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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Ayiuken!
4-5 167.1
151.53
 
VS
proj
Hooked on a Thielen
122.44 5-4
112.3

Ayiuken! hand Hooked on a Thielen third straight loss in 167.10-122.44 runaway

Ayiuken! rolled to a 167.10-122.44 victory to hand Hooked on a Thielen their third straight loss. Hooked on a Thielen pulled out to a 15.30-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Ayiuken! after that. They were led by Davante Adams, who caught 10 passes for 146 yards and 2 touchdowns for 36.6 points, and the New England Patriots defense, who allowed only 3 points, surrendered 121 yards, and intercepted a pass (26 points). Joe Burrow (21.14 points) and Joshua Palmer (18.6) were the leaders for Hooked on a Thielen in defeat. Ayiuken! (4-5) will look to keep it rolling against CeeDeez Nutz, while Hooked on a Thielen (5-4) will face ChaKnowIt in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Ayiuken!   Hooked on a Thielen

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Patriots defense overachieved for the third time this season, scoring 26 points against their 8.5-point projection. In a 26-3 win over the Colts, they allowed only 3 points, surrendered 121 yards, and intercepted a pass. The Patriots defense ranks #54 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Jets next week.
The New England Patriots defense

Top Player Comparison

Ayiuken!
Points
% of total points 167.1
1
Davante Adams
WR
36.6
17.94
21.9%
2
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
26
8.5
15.6%
3
Justin Jefferson
WR
25.5
22.56
15.3%
4
Kyler Murray
QB
24
26.25
14.4%
Hooked on a Thielen
Points
% of total points 122.44
1
Joe Burrow
QB
21.14
24.98
17.3%
2
Joshua Palmer
WR
18.6
12.58
15.2%
3
Nick Folk
K
17.6
8.92
14.4%
4
Darnell Mooney
WR
17.5
10.32
14.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Davante Adams had a 38-yard touchdown catch and a 25-yard touchdown catch for Ayiuken!, while Justin Jefferson had a 47-yard catch to contribute to a 134.60-101.54 lead for Ayiuken!.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 22-yard touchdown pass for Ayiuken! to contribute to a 167.10-110.54 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Ayiuken!   Hooked on a Thielen

What If

Ayiuken! would have beaten eight other teams besides Hooked on a Thielen this week.
Hooked on a Thielen would have lost to just three other teams besides Ayiuken! this week.
If Ayiuken! played Hooked on a Thielen every week this season, they'd be 5-4.
Had they played each other last week, Ayiuken! would have beaten Hooked on a Thielen 146.9-135.48.
Ayiuken! would be 5-3 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Hooked on a Thielen.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Ayiuken!, Hooked on a Thielen would be 3-5.
If Ayiuken! had played every team in the league each week, they would be 55-44.
If they played every team every week, Hooked on a Thielen would be 53-46.

Coach Talk

Ayiuken!
Wow, Ayiuken!, you put the rest of the league on notice with this blowout. Along with a 44.66-point victory, you also climbed from ninth place to seventh in the league standings!
Hooked on a Thielen
Keep your chin up, Hooked on a Thielen! Look, I've been at it long enough to know that occasionally free points can just miraculously show up out of nowhere. Then in some cases, like this week, they don't! Okay, okay; finding an extra 45 points for you in this matchup probably would've taken some extreme wizardry.