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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
Fools and Horses
9-4 86
89.6
 
VS
proj
Nikšica
84 5-8
100.62

Fools and Horses come back to defeat Nikšica for third straight win in 86-84 battle

Fools and Horses extended their win streak to three games with a come-from-behind win over Nikšica, coming back to earn a 86-84 victory. Fools and Horses trailed 82-70 heading into Monday night, but the squad charged back behind Golden Tate, who caught 7 passes for 85 yards and a touchdown for 16 points. Ezekiel Elliott (76 Rush Yds, 60 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Aaron Rodgers (233 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 20 Rush Yds) carried the flag for Nikšica in defeat. This marks the second time this season Fools and Horses have knocked off Nikšica, after winning 114-70 in their last matchup. Fools and Horses (9-4) will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs. Nikšica will be home for the playoffs, finishing the season at 5-8.

Matchup Timeline

  Fools and Horses   Nikšica

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Tate caught 7 passes for 85 yards and a touchdown as the Eagles beat the Redskins 28-13. In doing so, he put up 16 points to more-than-double his 6.61-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Fools and Horses this week. Next week, Tate will go up against the Cowboys.
Golden Tate

Top Player Comparison

Fools and Horses
Points
% of total points 86
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
40
30.4
46.5%
2
Golden Tate
WR
16
6.61
18.6%
3
The Los Angeles Chargers defense
DEF
9
5.95
10.5%
4
Brett Maher
K
8
8.02
9.3%
Nikšica
Points
% of total points 84
1
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
19
14.21
22.6%
2
Aaron Rodgers
QB
17
23.06
20.2%
3
Greg Zuerlein
K
14
12.17
16.7%
4
Robert Woods
WR
13
10.91
15.5%

Points By Position

  Fools and Horses   Nikšica

Game Notes

Fools and Horses got the victory even though only three of their nine starters scored higher than their point projections.
Nikšica had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Nikšica can partially blame the loss on Tevin Coleman, who didn't score any points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup's 2-point margin was the closest in the league this week.
The defeat concludes a streak of two straight wins for Nikšica.
Fools and Horses moves to (1-0) in close games this season, while Nikšica falls to (1-2).
In a losing effort, Ezekiel Elliott registered 19 points, the fifth-best score for a RB this week.

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