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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Deidra's Team
7-8 121.76
99.7
 
VS
proj
Raff'as team
70.3 7-8
112.74

Deidra's Team beat Raff'as team in 121.76-70.30 rout

Despite identical records, Raff'as team held a substantial season point advantage over Deidra's Team coming into this one (1,455-1,147). But the trend wouldn't continue this week with Deidra's Team cruising to a 121.76-70.30 victory. Raff'as team pulled out to a 4.00-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Deidra's Team after that. They were led by Dalvin Cook (136 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 27 Rec Yds) and Doug Baldwin (4 Rec, 77 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs). Christian McCaffrey (22 points) and Ben Roethlisberger (15.1) were the leading scorers for Raff'as team in the loss. This marks the second time this season Deidra's Team have taken down Raff'as team, after winning 84.6-67.3 in their last matchup. Deidra's Team improve to 7-8 for the season, while Raff'as team fall to 7-8.

Matchup Timeline

  Deidra's Team   Raff'as team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Panthers defense (12 Pts Allowed, 346 Yds Allowed, 2 Turnovers) scored 12 points against the Saints in Week 15. Their scoring output more-than-doubled their 4.4-point projection and was much higher than their 5.47-point season scoring average. The Panthers defense will face the Falcons next week.
The Carolina Panthers defense

Top Player Comparison

Deidra's Team
Points
% of total points 121.76
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
28.8
12.64
23.7%
2
Doug Baldwin
WR
21.7
8.63
17.8%
3
David Johnson
RB
17.6
13.3
14.5%
4
Tom Brady
QB
14.16
21.07
11.6%
Raff'as team
Points
% of total points 70.3
1
Christian McCaffrey
RB
22
20.49
31.3%
2
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
15.1
22.07
21.5%
3
The Minnesota Vikings defense
DEF
13
8.45
18.5%
4
Michael Thomas
WR
8.4
16.26
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Dalvin Cook had a 21-yard touchdown run for Deidra's Team, while David Johnson had a 40-yard catch, contributing to a 69.90-21.10 lead for Deidra's Team.
Sunday Late
Doug Baldwin had a 35-yard touchdown catch for Deidra's Team, while Tom Brady had a 63-yard touchdown pass to contribute to a 109.76-36.20 lead for Deidra's Team.
Monday
Christian McCaffrey had a 50-yard touchdown pass for Raff'as team.

Points By Position

  Deidra's Team   Raff'as team

Game Notes

Just four of the nine starters on Deidra's Team exceeded their projected scoring totals.
Raff'as team had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Raff'as team can partially blame the loss on Odell Beckham Jr., who didn't score any points.
Deidra's Team put up more points than their season scoring average (84.56) while Raff'as team fell short of theirs (101.71).
Deidra's Team scored more points than their projected total, while Raff'as team fell short of their projection.
The matchup's 51.46-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
This defeat concludes a three-game winning streak for Raff'as team.
In blowout games this year, Deidra's Team moves to (1-4), while Raff'as team falls to (4-5).
A bright spot in the defeat, Christian McCaffrey recorded 22 points, the fourth-best score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

Deidra's Team
You know, the key to football is exploiting the mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by quadrupling Raff'as team at the wide receiver position (35.5 points to 8.4).
Raff'as team
Unless Raff'as team wants to go diva-mode on us, then "not getting enough chances" is definitely not an excuse this week. Our pass-catching corps (two WR and two TE) collectively got a grand total of 21 targets in Week 15. Chemistry and timing appear to be issues as that group reeled in just 12 catches.