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Week 10

Weekly
Grade
C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas
2-8 193.94
177.95
 
VS
proj
Apollo
183.5 6-4
208.67

Apollo fall short of expectations, lose to C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas, 193.94-183.50

There's no way around it, Apollo dropped the ball, at least compared to projections, as C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas secured a 193.94-183.50 win. C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas never trailed in this one after grabbing a 9.00-point lead on Thursday behind Cameron Heyward (8.5 points) and Greg Olsen (8). Drew Brees (28.9 points) and Odell Beckham Jr. (23.3) were the top scorers for Apollo in the loss. This marks the first time this season C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas have knocked off Apollo, after falling 229.34-149.54 in their last matchup. C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas (2-8) will look to get another win against Axel, while Apollo (6-4) try to get back in the win column against drizz.

Matchup Timeline

  C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas   Apollo

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 162 yards from scrimmage and catching a touchdown pass against the Bengals, Ingram scored 25.2 points this week. His scoring output nearly doubled his 12.81-point projection and was much higher than his 6.75-point season scoring average. Ingram will face the Eagles next week.
Mark Ingram

Top Player Comparison

C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas
Points
% of total points 193.94
1
Russell Wilson
QB
26.24
17.78
13.5%
2
Mark Ingram
RB
25.2
12.81
13%
3
Kenny Golladay
WR
20.8
11.55
10.7%
4
Tyler Lockett
WR
19.5
11.39
10.1%
Apollo
Points
% of total points 183.5
1
Drew Brees
QB
28.9
20.04
15.7%
2
Odell Beckham Jr.
WR
23.3
19.3
12.7%
3
Keenan Allen
WR
18.7
18.2
10.2%
4
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
S
11
7.55
6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were several players with big-time moments on both teams early Sunday, but after the scoring was completed, C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas owned a 108.90-108.20 lead. Mark Ingram had a 28-yard touchdown catch for C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas, while Matt Prater had a 52-yard field goal. Meanwhile, Drew Brees had a 28-yard touchdown pass and a 42-yard pass for Apollo, while Stephen Gostkowski had a 52-yard field goal.
Sunday Late
Russell Wilson teamed up with Tyler Lockett for a 23-yard touchdown pass for C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas, contributing to a 189.94-143.40 lead for C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas.
Monday
Odell Beckham Jr. had a 20-yard touchdown catch for Apollo.

Points By Position

  C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas   Apollo

Game Notes

C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas won despite the fact that only eight of their 18 starting players exceeded their scoring projections.
Apollo had only eight of their 18 starters score higher than their projected points.
C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas put up more points than their season scoring average (157.94) while Apollo fell short of theirs (201.4).
C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas scored more points than their projected total, while Apollo fell shy of their projection.
The matchup's 10.44-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
This win snaps a streak of four straight losses for C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas.
C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas moves to (1-0) in upset games this season, while Apollo falls to (1-1).
For Apollo, Drew Brees scored 28.9 points, the second-highest score for a signal-caller this week.

Coach Talk

C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas
Heckuva job shrugging off that four-game losing skid, C̶o̶d̶y̶7̶3̶ R̶o̶c̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Tucas! Every fantasy GM is sure to be faced with adversity somewhere along the way... continue to keep your eyes out for what challenges lie ahead.
Apollo
Apollo will find it tough to gripe about lack of opportunity this past week. As a group, our pass-catching corps (four WR and one TE) were targeted a whopping 41 times in Week 10. With just 23 total catches, that group may need to work on chemistry with their QBs.