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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
mark's Breathtaking Team
5-4 107.3
107.66
 
VS
proj
Cowboyz4Life
99.46 3-6
80.14

mark's Breathtaking Team top Cowboyz4Life for third straight win, 107.30-99.46

mark's Breathtaking Team extended their win streak to three games with a hard-fought win over Cowboyz4Life, earning a 107.30-99.46 victory. mark's Breathtaking Team leapt out to a 23.04-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind outstanding performances from the New England Patriots defense (26 points) and Kirk Cousins (17.4) and never looked back. Kenyan Drake (23.9 points) and Tyreek Hill (23.8) were the leaders for Cowboyz4Life in the loss. mark's Breathtaking Team (5-4) will look to earn another win against Jay-Bah-Jones, while Cowboyz4Life (3-6) meet BrEwErYtOwN HiTtAz in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  mark's Breathtaking Team   Cowboyz4Life

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While allowing only 3 points, surrendering 121 yards, and intercepting a pass against the Colts, the Patriots defense scored 26 points this week. Their scoring output more-than-tripled their 8.5-point projection and was much higher than their 13.25-point season scoring average. 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

mark's Breathtaking Team
Points
% of total points 107.3
1
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
26
8.5
24.2%
2
Kirk Cousins
QB
17.4
19.96
16.2%
3
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
13.8
9.62
12.9%
4
Dalvin Cook
RB
12.6
15.82
11.7%
Cowboyz4Life
Points
% of total points 99.46
1
Kenyan Drake
RB
23.9
9.01
24%
2
Tyreek Hill
WR
23.8
17.15
23.9%
3
Derek Carr
QB
18.36
17.42
18.5%
4
Tyler Lockett
WR
15.2
10.55
15.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with standout moments early Sunday, after which mark's Breathtaking Team owned a 75.40-52.36 lead. For mark's Breathtaking Team, Kirk Cousins had a 47-yard pass. Derek Carr made the highlight reel for Cowboyz4Life with a 38-yard touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Late
DeAndre Hopkins had a 22-yard touchdown catch for mark's Breathtaking Team, helping the team to a 93.50-75.56 lead.

Points By Position

  mark's Breathtaking Team   Cowboyz4Life

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. mark's Breathtaking Team scored more in this matchup (107.3) than their season average (98.01).
mark's Breathtaking Team are looking unstoppable, with victories in three straight weeks.
As Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game!" mark's Breathtaking Team (5-4) have a better record than Cowboyz4Life (3-6).
You can't win if you leave points on the bench. mark's Breathtaking Team has left fewer points on the bench this season (225.14) than Cowboyz4Life (298.16).
mark's Breathtaking Team are clutch masters, with more close wins than Cowboyz4Life (1 vs 0).
Cowboyz4Life have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (3) than mark's Breathtaking Team (0) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, mark's Breathtaking Team have outscored Cowboyz4Life at QB and TE this season.
There's not much good to say about Cowboyz4Life this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

mark's Breathtaking Team
Nice job, mark's Breathtaking Team. Bravo on assembling a team that registered more than 107 points in Week 9. Let's take this victory in stride, tip our cap to the GM of Cowboyz4Life, and continue our march towards the Gary Gs Bigtime steppers league championship.
Cowboyz4Life
Talk about under-utilized. As a group, the starting backfield for Cowboyz4Life collectively logged only a couple of targets this past week. Tell those quarterbacks to check down a little more often in Week 10!