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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Very inTimidating
2-7 125
99.98
 
VS
proj
Pickles
100.14 6-3
110.09

Very inTimidating knock Pickles from 1st place in 125.00-100.14 landslide

Very inTimidating rolled to a 125.00-100.14 victory over Pickles, knocking them out of the No. 1 position in Football for Smart People. Pickles got out to a 9.50-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Very inTimidating after that. They were led by Joe Mixon (153 Rush Yds, 4 Rush TDs, 58 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Dameon Pierce (139 Rush Yds). Kenneth Walker III (109 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 20 Rec Yds) and Lamar Jackson (133 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 82 Rush Yds) led the charge for Pickles in the loss. Very inTimidating (2-7) will look to sustain their winning ways against The Foxx Force, while Pickles (6-3) face Tools On Stools in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Very inTimidating   Pickles

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Mixon overachieved for the second time this season, scoring 51.1 points against his 13.39-point projection. In a 42-21 win over the Panthers, he racked up 211 yards from scrimmage and scored 5 touchdowns. Mixon ranks #15 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Steelers next week.
Joe Mixon

Top Player Comparison

Very inTimidating
Points
% of total points 125
1
Joe Mixon
RB
51.1
13.39
40.9%
2
Dameon Pierce
RB
13.9
12.06
11.1%
3
Tyler Lockett
WR
12.7
8.24
10.2%
4
Matthew Stafford
QB
11.7
19.55
9.4%
Pickles
Points
% of total points 100.14
1
Kenneth Walker III
RB
24.9
12.18
24.9%
2
Lamar Jackson
QB
18.92
23.33
18.9%
3
Cooper Kupp
WR
18.8
13.51
18.8%
4
A.J. Brown
WR
11.9
11.66
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Greg Zuerlein had a 53-yard field goal for Very inTimidating, contributing to an 89.50-32.40 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
There were players with big-time moments for both teams on Sunday afternoon, but it was Very inTimidating who grabbed the lead, 117.90-76.10. For Very inTimidating, Matthew Stafford had a 69-yard touchdown pass. Cooper Kupp made the highlight reel for Pickles with a 69-yard touchdown catch.
Monday
Lamar Jackson had a 24-yard touchdown pass for Pickles.

Points By Position

  Very inTimidating   Pickles

Game Notes

Very inTimidating had five of their nine starters score higher than their projected point totals.
Pickles had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Very inTimidating put up more points than their season scoring average (88.62) while Pickles fell short of theirs (109.07).
Very inTimidating scored more points than their projected total, while Pickles fell short of their projection.
The win snaps a four-match winless streak for Very inTimidating, while the loss breaks a four-game winning streak for Pickles.
Very inTimidating moves to (1-1) in blowout games this season, while Pickles falls to (2-1).
On the losing side, Kenneth Walker III (24.9 points) registered the fifth-highest score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

Very inTimidating
Talk about righting the ship... The GM of Very inTimidating shrugged off their four-game losing streak by putting up a staggering 125 points this past week!
Pickles
Hey, we were just resting up for Week 10, right? The six starting offensive skill players (three WRs, two RBs, one TE) on Pickles combined to record 445 yards and just four touchdowns this past week. Our opposition's skill players made it tough on us by logging 598 yards and six scores.