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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
PIRATES
7-2 103
114.2
 
VS
proj
Saddlers
92.1 6-3
103.18

Saddlers fall to PIRATES, 103.0-92.1

There's no easy way to say it, Saddlers underdelivered, at least based on projections, as PIRATES emerged victorious with a 103.0-92.1 victory. Saddlers grabbed a 17.3-point lead on Thursday, but PIRATES held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Josh Allen, who passed for 205 yards and ran for 86 yards and 2 touchdowns for 26.8 points, and Rhamondre Stevenson, who ran for 60 yards (13 points). Kyler Murray (175 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 60 Rush Yds) and Cooper Kupp (8 Rec, 127 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) did everything they could for Saddlers in the loss. PIRATES improve to 7-2 on the season, while Saddlers fall to 6-3.

Matchup Timeline

  PIRATES   Saddlers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 10.74 points, Stevenson scored 21% more than that amount by scoring 13 points as the Patriots beat the Colts 26-3. He ran for 60 yards to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on PIRATES this week. Next week, Stevenson will square off against the Jets.
Rhamondre Stevenson

Top Player Comparison

PIRATES
Points
% of total points 103
1
Josh Allen
QB
26.8
26.06
26%
2
Rhamondre Stevenson
RB
13
10.74
12.6%
3
Tyler Lockett
WR
12.7
8.24
12.3%
4
A.J. Brown
WR
11.9
11.66
11.6%
Saddlers
Points
% of total points 92.1
1
Kyler Murray
QB
19
22.51
20.6%
2
Cooper Kupp
WR
18.8
13.51
20.4%
3
Miles Sanders
RB
15.3
11.36
16.6%
4
Dameon Pierce
RB
13.9
12.06
15.1%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with standout plays early Sunday, but it was PIRATES who grabbed the lead, 79.7-51.3. Josh Allen hit Stefon Diggs for a 42-yard pass for PIRATES. Allen also lit up the scoreboard with a 36-yard touchdown run. Tyler Bass made the highlight reel for Saddlers with a 51-yard field goal.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 22-yard touchdown pass for Saddlers, while Cooper Kupp had a 69-yard touchdown catch for the team, who trailed 92.4-89.1 after the late round of games.

Points By Position

  PIRATES   Saddlers

Game Notes

Only four of the nine starters on PIRATES scored more than their projected point totals.
Saddlers had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
The matchup's 10.9-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
The experts were right on the money with this one. The projected margin of victory entering the match was 11.02, and PIRATES covered by 10.9.
In a losing effort, Kyler Murray scored 19 points, the fifth-best score for a signal-caller this week.

Coach Talk

PIRATES
You know PIRATES, the good news is that we took this matchup by nearly 11 points. The *even better* news is that we know we're better than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through eight weeks was 116.08. So while we're happy to have earned this victory, let's get back up to where we know we can be!
Saddlers
Hey now, talk about under-utilized. As a group, the starting RBs for Saddlers did not receive a single target in the passing game this past week. Get those quarterbacks to check down a little more often in Week 10!