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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
craig's Choice Team
9-6 96
96.54
 
VS
proj
Robert's Team
92.28 3-12
106.23

Back-and-forth battle ends with craig's Choice Team defeating Robert's Team in 96.00-92.28 battle

Well, that was thrilling! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, craig's Choice Team earned a tight win over Robert's Team, squeaking by for a 96.00-92.28 victory. Robert's Team made a run at it on Monday night, but it wasn't to be. craig's Choice Team led 87.60-83.88 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite 8.4 points from Mark Ingram on Monday night for Robert's Team. craig's Choice Team were led by Alshon Jeffery (8 Rec, 160 Rec Yds) and Kirk Cousins (215 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs). This marks the second time this season craig's Choice Team have beaten Robert's Team, after winning 141.8-45.3 in their last matchup. craig's Choice Team improve to 9-6 for the season, while Robert's Team fall to 3-12.

Matchup Timeline

  craig's Choice Team   Robert's Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Jeffery caught 8 passes for 160 yards as the Eagles beat the Rams 30-23. In doing so, he put up 20 points and more-than-doubled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on craig's Choice Team this week. Next week, Jeffery will play the Texans.
Alshon Jeffery

Top Player Comparison

craig's Choice Team
Points
% of total points 96
1
Alshon Jeffery
WR
20
8.35
20.8%
2
Kirk Cousins
QB
16.3
19.74
17%
3
Jake Elliott
K
15
8.86
15.6%
4
Tarik Cohen
RB
11.7
12.14
12.2%
Robert's Team
Points
% of total points 92.28
1
Doug Baldwin
WR
21.7
8.63
23.5%
2
Russell Wilson
QB
18.98
19.91
20.6%
3
Antonio Brown
WR
12.9
16.06
14%
4
Matt Bryant
K
10
10.22
10.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kirk Cousins had a 40-yard touchdown pass for craig's Choice Team to contribute to a 52.60-30.30 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Russell Wilson linked up with Doug Baldwin for a 35-yard touchdown pass for Robert's Team, contributing to a 83.88-52.60 lead for Robert's Team.
Sunday Night
Alshon Jeffery had a 50-yard catch for craig's Choice Team, while Jake Elliott had a 51-yard field goal to contribute to a 87.60-83.88 lead for craig's Choice Team.

Points By Position

  craig's Choice Team   Robert's Team

Game Notes

Only three of the eight starting players on craig's Choice Team exceeded their projected scoring totals.
Robert's Team had only one of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
craig's Choice Team put up fewer points than their season scoring average (106.22) while Robert's Team scored above theirs (92.11).
Both teams scored less than their projected point total.
The matchup's 3.72-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
In close games this season, craig's Choice Team moves to (2-2), while Robert's Team falls to (1-1).
Despite the loss, Doug Baldwin put up 21.7 points, the best overall score for a wide receiver this week.

Coach Talk

craig's Choice Team
Hey craig's Choice Team, the good news is that we took this matchup by 3.72 points. The *even better* news is that we know we're stronger than this, as our scoring average through Week 14 stood at 100.09. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Robert's Team
Talk about under-utilized. As a group, the starting RBs for Robert's Team collectively logged just a pair of targets this past week. Instruct those offensive coordinators to draw up a screen play or two in Week 16!