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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Capt. Kirk's Cousins
9-6 118.3
162.75
 
VS
proj
Llama llama
102.52 6-9
128.89

Capt. Kirk's Cousins top Llama llama for fourth straight win, 118.30-102.52

Capt. Kirk's Cousins extended their win streak to four games with a hard-fought win over Llama llama, emerging victorious with a 118.30-102.52 victory. Llama llama leapt out to a 54.52-point lead on Thursday behind impressive showings from Philip Rivers, who passed for 313 yards and 2 touchdowns for 50.52 points, and the Los Angeles Chargers defense, who allowed 28 points and 294 yards (4 points). But Capt. Kirk's Cousins held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Kirk Cousins (215 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and Davante Adams (8 Rec, 119 Rec Yds). This marks the first time this season Capt. Kirk's Cousins have taken down Llama llama, after falling 140.68-121.52 in their last matchup. Capt. Kirk's Cousins improve to 9-6 for the season, while Llama llama fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Capt. Kirk's Cousins   Llama llama

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Taking on the Patriots in Week 15, Samuels racked up 172 yards from scrimmage . In doing so, he put up 19.2 points and scored 46.6% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Capt. Kirk's Cousins this week. In Week 16, Samuels and the Steelers will face the Saints.
Jaylen Samuels

Top Player Comparison

Capt. Kirk's Cousins
Points
% of total points 118.3
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
34.3
47.75
29%
2
Davante Adams
WR
21.9
18.58
18.5%
3
Jaylen Samuels
RB
19.2
13.1
16.2%
4
The Jacksonville Jaguars defense
DEF
14
13.65
11.8%
Llama llama
Points
% of total points 102.52
1
Philip Rivers
QB
50.52
53.28
49.3%
2
Jake Elliott
K
15
8.86
14.6%
3
T.Y. Hilton
WR
13.5
13.22
13.2%
4
Michael Thomas
WR
11.9
19.85
11.6%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Sunday Early
Kirk Cousins had a 40-yard touchdown pass for Capt. Kirk's Cousins to contribute to a 84.50-75.62 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
Jake Elliott had a 51-yard field goal for Llama llama, who trailed 118.30-90.62 after Sunday night.

Points By Position

  Capt. Kirk's Cousins   Llama llama

What If

Capt. Kirk's Cousins would have beaten only one other team besides Llama llama this week.
Llama llama would have lost to five other teams besides Capt. Kirk's Cousins this week.
If they played Llama llama every week, Capt. Kirk's Cousins would be 11-4 this season.
Last week, Capt. Kirk's Cousins would have defeated Llama llama 152.72-138.6.
Capt. Kirk's Cousins would be 9-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Llama llama.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Capt. Kirk's Cousins, Llama llama would be 6-7.
If Capt. Kirk's Cousins had played every team in the league each week, they would be 96-61.
If they played every team every week, Llama llama would be 66-91.

Coach Talk

Capt. Kirk's Cousins
Identifying mismatches is a big component to winning in football. Thanks to some stellar yardage production from our running backs, our team created a noticeable disparity this week. Our three starting backs recorded 271 more total yards than the RBs on Llama llama (318 yards from scrimmage to only 47), as we ultimately utterly dominated them at the position, 31.8 points to 5.7.
Llama llama
Recording one catch on just two targets this past week, it appears that the starting RBs for Llama llama should remind their QBs to start checking down more often (and dial up a screen play or two).