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Week 6

Weekly
Grade
Naperville Endgame
3-3 72
95.32
 
VS
proj
Melonville LaRues
68 3-3
87.74

Naperville Endgame come up short of projections, come back to defeat Melonville LaRues in 72-68 cliff-hanger

Both teams failed to rise to the occasion, but Naperville Endgame did enough to beat Melonville LaRues, coming from behind for a 72-68 win. Despite trailing 68-62 heading into Monday night, Naperville Endgame made a run behind Brandon McManus (9 points) and Mike Williams (1). Lamar Jackson (19 points) and Ezekiel Elliott (14) were the leaders for Melonville LaRues in the loss. Naperville Endgame (3-3) will look to maintain their winning ways against Butler Jets, while Melonville LaRues (3-3) will face Throw up the X in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Naperville Endgame   Melonville LaRues

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While allowing 16 points, surrendering 458 yards, and forcing 3 turnovers against the Dolphins, the Vikings defense recorded 7 points this week. Their scoring output more-than-doubled their 3.24-point projection and was much higher than their 4.33-point season scoring average. The Vikings defense ranks #10 among fantasy DEFs this season and will face the Cardinals next week.
The Minnesota Vikings defense

Top Player Comparison

Naperville Endgame
Points
% of total points 72
1
Jalen Hurts
QB
21
29.19
29.2%
2
Joe Mixon
RB
12
13.6
16.7%
3
Devin Singletary
RB
10
8
13.9%
4
Brandon McManus
K
9
5.52
12.5%
Melonville LaRues
Points
% of total points 68
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
19
29.3
27.9%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
14
8.57
20.6%
3
Gabe Davis
WR
13
8.27
19.1%
4
A.J. Brown
WR
12
10.25
17.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Gabe Davis had a 34-yard touchdown catch for Melonville LaRues to contribute to a 42-41 lead for the team.
Monday
Brandon McManus had a 51-yard field goal for Naperville Endgame during Monday Night Football, helping propel the team to the win.

Points By Position

  Naperville Endgame   Melonville LaRues

Game Notes

Naperville Endgame got the W even though only three of their nine starting players scored higher than their projected point totals.
Melonville LaRues had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Melonville LaRues could have used points from Jeff Wilson Jr. and the Jacksonville Jaguars defense, as both put up goose eggs.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup's 4-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
The loss ends a streak of three consecutive wins for Melonville LaRues.
Naperville Endgame managed to get the win, but failed to cover the 7.58-point projected margin of victory.
In close games this season, Naperville Endgame moves to (1-0), while Melonville LaRues falls to (1-2).

Coach Talk

Naperville Endgame
Hey Naperville Endgame, the good news is that we won this matchup by 4 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even stronger than this, as our scoring average through five weeks was 82.8. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Melonville LaRues
Welp, we certainly can't whine about a shortage of opportunities this time, can we? Our pass-catching corps (three WR and one TE) collectively received a hearty 21 targets in Week 6. With only 10 total catches, that group may be showing signs of chemistry issues.