in 137.44-37.78 drubbing

Mermen rolled to a 137.44-37.78 victory to hand Hot Ice! their sixth straight loss. Hot Ice! pulled out to a 2.20-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Mermen after that. They were led by Patrick Mahomes (35.14 points) and Travis Etienne Jr. (24.6). Jared Goff (137 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and Tyler Bass (1-2 FG, 51 long, 2-2 XP) did everything they could for Hot Ice! in the loss. Mermen (6-3) will look to maintain their winning ways against passwordistaco, while Hot Ice! (1-8) will take on House YNT in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Mermen   Hot Ice!

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Etienne Jr. overachieved for the sixth time this season, scoring 24.6 points against his 13.02-point projection. In a 27-20 win over the Raiders, he racked up 126 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns. Etienne Jr. ranks #37 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Chiefs next week.
Travis Etienne Jr.

Top Player Comparison

Mermen
Points
% of total points 137.44
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
35.14
27.2
25.6%
2
Travis Etienne Jr.
RB
24.6
13.02
17.9%
3
Tyreek Hill
WR
20.3
13.56
14.8%
4
Cooper Kupp
WR
18.8
13.51
13.7%
Hot Ice!
Points
% of total points 37.78
1
Jared Goff
QB
15.38
19.96
40.7%
2
Tyler Bass
K
7
9.68
18.5%
3
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
6
5.71
15.9%
4
Robert Tonyan
TE
2.9
5.5
7.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tyler Bass had a 51-yard field goal for Hot Ice!, who trailed 66.50-31.78 after the early games.
Sunday Late
Cooper Kupp had a 69-yard touchdown catch for Mermen to contribute to a 102.30-37.78 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Mermen   Hot Ice!

Game Notes

Most (6 of the 9) of the starters on Mermen scored higher than their projected point totals.
Hot Ice! had only one of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Hot Ice! can partially blame the loss on Nyheim Hines, who didn't score any points.
Mermen had four players score more points than the leading scorer for Hot Ice!.
Mermen put up more points than their season scoring average (113.89) while Hot Ice! fell short of theirs (64.16).
Mermen put up more points than their projected total, while Hot Ice! failed to reach their projection.
This showdown featured both the league's highest (137.44) and league's lowest (37.78) scores of the week.
The matchup's 99.66-point margin is the largest in the league this year.
The win snaps a streak of two straight losses for Mermen.
Not only did Mermen win, but they also easily covered the 42.08-point forecasted margin of victory.
Mermen moves to (5-2) in blowout games this season, while Hot Ice! falls to (0-4).

Coach Talk

Mermen
You know, the key to football is taking advantage of the mismatches. Along with doubling up Hot Ice! at QB (35.14 points to 15.38), we also utterly dominated them at WR (45.1 to 4.2).
Hot Ice!
Well, we certainly can't whine about a lack of opportunities this week, can we? As a group, our four pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) collectively saw a grand total of 19 targets in Week 9. With just 10 total receptions, that group may need to work on chemistry with their QBs.