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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Necessary Roughness
6-3 117.65
128.04
 
VS
proj
Sweet Pugs
82.57 7-2
86.72

Back-and-forth battle ends with Necessary Roughness coming back to defeat Sweet Pugs in 117.65-82.57 romp

What a thriller! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, Necessary Roughness earned a convincing win over Sweet Pugs, cruising to a 117.65-82.57 victory. Sweet Pugs got out to an early 7.00-point lead on Thursday. Necessary Roughness came back to take the lead early Sunday, powered by outstanding performances from Graham Gano (18 points) and Alvin Kamara (16.4). Unphased, Sweet Pugs got it going later that afternoon to take a 15.57-point lead behind Keenan Allen (10.4 points) and Fred Warner (6). But Necessary Roughness came back again when it mattered most on Monday night, as Ben Roethlisberger (22.25 points) and T.J. Watt (10) put them back in the lead for good. Necessary Roughness (6-3) will look to maintain their winning ways against ALSS81, while Sweet Pugs (7-2) try to develop some positive momentum against Dragonflies.

Matchup Timeline

  Necessary Roughness   Sweet Pugs

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Ogbah overachieved for the second time this season, scoring 7 points against his 3.43-point projection. During a 17-9 win over the Texans, he made 4 tackles and recorded 2.5 sacks. Ogbah ranks #1 among fantasy DEs this season and will face the Ravens next week.
Emmanuel Ogbah

Top Player Comparison

Necessary Roughness
Points
% of total points 117.65
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
22.25
21.32
18.9%
2
Graham Gano
K
18
11.62
15.3%
3
Alvin Kamara
RB
16.4
16.51
13.9%
4
T.J. Watt
LB
10
6.34
8.5%
Sweet Pugs
Points
% of total points 82.57
1
Justin Tucker
K
14.87
13.91
18%
2
J.C. Jackson
CB
13
3.88
15.7%
3
Keenan Allen
WR
10.4
10.3
12.6%
4
Darren Waller
TE
9.2
10.1
11.1%

Matchup Highlights

Monday
Ben Roethlisberger had a 42-yard pass for Necessary Roughness on Monday night, helping propel the team to the win.

Points By Position

  Necessary Roughness   Sweet Pugs

StatSmack

This wasn't even their best effort. Necessary Roughness scored less in this one (117.65) than their season average of 128.71.
Once Necessary Roughness put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than Sweet Pugs (4 vs 2).
By position, Necessary Roughness have outscored Sweet Pugs at QB, WR, and IDP this season.
Necessary Roughness don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 22 points, second-highest in the league.
The starters for Necessary Roughness had more big plays in their NFL games this week (1) than the starters for Sweet Pugs (0).
Hey Sweet Pugs, want to see stats that favor your team? Well, try winning for a change, and see what the numbers have to say next week!

Coach Talk

Necessary Roughness
Listen Necessary Roughness, we're glass-half-full kind of coaches. While some may harp on the fact that our scoring's slipped recently, we'll choose to spin this in a positive direction. Averaging 130.09 points through Week 8, our crew has definitely proven that it's even stronger than the 117.65 we needed to win this past week!
Sweet Pugs
The problem in Week 9 isn't exactly rocket science, Sweet Pugs. Starting Anthony Averett, Harrison Smith, and Leonard Fournette in a tough fantasy matchup... let's just move on from this and assume something like this won't be happening again?