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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Dirty Birds
11-5 96.99
98.51
 
VS
proj
Blitzburg
89 10-6
109.32

Blitzburg come up short of expectations, succumb to Dirty Birds, 96.99-89.00

There's no sugarcoating it, Blitzburg didn't do their job, at least according to projections, as Dirty Birds came back to earn a 96.99-89.00 win. After trailing 79.25-68.55 heading into Monday night, Dirty Birds charged back behind Aaron Jones, who ran for 154 yards and 2 touchdowns for 22 points, and the Minnesota Vikings defense, who allowed 23 points, surrendered 383 yards, and forced 3 turnovers (6 points). Michael Thomas (14.8 points) and Demario Davis (13) carried the flag for Blitzburg in the loss. This marks the second time this season Dirty Birds have knocked off Blitzburg, after falling 117.36-85.94 in their last matchup. Dirty Birds finish the season with a record of 11-5, while Blitzburg end the campaign at 10-6.

Matchup Timeline

  Dirty Birds   Blitzburg

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 6 passes for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Browns, Andrews scored 16.65 points this week. His scoring output nearly tripled his 5.66-point projection and was much higher than his 6.66-point season scoring average.
Mark Andrews

Top Player Comparison

Dirty Birds
Points
% of total points 96.99
1
Aaron Jones
RB
22
7.76
22.7%
2
Mark Andrews
TE
16.65
5.66
17.2%
3
Mark Ingram II
RB
10.55
7.79
10.9%
4
Wil Lutz
K
9
8.4
9.3%
Blitzburg
Points
% of total points 89
1
Michael Thomas
WR
14.8
8.96
16.6%
2
Demario Davis
LB
13
7.82
14.6%
3
Cory Littleton
LB
7.5
7.86
8.4%
4
Jessie Bates III
S
7
7.54
7.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Mark Andrews had a 39-yard touchdown catch for Dirty Birds, who trailed 67.05-62.05 after the early action.
Sunday Late
Dak Prescott had a 41-yard pass for Blitzburg to contribute to a 79.25-63.05 lead for the team.
Monday
Aaron Jones had a 56-yard touchdown run for Dirty Birds, while Kirk Cousins had a 21-yard touchdown pass on Monday night, helping push Dirty Birds to the win.

Points By Position

  Dirty Birds   Blitzburg

Game Notes

Only six of the 16 starters on Dirty Birds scored higher than their projected point totals.
Blitzburg had only two of their 16 starters score higher than their projected points.
Dirty Birds won despite having two starters (Chris Godwin and Vonn Bell) score zero points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
In comeback games this season, Dirty Birds moves to (1-1), while Blitzburg falls to (2-1).
For Blitzburg, Michael Thomas scored 14.8 points, the best overall score for a WR this week.

Coach Talk

Dirty Birds
Spotting mismatches is a big key to success in football. Fueled by solid performances by Aaron Jones and Mark Ingram II, our crew certainly made that a point of emphasis this past week. We royally dominated Blitzburg at running back (32.55 points to 3.85). Jones had 160 total yards and two TDs, while Ingram II logged 91 yards.
Blitzburg
Producing four catches on just five targets this past week, it seems like the starting RBs for Blitzburg clearly should smooth things over with their QBs... and remind them to check down more frequently.