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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Sprint Right Option
8-7 102.05
111.64
 
VS
proj
Big Ballers
95.05 6-9
107.65

Big Ballers fall to Sprint Right Option, 102.05-95.05

Big Ballers were unable to rise to the occasion, as Sprint Right Option came back for a 102.05-95.05 victory. After trailing 95.05-77.80 heading into Monday night, Sprint Right Option came storming back behind Alvin Kamara (16.3 points) and Drew Brees (7.95). DeAndre Hopkins (10 Rec, 170 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) and Peyton Barber (85 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) did their part for Big Ballers in the loss. This marks the first time this season Sprint Right Option have taken down Big Ballers, after falling 109.55-104.1 in their last matchup. Sprint Right Option improve to 8-7 for the season, while Big Ballers fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Sprint Right Option   Big Ballers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Fairbairn made all 5 of his FG attempts as the Texans beat the Jets 29-22. In doing so, he put up 22 points to more-than-double his 9.4-point projection, the highest percent increase of any K in the league this season. Next week, Fairbairn will play the Eagles.
Ka'imi Fairbairn

Top Player Comparison

Sprint Right Option
Points
% of total points 102.05
1
Ka'imi Fairbairn
K
22
9.4
21.6%
2
Gus Edwards
RB
16.4
8.93
16.1%
3
Alvin Kamara
RB
16.3
15.56
16%
4
Jordan Howard
RB
13.5
9.24
13.2%
Big Ballers
Points
% of total points 95.05
1
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
29
12.85
30.5%
2
Peyton Barber
RB
14.9
6.87
15.7%
3
Julio Jones
WR
14.2
12.46
14.9%
4
Jared Goff
QB
14.05
28.34
14.8%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday

Points By Position

  Sprint Right Option   Big Ballers

Game Notes

Sprint Right Option had five of their nine starters exceed their projected point totals.
Big Ballers had only four of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Big Ballers can partially blame the loss on Brett Maher, who didn't score any points.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
Sprint Right Option ranked 3rd in the league in scoring this week, while Big Ballers put up the 4th-best score.
The matchup's 7-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
Not only did Sprint Right Option win, but they also covered the 3.99-point forecasted margin of victory.
Sprint Right Option moves to (3-0) in comeback games this year, while Big Ballers falls to (0-4).
A bright spot in the loss, DeAndre Hopkins (29 points) recorded the third-best score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

Sprint Right Option
Listen Sprint Right Option, the good news is that we took this matchup by 7 points. Even better news is that we know we're stronger than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through 14 weeks was 99.2. So while we're happy to have earned this victory, let's get back up to where we know we can be!
Big Ballers
Well, Big Ballers, this week's problem is pretty easy to spot. Starting Brett Maher in a fantasy matchup where your opponent tallied more than 102 points... let's all just put this behind us and move on.