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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Cleveland Browns
3-6 204.08
248.03
 
VS
proj
New York Giants
202.6 4-5
250.85

Cleveland Browns fall short of projections, come back to defeat New York Giants in 204.08-202.60 duel

Both teams were unable to bring their A game, falling short of projections, but Cleveland Browns did enough to get the best of New York Giants. Predicted to lose 250.85-248.03, Cleveland Browns staged an impressive comeback for a 204.08-202.60 victory over New York Giants. Cleveland Browns trailed 194.60-189.08 heading into Monday night, but the squad made a comeback behind Patrick Queen (11 points) and Pete Werner (4). Curtis Samuel (17.1 points) and C.J. Mosley (17) were the leading performers for New York Giants in the loss. Cleveland Browns (3-6) will look to maintain their winning ways against San Francisco 49ers, while New York Giants (4-5) will meet Green Bay Packers in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Cleveland Browns   New York Giants

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Miller (2 Tackles, 1 Sack) scored 14 points in a 20-17 lost to the Jets in Week 9. His scoring output was 45.7% more than his 9.61-point projection and was higher than his 9.89-point season scoring average. Miller ranks #1 among fantasy LBs this season and will face the Vikings next week.
Von Miller

Top Player Comparison

Cleveland Browns
Points
% of total points 204.08
1
Kenneth Walker III
RB
27.9
14.44
13.7%
2
Rashaan Evans
LB
24
18.13
11.8%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
22.6
19.74
11.1%
4
Kyler Murray
QB
19
22.51
9.3%
New York Giants
Points
% of total points 202.6
1
Curtis Samuel
WR
17.1
11.2
8.4%
2
C.J. Mosley
LB
17
18.66
8.4%
3
Keanu Neal
S
16
14.15
7.9%
4
A.J. Brown
WR
15.9
17.48
7.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel plays on both teams early Sunday, but after all the plays were accounted for, New York Giants boasted a 154.60-117.58 lead. Stefon Diggs had a 42-yard catch for Cleveland Browns, while Greg Zuerlein had a 53-yard field goal. Curtis Samuel made the highlight reel for New York Giants with a 49-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 22-yard touchdown pass for Cleveland Browns, who trailed 188.60-166.48 after the late afternoon round of games.

Points By Position

  Cleveland Browns   New York Giants

StatSmack

This wasn't even their best effort. Cleveland Browns scored less in this one (204.08) than their season average of 221.89.
New York Giants have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (3) than Cleveland Browns (1) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Cleveland Browns have outscored New York Giants at QB and TE this season.
The starters for Cleveland Browns had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for New York Giants (1).
Don't worry New York Giants, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

Coach Talk

Cleveland Browns
Listen Cleveland Browns, we're "glass half full" kind of coaches. While others may harp on the fact that our scoring's decreased a bit lately, we'll choose to spin this in a positive direction. Averaging 224.11 points through Week 8, our crew has shown it's certainly capable of outperforming the 204.08 we needed for this past week's win!
New York Giants
Don't get too down on yourself, New York Giants! Listen, we've been in this industry long enough to know that occasionally a couple extra points can just instantly appear out of the blue... and then sometimes, like in your matchup this week, they don't! Keep pushing forward and good things will eventually happen.