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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Eli Manning Sucks
2-7 84.8
101.23
 
VS
proj
Kentucky Zombie
59.7 3-6
72.34

Eli Manning Sucks manage to defeat Kentucky Zombie 84.8-59.7 despite coming up short of expectations

Both teams were unable to rise to the occasion, but Eli Manning Sucks did enough to beat Kentucky Zombie. Predicted to win 101.2-72.3, Eli Manning Sucks emerged victorious with an 84.8-59.7 victory over Kentucky Zombie. Kentucky Zombie leapt out to a 15.9-point lead on Thursday behind A.J. Brown, who caught 4 passes for 59 yards and a touchdown. But Eli Manning Sucks held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Austin Ekeler, who racked up 71 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns for 24.1 points, and Nick Folk, who made all 4 of his FG attempts (16 points). Eli Manning Sucks improve to 2-7 on the season, while Kentucky Zombie fall to 3-6.

Matchup Timeline

  Eli Manning Sucks   Kentucky Zombie

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

With 16 points, Folk nearly doubled his 8.06-point projection as the Patriots beat the Colts 26-3. He made all 4 of his FG attempts to beat his projection by the third-highest percentage of any K in the league this season. In Week 10, Folk and the Patriots will face the Jets.
Nick Folk

Top Player Comparison

Eli Manning Sucks
Points
% of total points 84.8
1
Austin Ekeler
RB
24.1
22.47
28.4%
2
Nick Folk
K
16
8.06
18.9%
3
Justin Herbert
QB
13.1
24.67
15.4%
4
Chris Olave
WR
13.1
15.65
15.4%
Kentucky Zombie
Points
% of total points 59.7
1
Tom Brady
QB
16.2
19.52
27.1%
2
A.J. Brown
WR
15.9
17.83
26.6%
3
Dalvin Cook
RB
14.6
21.65
24.5%
4
The Indianapolis Colts defense
DEF
7
6.46
11.7%

Points By Position

  Eli Manning Sucks   Kentucky Zombie

Game Notes

Eli Manning Sucks emerged victorious despite the fact that only two of their seven starters scored higher than their point projections.
Kentucky Zombie had only one of their seven starters score higher than their projected points.
Kentucky Zombie could have used points from Darren Waller and CeeDee Lamb, as both put up goose eggs.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
Kentucky Zombie ranked 10th in the league in scoring this week, while Eli Manning Sucks ranked 7th.
The matchup's 25.1-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Eli Manning Sucks. They got the W, but failed to cover the 28.89-point projected margin of victory.

Coach Talk

Eli Manning Sucks
Listen Eli Manning Sucks, we're "glass half full" kind of coaches. While others may harp on the fact that our scoring's slipped lately, we'll choose to take the high road. Averaging 92.19 points through Week 8, our crew has shown it's more than capable of outperforming the 84.8 we needed for this past week's win!
Kentucky Zombie
There's a chance that Kentucky Zombie might be a better GM in real football than in fantasy. Accumulating just six targets combined this past week, their three starting pass-catchers (two WR, one TE) apparently spent the majority of their games blocking downfield and running decoy routes.