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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Joe Montana
6-3 175.22
134.17
 
VS
proj
Mean Joe Green
117 4-5
113.11

Joe Montana knock off Mean Joe Green in 175.22-117.00 blowout

Joe Montana stepped up and exceeded their projected point total, rolling to a 175.22-117.00 victory over Mean Joe Green. Joe Montana pulled out to a 3.52-point lead on Thursday behind Jalen Hurts (18.02 points) and never let it go. Curtis Samuel (18.6 points) and Kyler Murray (17) were the top performers for Mean Joe Green in defeat. Joe Montana (6-3) will look to sustain their winning ways against Dick Butkus, while Mean Joe Green (4-5) will meet Dan the Man in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Joe Montana   Mean Joe Green

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 15.73 points, Mixon more-than-tripled that amount by scoring 54.6 points as the Bengals beat the Panthers 42-21. He racked up 211 yards from scrimmage and scored 5 touchdowns to beat his projection by the second-highest percentage of any RB in the league this season. In Week 10, Mixon and the Bengals will go up against the Steelers.
Joe Mixon

Top Player Comparison

Joe Montana
Points
% of total points 175.22
1
Joe Mixon
RB
54.6
15.73
31.2%
2
Travis Etienne Jr.
RB
25.6
15.15
14.6%
3
Allen Lazard
WR
18.7
11.69
10.7%
4
Jalen Hurts
QB
18.02
25.43
10.3%
Mean Joe Green
Points
% of total points 117
1
Curtis Samuel
WR
18.6
10.13
15.9%
2
Kyler Murray
QB
17
22.37
14.5%
3
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
16.3
10.96
13.9%
4
Dalvin Cook
RB
13.1
16.27
11.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time plays early Sunday, but after the results were tallied, Joe Montana emerged with a 132.02-75.70 lead. For Joe Montana, Allen Lazard had a 20-yard touchdown catch and a 47-yard catch. Curtis Samuel made the highlight reel for Mean Joe Green with a 49-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 22-yard touchdown pass for Mean Joe Green, who trailed 145.22-100.70 after the late afternoon round of games.
Monday
Isaiah Likely had a 24-yard touchdown catch for Joe Montana during Monday Night Football, helping to pad the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  Joe Montana   Mean Joe Green

What If

Joe Montana would have beaten every other team in the league this week.
Mean Joe Green would have lost to just three other teams besides Joe Montana this week.
If they played Mean Joe Green every week, Joe Montana would be 5-4 this season.
Last week, Mean Joe Green would have gotten the victory over Joe Montana 131.94-119.7.
Joe Montana would be 6-2 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Mean Joe Green.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Joe Montana, Mean Joe Green would be 5-3.
If Joe Montana had played every team in the league each week, they would be 75-42.
If they played every team every week, Mean Joe Green would be 63-54.

Next Week Preview

Mean Joe Green
Looking ahead to Week 10, eighth-place Mean Joe Green (4-5) will try to right the ship against 12th-place Dan the Man (2-7). Each side has a couple of bye weeks to contend with in Week 10, as James Robinson and Tyler Boyd are off for Mean Joe Green and Justice Hill and J.K. Dobbins for Dan the Man.
Joe Montana
Joe Montana (6-3) are set to go up against Dick Butkus (9-0) in Week 10. Each team will have players with byes next week, as Rhamondre Stevenson, Samaje Perine, C.J. Mosley, Jakobi Meyers, and Deatrich Wise Jr. are out for Dick Butkus and Joe Mixon, Isaiah Likely, Marlon Humphrey, and Demarcus Robinson will get the week off for Joe Montana. Over the last two weeks, Joe Montana have scored 147.46 points per game, while Dick Butkus have averaged 134.59 per contest.