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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Fools and Horses
8-4 106
85.44
 
VS
proj
dolchezza
100 6-6
94.05

Fools and Horses smirk at predictions, earn win over dolchezza, 106-100

Fools and Horses stepped up and exceeded their projected point total, coming out on top with a 106-100 win over dolchezza. Fools and Horses earned a 23-point lead on Thursday behind impressive efforts from Amari Cooper (30 points) and Brett Maher (7) and never looked back. JuJu Smith-Schuster (24 points) and Ben Roethlisberger (21) did their part for dolchezza in the loss. This marks the first time this season Fools and Horses have knocked off dolchezza, after falling 134-105 in their last matchup. Fools and Horses (8-4) will look to add to their success against Nikšica, while dolchezza (6-6) will try to get back on track against RyKeRs.

Matchup Timeline

  Fools and Horses   dolchezza

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cooper (8 Rec, 180 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) scored 30 points in a 31-23 win over the Redskins in Week 12. His scoring output more-than-quadrupled his 6.96-point projection and was much higher than his 6.83-point season scoring average. Cooper ranks #87 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Saints next week.
Amari Cooper

Top Player Comparison

Fools and Horses
Points
% of total points 106
1
Amari Cooper
WR
30
6.96
28.3%
2
Melvin Gordon III
RB
18
14.81
17%
3
Dede Westbrook
WR
14
6.45
13.2%
4
Rob Gronkowski
TE
11
8.41
10.4%
dolchezza
Points
% of total points 100
1
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
24
10.22
24%
2
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
21
22.83
21%
3
Emmanuel Sanders
WR
14
8.22
14%
4
Tyler Boyd
WR
14
8.97
14%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Amari Cooper had a 90-yard touchdown catch and a 40-yard touchdown catch for Fools and Horses, helping the team to a 37-14 lead.
Sunday Early
There were players with big-time moments on both teams early Sunday, but after the results were tallied, Fools and Horses boasted a 75-41 lead. Dede Westbrook had a 43-yard run for Fools and Horses, while Rob Gronkowski had a 34-yard touchdown catch. Tyler Boyd made the highlight reel for dolchezza with a 28-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Both teams had players with big-time moments on Sunday afternoon, after which Fools and Horses had a 103-100 lead. For Fools and Horses, Melvin Gordon III had a 28-yard touchdown run. Ben Roethlisberger hit JuJu Smith-Schuster for a 97-yard touchdown pass for dolchezza.

Points By Position

  Fools and Horses   dolchezza

What If

Fools and Horses would have beaten five other teams besides dolchezza this week.
dolchezza would have lost to six other teams besides Fools and Horses this week.
Fools and Horses would be 3-9 if they played dolchezza every week.
Last week, dolchezza would have been victorious over Fools and Horses 103-95.
Fools and Horses would be 5-5 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as dolchezza.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Fools and Horses, dolchezza would be 7-3.
If Fools and Horses had played every team in the league each week, they would be 61-71.
If they played every team every week, dolchezza would be 81-50-1.

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