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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
SouthPaw Shark
7-2 102.75
115.81
 
VS
proj
Music City Madman
90.47 5-4
95.83

SouthPaw Shark fall short of projections, still manage to defeat Music City Madman, 102.75-90.47

There's no easy way to put it, SouthPaw Shark underperformed, at least compared to projections. Still, they earned a 102.75-90.47 victory over Music City Madman. SouthPaw Shark earned an early 11.98-point lead on Thursday. Music City Madman came back to take the lead during the late slate on Sunday, powered by the Seattle Seahawks defense (8 points). Not to be deterred, SouthPaw Shark rallied later that night, as Travis Kelce (15.3 points) put them back on top for good. SouthPaw Shark (7-2) will look to rack up another win against Slobberknocker, while Music City Madman (5-4) meet Skyy's the Limit in an effort to develop some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  SouthPaw Shark   Music City Madman

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Ekeler scored 20.55 points against the Falcons in Week 9 to beat his 14.55-point projection. He racked up 71 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on SouthPaw Shark this week. Ekeler will go up against the 49ers next week.
Austin Ekeler

Top Player Comparison

SouthPaw Shark
Points
% of total points 102.75
1
Austin Ekeler
RB
20.55
14.55
20%
2
Joe Burrow
QB
16.57
17.97
16.1%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
15.3
15.64
14.9%
4
Davis Mills
QB
11.98
9.59
11.7%
Music City Madman
Points
% of total points 90.47
1
Tua Tagovailoa
QB
24.04
16.13
26.6%
2
Derek Carr
QB
17.18
14.67
19%
3
Nick Folk
K
14
7.94
15.5%
4
The Seattle Seahawks defense
DEF
8
4.35
8.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Derek Carr had a 38-yard touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown pass for Music City Madman, who trailed 78.45-74.42 after the early slate.

Points By Position

  SouthPaw Shark   Music City Madman

What If

SouthPaw Shark would have beaten seven other teams besides Music City Madman this week.
Music City Madman would have lost to seven other teams besides SouthPaw Shark this week.
SouthPaw Shark would be 7-2 if they played Music City Madman every week.
Last week, Music City Madman would have gotten the win over SouthPaw Shark 147.69-93.28.
SouthPaw Shark would be 4-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Music City Madman.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as SouthPaw Shark, Music City Madman would be 3-5.
If SouthPaw Shark had played every team in the league each week, they would be 70-29.
If they played every team every week, Music City Madman would be 47-52.

Coach Talk

SouthPaw Shark
The key to success in football is creating mismatches. With good numbers from our ball-carriers, our team definitely made that a point of emphasis this past week. We tripled Music City Madman up at the running back spot (24.9 points to 8.05). Austin Ekeler had 71 total yards and two TDs, while Antonio Gibson chipped in with 47 yards.
Music City Madman
Hey, we were just resting up for Week 10, right? The six offensive skill starters (three WRs, two RBs, one TE) on Music City Madman combined to record 205 yards and no touchdowns this past week. The skill players on SouthPaw Shark definitely outperformed us by logging 384 yards and two scores.