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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Scott's Swell Team
6-9 77.2
82.05
 
VS
proj
Kawai's Awesome Team
73.86 8-7
96.57

Kawai's Awesome Team come up short of expectations, succumb to Scott's Swell Team in 77.20-73.86 battle

Kawai's Awesome Team underachieved compared to their projected point total, as Scott's Swell Team squeaked by for a 77.20-73.86 victory. Kawai's Awesome Team had a chance to come from behind on Monday night, but it wasn't to be. Scott's Swell Team led 77.20-66.86 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite 7 points from Wil Lutz on Monday night for Kawai's Awesome Team. Scott's Swell Team were led by Dalvin Cook (28.8 points) and Mike Evans (14.1). This marks the first time this season Scott's Swell Team have gotten the best of Kawai's Awesome Team, after falling 89.96-75.68 in their last matchup. Scott's Swell Team improve to 6-9 for the season, while Kawai's Awesome Team fall to 8-7.

Matchup Timeline

  Scott's Swell Team   Kawai's Awesome Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 12.64 points, Cook more-than-doubled that amount by scoring 28.8 points as the Vikings beat the Dolphins 41-17. He racked up 163 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Scott's Swell Team this week. Cook will play the Lions next week.
Dalvin Cook

Top Player Comparison

Scott's Swell Team
Points
% of total points 77.2
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
28.8
12.64
37.3%
2
Mike Evans
WR
14.1
12.27
18.3%
3
Julian Edelman
WR
12.5
14.73
16.2%
4
James White
RB
6.2
12.25
8%
Kawai's Awesome Team
Points
% of total points 73.86
1
Davante Adams
WR
17.9
15.48
24.2%
2
Aaron Rodgers
QB
14.46
19.11
19.6%
3
Antonio Brown
WR
12.9
16.06
17.5%
4
Tarik Cohen
RB
11.7
12.14
15.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Dalvin Cook had a 21-yard touchdown run for Scott's Swell Team, helping the team to a 54.50-53.96 lead.

Points By Position

  Scott's Swell Team   Kawai's Awesome Team

StatSmack

You can't win if you don't play. Kawai's Awesome Team has left more points on the bench this season (997.62) than Scott's Swell Team (664.64).
Scott's Swell Team laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (2) than Kawai's Awesome Team (1).
Scott's Swell Team are better at closing games out, with fewer close losses than Kawai's Awesome Team (2 vs 3).
By position, Scott's Swell Team have outscored Kawai's Awesome Team at RB and TE this season.
The starters for Scott's Swell Team had more big plays in their NFL games this week (1) than the starters for Kawai's Awesome Team (0).
Hey Kawai's Awesome Team, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Scott's Swell Team
Well Scott's Swell Team, the good news is that we took this matchup by more than three points. The better news is that we've proven we're even stronger than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through Week 14 stood at 89.69. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Kawai's Awesome Team
Fortunately, Kawai's Awesome Team, Week 15's problem was pretty easy to diagnose. Going with Greg Olsen and Jay Ajayi in a fantasy matchup where every point mattered... let's consider this to be an opportunity to get better and all agree that it won't happen again.