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Week 14

Weekly
Grade
Wentzlvania
3-11 103.04
131.09
 
VS
proj
The Expendables
97.78 5-9
129.33

Wentzlvania find way to beat The Expendables 103.04-97.78 despite coming up short of predictions

Both teams underperformed projections, but Wentzlvania did enough to get the best of The Expendables. Predicted to win 131.09-129.33, Wentzlvania secured a 103.04-97.78 win over The Expendables. Wentzlvania leapt out to a 25.90-point lead on Thursday behind 25.9 points from Dede Westbrook (7 Rec, 88 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Corey Davis (2 Rec, 21 Rec Yds) and never looked back. Ben Roethlisberger (23.28 points) and Keenan Allen (18.8) were the leading performers for The Expendables in the loss. This marks the first time this season Wentzlvania have taken down The Expendables, after falling 183.12-168.56 in their last matchup. Wentzlvania improve to 3-11 for the season, while The Expendables fall to 5-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Wentzlvania   The Expendables

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Westbrook overachieved for the seventh time this season, scoring 21.8 points against his 9.72-point projection. In a 30-9 loss to the Titans, he caught 7 passes for 88 yards and a touchdown. Westbrook ranks #92 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Redskins next week.
Dede Westbrook

Top Player Comparison

Wentzlvania
Points
% of total points 103.04
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
24.24
25.85
23.5%
2
Dede Westbrook
WR
21.8
9.72
21.2%
3
Eric Ebron
TE
16.5
14.94
16%
4
Phillip Lindsay
RB
15.1
18.02
14.7%
The Expendables
Points
% of total points 97.78
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
23.28
27.77
23.8%
2
Keenan Allen
WR
18.8
19.31
19.2%
3
Mark Ingram
RB
12.3
13.16
12.6%
4
Larry Fitzgerald
WR
10.5
12.63
10.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Aaron Rodgers had a 24-yard touchdown pass for Wentzlvania, contributing to a 72.74-33.80 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Wentzlvania   The Expendables

StatSmack

Wentzlvania are better at closing games out, with fewer close losses than The Expendables (0 vs 2).
Wentzlvania should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than The Expendables (7 vs 5).
Wentzlvania have started more fantasy players who beat their projected score than The Expendables (63 vs 52).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of The Expendables - they’ve made more transactions (4) than Wentzlvania (0) this week. Too bad they couldn't transact a win.
By position, Wentzlvania have outscored The Expendables at RB and TE this season.
The starters for Wentzlvania had more big plays in their NFL games this week (1) than the starters for The Expendables (0).
Hey The Expendables, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Wentzlvania
Listen Wentzlvania, I'm a glass-half-full kind of coach. While others may harp on the fact that our scoring's declined a bit lately, I'll choose to spin this in a positive direction. Averaging 126.05 points through Week 13, our crew has shown it's more than capable of outproducing the 103.04 we needed to win this past week!
The Expendables
"Not seeing enough looks" really isn't an excuse this week for The Expendables. As a group, our four pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) collectively received a grand total of 25 targets in Week 14. Chemistry and timing appear to be issues as that group reeled in just 15 balls.