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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
FierceForce
8-7 132.02
128
 
VS
proj
My ball Zach Ertz
123.4 8-7
130.19

Despite top scorer Henry, My ball Zach Ertz fall to FierceForce, 132.02-123.40

My ball Zach Ertz had the top scorer in the matchup with RB Derrick Henry posting 30.24 points, the fourth-best total in the league this week, but it wasn't enough to overcome FierceForce, who came from behind to earn a 132.02-123.40 win. FierceForce trailed 123.40-100.52 heading into Monday night, but the unit came storming back behind Christian McCaffrey (50 Pass Yds, 53 Rush Yds, 67 Rec Yds, 1 Off. TD,) and Curtis Samuel (1 Rec, 17 Rec Yds). Derrick Henry (30.24 points) and Alshon Jeffery (24) did their part for My ball Zach Ertz in the loss. This marks the second time this season FierceForce have knocked off My ball Zach Ertz, after falling 139.74-133.82 in their last matchup. FierceForce improve to 8-7 for the season, while My ball Zach Ertz fall to 8-7.

Matchup Timeline

  FierceForce   My ball Zach Ertz

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While running for 85 yards and a touchdown against the Ravens, Barber registered 16.9 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 7.85-point projection and was much higher than his 8.79-point season scoring average. Barber will face the Cowboys next week.
Peyton Barber

Top Player Comparison

FierceForce
Points
% of total points 132.02
1
Christian McCaffrey
RB
28
23.98
21.2%
2
Philip Rivers
QB
24.52
26.12
18.6%
3
Kenny Golladay
WR
21.6
11.55
16.4%
4
Jaylen Samuels
RB
19.2
13.24
14.5%
My ball Zach Ertz
Points
% of total points 123.4
1
Derrick Henry
RB
30.24
11.52
24.5%
2
Alshon Jeffery
WR
24
10.08
19.4%
3
Tarik Cohen
RB
15.2
14.36
12.3%
4
Jared Goff
QB
12.66
26.08
10.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kenny Golladay had a 40-yard catch for FierceForce, contributing to a 75.32-60.64 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
Alshon Jeffery had a 50-yard catch for My ball Zach Ertz to contribute to a 123.40-100.52 lead for the team.
Monday
Christian McCaffrey had a 50-yard touchdown pass for FierceForce on Monday night, helping propel the team to the win.

Points By Position

  FierceForce   My ball Zach Ertz

Game Notes

FierceForce emerged victorious even though only four of their 10 starting players scored higher than their point projections.
My ball Zach Ertz had only four of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
FierceForce won despite starting Donte Moncrief, who scored zero points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
FierceForce put up more points than their projected total, while My ball Zach Ertz failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 8.62-point margin was the closest in the league this week.
FierceForce moves to (4-1) in comeback games this season, while My ball Zach Ertz falls to (1-1).
For My ball Zach Ertz, Derrick Henry scored 30.24 points, the fourth-best score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

FierceForce
Well FierceForce, the good news is that we took this matchup by 8.62 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even stronger than this, as our scoring average through Week 14 stood at 122.52. So while we're happy to have gotten this victory, let's get back up to where we know we can be!
My ball Zach Ertz
Listen, My ball Zach Ertz, I've been in this business long enough to know that sometimes nine extra points will just magically appear out of nowhere... and then in some cases, like this week, they won't! In the overall scheme of things, the most important thing here is that you tried.