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Week 10

Weekly
Grade
Drones
5-5 81.5
90.9
 
VS
proj
Spoon
64 3-7
71.24

Drones fall short of projections, still manage to beat Spoon, 81.5-64.0

Both teams were unable to bring their A game, coming up short of their projected point totals, but Drones did enough to knock off Spoon. Predicted to prevail by a score of 90.9-71.2, Drones earned an 81.5-64.0 win over Spoon. Drones never trailed in this one after taking an 8.5-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Dalvin Cook (17 points) and Trevor Lawrence (6.5). Nick Chubb (10 points) and Brian Robinson Jr. (9) were the top performers for Spoon in the loss. Drones (5-5) will look to keep it rolling against The Klingons, while Spoon (3-7) will attempt to get back in the win column against Well Oiled Machine.

Matchup Timeline

  Drones   Spoon

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cook racked up 146 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown as the Vikings beat the Bills 33-30. In doing so, he put up 17 points and more-than-doubled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Drones this week. Next week, Cook will battle the Cowboys.
Dalvin Cook

Top Player Comparison

Drones
Points
% of total points 81.5
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
17
8.36
20.9%
2
The Philadelphia Eagles defense
DEF
14
18.75
17.2%
3
Michael Pittman Jr.
WR
8
6.73
9.8%
4
Maxx Crosby
DE
7
7
8.6%
Spoon
Points
% of total points 64
1
Nick Chubb
RB
10
10.07
15.6%
2
Brian Robinson Jr.
RB
9
3.55
14.1%
3
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
WR
8
4.64
12.5%
4
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
7
14.3
10.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments early Sunday, but after the dust settled, Drones had a 43.5-35.0 lead. For Drones, Dalvin Cook had an 81-yard touchdown run. Kirk Cousins had a 22-yard touchdown pass and a 46-yard pass for Spoon, while Nick Chubb had a 33-yard touchdown run.

Points By Position

  Drones   Spoon

Game Notes

Drones got the victory even though only four of their 12 starting players scored higher than their point projections.
Spoon had only three of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could've looked differently, as each team had a starter that failed to score.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
The matchup's 17.5-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Drones. They won, but failed to cover the 19.66-point projected margin of victory.

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