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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Wyerock Bottoms
5-7 179.56
181.43
 
VS
proj
Bring It!
149.38 9-3
199.63

Bring It! lose to Wyerock Bottoms, 179.56-149.38

There's no sugarcoating it, Bring It! underdelivered, at least based on projections, as Wyerock Bottoms earned a 179.56-149.38 win. Bring It! grabbed a 54.85-point lead on Thursday behind standout performances from Drew Brees, who passed for 171 yards and 4 touchdowns for 33.09 points, and Calvin Ridley, who caught 8 passes for 93 yards and a touchdown (22.45 points). But Wyerock Bottoms held the lead the rest of the way, powered by JuJu Smith-Schuster (13 Rec, 189 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Russell Wilson (339 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs). Wyerock Bottoms (5-7) will look to keep it rolling against Macheteros™, while Bring It! (9-3) face off against The Footballas in an effort to develop some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Wyerock Bottoms   Bring It!

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Smith-Schuster overachieved for the seventh time this season, scoring 41.35 points against his 15.76-point projection. During a 24-17 loss to the Broncos, he caught 13 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown. Smith-Schuster ranks #39 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Chargers next week.
JuJu Smith-Schuster

Top Player Comparison

Wyerock Bottoms
Points
% of total points 179.56
1
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
41.35
15.76
23%
2
Russell Wilson
QB
32.33
24.59
18%
3
Tyler Lockett
WR
24.88
14.11
13.9%
4
Melvin Gordon III
RB
21.65
19.84
12.1%
Bring It!
Points
% of total points 149.38
1
Drew Brees
QB
33.09
34.4
22.2%
2
Calvin Ridley
WR
22.45
10.94
15%
3
Derwin James
S
21.7
14.78
14.5%
4
Jack Doyle
TE
14.82
11.93
9.9%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Drew Brees had a 28-yard touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown pass for Bring It!, while Calvin Ridley had a 50-yard catch, helping give Bring It! a 75.85-21.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Russell Wilson hit Tyler Lockett for a 43-yard pass for Wyerock Bottoms. Wilson also lit up the scoreboard with a 35-yard touchdown pass and a 54-yard pass, contributing to a 109.68-86.35 lead for Wyerock Bottoms.
Sunday Late
JuJu Smith-Schuster had a 97-yard touchdown catch for Wyerock Bottoms, while Melvin Gordon III had a 28-yard touchdown run, contributing to a 174.06-145.45 lead for Wyerock Bottoms.

Points By Position

  Wyerock Bottoms   Bring It!

Game Notes

Wyerock Bottoms got the victory despite the fact that only four of their 12 starters scored higher than their point projections.
Bring It! had only three of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
Wyerock Bottoms won despite starting Evan Engram, who scored zero points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The loss ends a streak of three consecutive wins for Bring It!.
A bright spot in the loss, Drew Brees scored 33.09 points, the fourth-best score for a QB this week.

Next Week Preview

Bring It!
On the docket next week, Bring It! (9-3) will try to get back in the win column against The Footballas (7-5). 12 weeks into the season, Bring It! have posted the second-most points in the league while The Footballas (and their 184.43 points per game) are ranked sixth. Looking at just the last two weeks, Bring It! has put up 199.1 points per game, while The Footballas has averaged 177.11 per contest.
Wyerock Bottoms
Wyerock Bottoms (5-7) square off against Macheteros™ (3-9) in Week 13. 12 weeks into the season, Wyerock Bottoms have posted the seventh-most points in the league while Macheteros™ (and their 157.34 points per game) are ranked 10th. Over the last three weeks, Wyerock Bottoms have scored 179.83 points per game, while Macheteros™ have averaged 161.53 per contest.