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Week 11

Weekly
Grade
IllegalALIENs
9-2 126.48
95.99
 
VS
proj
Eat it!
78.8 5-6
91.82

IllegalALIENs beat Eat it! for seventh straight win in 126.48-78.80 romp

IllegalALIENs extended their win streak to seven games with a dominant win over Eat it!, cruising to a 126.48-78.80 victory. There wasn't much drama in the matchup, as IllegalALIENs jumped out to a 34.66-point lead on Thursday behind impressive showings from Derrick Henry and Dontrell Hilliard. Henry racked up 136 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown for 26.36 points, while Hilliard caught one pass for 14 yards and a touchdown (8.3 points). George Pickens (4 Rec, 83 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Christian McCaffrey (39 Rush Yds, 67 Rec Yds) carried the flag for Eat it! in defeat. IllegalALIENs (9-2) will look to notch another win against SIXBURGH, while Eat it! (5-6) will match up against LoKCed & Loaded in an effort to generate some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  IllegalALIENs   Eat it!

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

With 21 points, the Patriots defense nearly doubled their 10.88-point projection in a 10-3 win over the Jets. They allowed only 3 points and gave up 103 yards to beat their projection by the highest percentage of any player on IllegalALIENs this week. Next week, the Patriots will play the Vikings.
The New England Patriots defense

Top Player Comparison

IllegalALIENs
Points
% of total points 126.48
1
Derrick Henry
RB
26.36
17.79
20.8%
2
Justin Fields
QB
23.62
20.2
18.7%
3
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
21
10.88
16.6%
4
Daniel Carlson
K
14
8.16
11.1%
Eat it!
Points
% of total points 78.8
1
George Pickens
WR
16.3
8.49
20.7%
2
Christian McCaffrey
RB
14.1
15.28
17.9%
3
James Conner
RB
12.4
13.06
15.7%
4
Juwan Johnson
TE
12.2
5.85
15.5%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Derrick Henry had a 42-yard catch for IllegalALIENs to contribute to a 34.66-0.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Both teams had players with standout plays on Sunday afternoon, but after the scoring was completed, IllegalALIENs had a 126.48-47.50 lead. For IllegalALIENs, Daniel Carlson had a 57-yard field goal and a 52-yard field goal. George Pickens made the highlight reel for Eat it! with a 24-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  IllegalALIENs   Eat it!

Game Notes

Most (7 of the 9) of the starters on IllegalALIENs exceeded their projected point totals.
Eat it! had only four of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Derrick Henry, Justin Fields, and the New England Patriots defense all scored more points than George Pickens, the leading scorer for Eat it!.
IllegalALIENs put up more points than their season scoring average (118.55) while Eat it! fell short of theirs (101.83).
IllegalALIENs put up more points than their projected total, while Eat it! failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 47.68-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
The loss ends a streak of three consecutive wins for Eat it!.
Not only did IllegalALIENs earn the win, but they also easily covered the 4.17-point projected margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, IllegalALIENs moves to (4-0), while Eat it! falls to (0-3).

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