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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
TD Murray
9-3 89.74
113.97
 
VS
proj
stafgu
78.56 9-3
92.35

TD Murray overtake stafgu for 1st place, 89.74-78.56

TD Murray overtook stafgu in the standings, climbing to the top of the standings in TDL Advanced 2018 A with a hard-fought victory, earning a 89.74-78.56 win. TD Murray never trailed in this one after nabbing a 16.74-point lead on Thursday behind Drew Brees (21.44 points) and Michael Thomas (3.8). Philip Rivers (20.66 points) and Emmanuel Sanders (14.6) carried the flag for stafgu in the loss. This marks the second time this season TD Murray have taken down stafgu, after winning 103.36-101.04 in their last matchup. TD Murray (9-3) will look to build on their success against EganBernal, while stafgu (9-3) face Hench in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  TD Murray   stafgu

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 140 yards from scrimmage against the Buccaneers, Breida tallied 14 points this week. His scoring output scored right around his 13.77-point projection and was higher than his 9.8-point season scoring average. Breida ranks #72 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Seahawks next week.
Matt Breida

Top Player Comparison

TD Murray
Points
% of total points 89.74
1
Drew Brees
QB
21.44
24.23
23.9%
2
Melvin Gordon III
RB
18.6
16.1
20.7%
3
Matt Breida
RB
14
13.77
15.6%
4
Marlon Mack
RB
9.6
13.31
10.7%
stafgu
Points
% of total points 78.56
1
Philip Rivers
QB
20.66
20.04
26.3%
2
Emmanuel Sanders
WR
14.6
9.04
18.6%
3
Gus Edwards
RB
11.8
11.55
15%
4
The Los Angeles Chargers defense
DEF
8
9.61
10.2%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Drew Brees had a 28-yard touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown pass for TD Murray, helping to give the team a 25.24-8.50 lead.
Sunday Late
Melvin Gordon III had a 28-yard touchdown run for TD Murray, helping the team to a 83.74-78.56 lead.

Points By Position

  TD Murray   stafgu

What If

TD Murray would have beaten only two other teams besides stafgu this week.
stafgu would have lost to nine other teams besides TD Murray this week.
If they played stafgu every week, TD Murray would be 9-3 this season.
Last week, TD Murray would have beaten stafgu 99.62-96.68.
TD Murray would be 9-1 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as stafgu.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as TD Murray, stafgu would be 5-5.
If TD Murray had played every team in the league each week, they would be 85-47.
If they played every team every week, stafgu would be 63-69.

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