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Action Jackson This contest featured the top performing player this week in Lamar Jackson, and not surprisingly, he played on the winning team. Jackson was the key component as LA Warlords earned a nice victory over Fixer Upper, winning 115 to 96. His 56 points topped all but two quarterbacks this season. He threw more touchdowns (five) than he did incompletions (four) this week. Tee Higgins helped out as well, exceeding his projected point total by 6.4 points. Higgins has become something of a lodestar for LA Warlords, as they have never lost when he overperforms his expectations, going 5 - 0. Fixer Upper lost despite the prodigious efforts of Jahmyr Gibbs. Gibbs scored 29 points, which were the most that any running back collected this week. Unfortunately, for Fixer Upper, he both began and ended the list of big performers on the squad. Marvin Harrison Jr. and Chuba Hubbard were both working off the same playbook this week, dropping only 1 point for Fixer Upper. Hubbard's 1 point performance made him the worst performer on Fixer Upper for the first time this year. With the win, LA Warlords have now won four out of their last five games, bringing their record to 9 - 5 - 1. The loss drops Fixer Upper's record to 8 - 6 - 1.	Baby Step Coming into the game, Lynx had scored the second fewest points of any team over the last three weeks. This week, Coach Tony Lucente's squad scored a non-embarrassing number of points, and that was enough. Lynx (6 - 9) strolled past Strange Brew (3 - 12), winning 89 to 60. No big surprise seeing Lynx get the win, as they were the biggest favorite of any team this week. The game gave sweet relief to one team, even though both teams needed it. Strange Brew entered this game with a five game losing streak With the win, Lynx put an end to their four game losing streak. They were led by the trio of the Chiefs defense, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and James Conner, who combined for 73% of their team's points. St. Brown's performance this week stopped his three game streak of not meeting his projections. He turned it on when it mattered most this week, scoring this 66-yarder on 3rd-and-17. Meanwhile, Strange Brew saw eight different players underperform, and while none of them particularly stuck out, C.J. Stroud and his 14 points was officially the worst.1 Stroud has now failed to top the league average quarterback in seven straight games. Unsurprisingly, he has also been the worst player on Strange Brew more than anybody else on the team. Next week, Lynx will take on the 7 - 8 McGibblets. That contest will be a rematch from week seven, when Lynx won 106 to 81. Next week Strange Brew will take on Texan in a matchup of the two worst teams in the league. The game will be a rematch from week nine, and Coaches Ed Stasch and Ethan Stasch will hope to avoid Jaxon Smith-Njigba dropping another 27 points for Texan this time.
Don't Count Me Out After last week's 77 point effort, Lucente's Rule came through big time this week. They ended up on top against JP Neil, winning 116 to 104. The win must seem like deja vu for Lucente's Rule, who won the last game with JP Neil by a 117 to 62 margin. The win brings Lucente's Rule's record to 9 - 6, while dropping JP Neil to an identical 9 - 6. Lucente's Rule stumbled big time right from the get-go. Brock Purdy kept the scoreboard operator relaxed, coming up with only 2 points. That performance was worse than every other player this week.2 Lucente's Rule also had to deal with a poor effort from Derrick Henry (8.6 points below expected). King Henry's 3 points were the fewest he has scored this year. Meanwhile, Coach Neil mullarkey's squad was doing pretty good. Alvin Kamara carried the water, scoring 20 points. Kamara's performance led JP Neil for the 3rd time this year. Going into late Sunday, our projections gave Lucente's Rule only a 9.2% chance of winning. Coach Marc Lucente's squad blew those projections out of the water. Mike Evans and James Cook combined to score 39.8 more points than they were expected to, which brought Lucente's Rule back from the dead and into the winner's circle.	No Chance Young Guns exceeded their expectations for four straight weeks coming into this game, did it again, and were rewarded with a victory. They perfectly destroyed Texan (4 - 11), winning 114 to 47. That 67 point margin was the biggest gap between any two teams this week. The result fits the recent pattern for both of these teams. Young Guns have now won three games in a row. The loss is the 7th straight for Texan. Jared Goff has been driving the bus during Young Guns's winning streak, and delivered again this week. Goff was a one-man wrecking crew, putting up 51 points. That's the most points that he's scored this year. Goff became the first player in NFL history to throw for 400+ yards, 5+ touchdowns, no interceptions… and lose. Meanwhile, Coach Rick Stasch will have a hard time pinning the blame for this loss on any particular player. Texan were brought down by ten underperformers, the worst of whom was Kirk Cousins (11 points).1 Underperforming is the new normal for Cousins, who has gone five straight games without hitting his projected point total. It's no big shock then, that he has also been the worst player on Texan more than anybody else on the team. Coaches Brian Stratton and Rob Stratton's lineup decisions earned their team points last week, and did again this week. They started Jared Goff instead of Patrick Mahomes, despite the experts' prediction that Mahomes should have played. This decision netted Coaches Brian Stratton and Rob Stratton an extra 36 points, which only added to Young Guns' domination. With the 36 points they added to their team's total today, Coaches Brian Stratton and Rob Stratton are now the best game-day coaches in the league, passing Coach Ryan Leedle.

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