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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Great White Buffalo
7-8 86.22
116.13
 
VS
proj
Devil Dogs
60.9 5-9
104.52

Great White Buffalo find way to top Devil Dogs in 86.22-60.90 rout despite coming up short of predictions

Both teams were unable to bring their A game, but Great White Buffalo did enough to get the best of Devil Dogs, cruising to a 86.22-60.90 victory. Great White Buffalo leapt out to a 22.52-point lead on Thursday behind a standout performance from Philip Rivers and never looked back. Ben Roethlisberger (235 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and Jordan Howard (60 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 15 Rec Yds) led the way for Devil Dogs in the loss. This marks the second time this season Great White Buffalo have taken down Devil Dogs, after winning 151.12-144.42 in their last matchup. Great White Buffalo improve to 7-8 for the season, while Devil Dogs fall to 5-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Great White Buffalo   Devil Dogs

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Bears defense (17 Pts Allowed, 323 Yds Allowed, 1 Turnovers) scored 14 points in a 24-17 win over the Packers in Week 15. They scored 22.8% more than their 11.4-point projection and overachieved for the 10th time this season. The Bears defense ranks #58 among all fantasy players this season and will face the 49ers next week.
The Chicago Bears defense

Top Player Comparison

Great White Buffalo
Points
% of total points 86.22
1
Alvin Kamara
RB
23.3
21.37
27%
2
Philip Rivers
QB
22.52
25.12
26.1%
3
The Chicago Bears defense
DEF
14
11.4
16.2%
4
Nick Chubb
RB
10
16.65
11.6%
Devil Dogs
Points
% of total points 60.9
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
17.1
25.7
28.1%
2
Jordan Howard
RB
14.5
10.99
23.8%
3
Brandin Cooks
WR
11.9
16.37
19.5%
4
Courtland Sutton
WR
9.2
10.06
15.1%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday

Points By Position

  Great White Buffalo   Devil Dogs

Game Notes

Only two of the eight starters on Great White Buffalo exceeded their scoring projections.
Devil Dogs had only one of their eight starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could've looked differently, as Great White Buffalo had two starters score zero points, while Devil Dogs had one.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
Not only did Great White Buffalo win, but they also easily covered the 11.61-point predicted margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, Great White Buffalo moves to (3-2), while Devil Dogs falls to (4-6).
A bright spot in the loss, Ben Roethlisberger scored 17.1 points, the fourth-highest score for a quarterback this week.

Coach Talk

Great White Buffalo
Listen Great White Buffalo, the good news is that we took this matchup by more than 25 points. The *even better* news is that we've proven we're better than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through 14 weeks was 105.64. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also get back up to where we know we can be!
Devil Dogs
Recording only a couple of receptions on four targets this past week, it appears that the starting RBs for Devil Dogs should remind their QBs to check down more frequently (and dial up a screen play or two).