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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
温州榕树
6-3 97.78
93.46
 
VS
proj
Indy.Ant
63.26 5-4
89.73

Indy.Ant fall to 温州榕树 in 97.78-63.26 rout

There's no easy way to put it, Indy.Ant didn't do their job, at least compared to projections, as 温州榕树 cruised to a 97.78-63.26 victory. 温州榕树 pulled out to a 17.92-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Cam Newton (21.18 points) and Jason Myers (9) and never let it go. James Conner (22.3 points) and Benjamin Watson (12.2) led the way for Indy.Ant in the loss. 温州榕树 (6-3) will look to keep it rolling against Towns, while Indy.Ant (5-4) will take on Godrichp in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  温州榕树   Indy.Ant

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Thomas overachieved for the fifth time this season, scoring 27.1 points against his 12.65-point projection. During a 45-35 win over the Rams, he caught 12 passes for 211 yards and a touchdown. Thomas ranks #25 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Bengals next week.
Michael Thomas

Top Player Comparison

温州榕树
Points
% of total points 97.78
1
Michael Thomas
WR
27.1
12.65
27.7%
2
Cam Newton
QB
21.18
25.65
21.7%
3
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
16.5
14.38
16.9%
4
Jason Myers
K
9
7.86
9.2%
Indy.Ant
Points
% of total points 63.26
1
James Conner
RB
22.3
14.65
35.3%
2
Benjamin Watson
TE
12.2
5.02
19.3%
3
Greg Zuerlein
K
11
11.77
17.4%
4
Kirk Cousins
QB
7.86
21.54
12.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Jason Myers had a 56-yard field goal for 温州榕树, helping the team to a 54.18-36.26 lead.
Sunday Late
Greg Zuerlein had a 56-yard field goal for Indy.Ant, who trailed 97.78-61.66 after the late games.

Points By Position

  温州榕树   Indy.Ant

Game Notes

Five of the nine starters on 温州榕树 scored higher than their projected point totals.
Indy.Ant had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Indy.Ant can partially blame the loss on the Washington Redskins defense, who didn't score any points.
温州榕树 put up more points than their season scoring average (93.61) while Indy.Ant fell short of theirs (95.84).
温州榕树 recorded more points than their projected total, while Indy.Ant fell short of their projection.
Not only did 温州榕树 win, but they also easily covered the 3.73-point predicted margin of victory.
温州榕树 moves to (3-3) in blowout games this season, while Indy.Ant falls to (3-3).
Despite the loss, James Conner registered 22.3 points, the fifth-best score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

温州榕树
Creating mismatches is a huge key to success in football. We not only dominated Indy.Ant at QB (21.18 points to 7.86), we also utterly dominated them at WR (46.8 to 8.6).
Indy.Ant
So, Indy.Ant, what did your receiving crew do to irk their quarterbacks this week? Seeing just 10 total targets in Week 9, our three wide receivers clearly need to get in their respective QBs' ears this week in practice.