Fantasy Football Tuesday: Week 9

The fantasy football season is heating up and each week the games being played become more and more important.  Whether it's making sure you're in a position to make the playoffs or securing a top seed, it's important to be competitive and win.  After two straight losses in the JustUs Geeks Fantasy League, the Hub City All Stars needed to get a win.  And sure enough they did just that.  They came out and blasted their opponent, the transaction happy Joel's Juggernauts by the 2nd largest margin of victory this week.  With the win, the All Stars remain atop of the Autobots Division & #1 overall in the league.  And after 9 weeks, I have the most points scored and the least points allowed to go along with the 6-3 record.  Here's the recap:

Hub City All Stars Puts the Sting on Joel's Juggernauts, Puts Them in Sixth Place

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  Hub City All Stars (6-3) 200.02
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  Joel's Juggernauts (4-5) 82.40

Hub City All Stars trashed Joel's Juggernauts 200.02 - 82.40 while also putting up the fourth-highest point total this season. Joel's Juggernauts (4-5) sits just two games back of Hub City All Stars (6-3), but point totals show a much bigger gap, 1,490.14 - 1,124.18. This was a bragging-rights result, with the 117.62-point margin of victory being the second-highest recorded in the league this season.

Hub City All Stars Smooth Moves

• The 30.20 points scored by Brandon Marshall was the second-highest WR score in the league this week and the 10th-best point total by a WR in the league this season.
• The Chicago Bears Defense scored the fourth-most points in the league and beat their projected point total by 185.2%, the seventh-highest percentage in the league.
• Sat TE Brent Celek on the bench, where he had the lowest TE score on the team with 3.70 points.
• The 21.90 points scored by Eric Decker was the fourth-highest score by a WR in the league this week.
• Mike Wallace ranked sixth in the league in scoring among WRs this week with 18.60 points.

Joel's Juggernauts Regret Tracker

• Picked up Isaac Redman but left him on the bench, where he beat his scoring projection by 133.7%, the highest percentage of any player on the team.
• Picked up Brian Hartline but left him on the bench, where he scored 10.70 points against a projected 7.52.
• Hakeem Nicks has now underachieved in four straight games after scoring a matchup-low 1.00 point against a projected 10.98.
• Picked up Tony Romo but left him on the bench, where he led the team in scoring with 25.84 points.
• Robert Griffin III has scored below his projection in three straight games after scoring 13.90 points against a projected 29.81 this week.

What If

• Hub City All Stars would be 8-1 if they played Joel's Juggernauts every week.
• Hub City All Stars would have beaten five other teams besides Joel's Juggernauts this week.
• Had they played each other last week, Hub City All Stars would have defeated Joel's Juggernauts 140.36 - 115.38.
• Hub City All Stars would be 6-2 if they played the same schedule as Joel's Juggernauts.
• Hub City All Stars would be 47-16 if they played every team every week.
• Besides Hub City All Stars, Joel's Juggernauts would have been defeated by five other teams this week.
• Joel's Juggernauts would be 3-5 if they played the same schedule as Hub City All Stars.
• Joel's Juggernauts would be 23-40 if they played every team every week.

Game Notes

• Hub City All Stars had six starters who scored more points than the highest-scoring starter for Joel's Juggernauts.
• Joel's Juggernauts underachieved for the sixth time this season, including the last five weeks in a row, scoring 82.40 points against a projected 135.27 this week.
• Hub City All Stars got a combined 84.50 points from their WRs, the highest combined scoring output from the WR position for any team this season.
• The margin of victory of 117.62 points was the biggest of the season for Hub City All Stars and second-largest in the league this season.
• Hub City All Stars had their highest score of the season and the fourth-highest in the league this season with 200.02 points.
• Joel's Juggernauts had 82.40 points, their season-low.
• The WRs on Joel's Juggernauts collectively had their worst week of the season with only 12.70 points.
• Jamaal Charles did little to help Hub City All Stars, underperforming versus projections for the third straight game with 6.60 points against a projected 10.00.