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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
Valley Vikings
3-4 215.13
267.97
 
VS
proj
Damage Control
207.2 4-3
220.1

Offensively challenged Valley Vikings top Damage Control in 215.13-207.20 duel

Ranking ninth in the league in points scored for the week, Valley Vikings were fortunate to earn a victory against a team that had an even worse week, narrowly earning a 215.13-207.20 victory over Damage Control. Damage Control had a chance to come from behind on Monday night, but they came up short. Valley Vikings led 207.63-178.20 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite 29 points from Roquan Smith on Monday night for Damage Control. Valley Vikings were led by Justin Herbert, who passed for 293 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 22 yards for 37.6 points, and Mecole Hardman, who racked up 60 yards from scrimmage and scored 3 touchdowns (30.83 points). Valley Vikings improve to 3-4 on the season, while Damage Control fall to 4-3.

Matchup Timeline

  Valley Vikings   Damage Control

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 13.34 points, Hardman more-than-doubled that amount by scoring 30.83 points as the Chiefs beat the 49ers 44-23. He racked up 60 yards from scrimmage and scored 3 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Valley Vikings this week. In Week 8, Hardman and the Chiefs will play the Titans.
Mecole Hardman

Top Player Comparison

Valley Vikings
Points
% of total points 215.13
1
Justin Herbert
QB
37.6
39.51
17.5%
2
Mecole Hardman
WR
30.83
13.34
14.3%
3
Derrick Henry
RB
28.65
24.81
13.3%
4
Julian Love
S
18.25
13.97
8.5%
Damage Control
Points
% of total points 207.2
1
Roquan Smith
LB
29
16.54
14%
2
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
28.55
14.29
13.8%
3
Aaron Rodgers
QB
25.75
31.31
12.4%
4
Alvin Kamara
RB
24.5
24.04
11.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Aaron Rodgers had a 21-yard touchdown pass for Damage Control, helping the team to a 92.80-79.90 lead.
Sunday Late
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays on Sunday afternoon, but it was Valley Vikings who grabbed the lead, 193.03-166.10. For Valley Vikings, Mecole Hardman had a 25-yard touchdown run. JuJu Smith-Schuster had a 45-yard touchdown catch for Damage Control, while Jerry Jeudy had a 45-yard catch.

Points By Position

  Valley Vikings   Damage Control

Game Notes

Valley Vikings got the victory even though only four of their 16 starters exceeded their projected point totals.
Damage Control had only four of their 16 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could've looked differently, as Valley Vikings had one starter score zero points, while Damage Control had two.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup featured the two lowest-scoring teams of the week.
The matchup's 7.93-point margin was the closest in the league this week.
This win concludes a three-game losing streak for Valley Vikings, while the loss breaks a four-game winning streak for Damage Control.
Valley Vikings managed to get the win, but did not cover the 47.87-point projected margin of victory.
In close games this season, Valley Vikings moves to (1-0), while Damage Control falls to (2-2).
A bright spot in the loss, Roquan Smith put up 29 points, the second-best score for a LB this week.

Coach Talk

Valley Vikings
You know Valley Vikings, the good news is that we won this matchup by nearly eight points. Even better news is that we know we're better than this, as our scoring average through Week 6 stood at 241.06. So while we're happy to have gotten this victory, let's "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Damage Control
The problem this week isn't exactly rocket science, Damage Control. Starting Marquise Brown and D'Andre Swift in what turned out to be a tight fantasy matchup... let's all move on from this and assume something like this won't be happening again.