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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
VinSanity
3-12 107.06
115.01
 
VS
proj
M0nStEr bLiTz
87.74 2-13
84.68

Back-and-forth battle ends with VinSanity defeating M0nStEr bLiTz, 107.06-87.74

What a battle! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, VinSanity secured a 107.06-87.74 victory to hand M0nStEr bLiTz their fifth consecutive loss. VinSanity were led by Todd Gurley II (29.4 points) and Josh Allen (21.26), while Chris Carson (119 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 29 Rec Yds) and Doug Baldwin (4 Rec, 77 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) did everything they could for M0nStEr bLiTz in the loss. This marks the second time this season VinSanity have taken down M0nStEr bLiTz, after winning 148.36-72.9 in their last matchup. VinSanity improve to 3-12 for the season, while M0nStEr bLiTz fall to 2-13.

Matchup Timeline

  VinSanity   M0nStEr bLiTz

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Hopkins overachieved for the fourth time this season, scoring 11 points against his 6.54-point projection. During a 16-13 win over the Jaguars, he made all 3 of his FG attempts. Hopkins will face the Titans next week.
Dustin Hopkins

Top Player Comparison

VinSanity
Points
% of total points 107.06
1
Todd Gurley II
RB
29.4
23.36
27.5%
2
Josh Allen
QB
21.26
20.93
19.9%
3
The Chicago Bears defense
DEF
16
11.53
14.9%
4
Dustin Hopkins
K
11
6.54
10.3%
M0nStEr bLiTz
Points
% of total points 87.74
1
Chris Carson
RB
23.8
12.03
27.1%
2
Doug Baldwin
WR
21.7
8.62
24.7%
3
Lamar Jackson
QB
17.74
20.18
20.2%
4
Larry Fitzgerald
WR
11.7
9.11
13.3%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Sunday Early
Josh Allen had a 42-yard touchdown pass for VinSanity to contribute to a 68.46-33.24 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Doug Baldwin had a 35-yard touchdown catch for M0nStEr bLiTz, contributing to a 87.74-68.46 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  VinSanity   M0nStEr bLiTz

Game Notes

VinSanity won even though only four of their nine starters exceeded their scoring projections.
M0nStEr bLiTz had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
M0nStEr bLiTz could have used points from Odell Beckham Jr. and Greg Olsen, as both put up goose eggs.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
VinSanity got the W despite scoring fewer points than projected, while M0nStEr bLiTz exceeded their projection.
The matchup's 19.32-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
The win snaps a streak of three straight losses for VinSanity.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with VinSanity. They won, but did not cover the 30.33-point projected margin of victory.

Coach Talk

VinSanity
Hey, we'll definitely take the win, VinSanity! Having said that, if we want to ramp our performance up to the next level, then we have found an area to improve; our starting wide receivers were severely outmatched by the opposition. Buoyed by D.J. Moore (12 total yards, no TDs) and Golden Tate (43 yards, no TDs), our three WRs combined for just 16.1 points in Week 15. The starting wideouts for M0nStEr bLiTz doubled us up with a score of 33.4. Let's put some more effort into studying those playbooks!
M0nStEr bLiTz
It's entirely possible that M0nStEr bLiTz may be a better talent scout in the NFL than in fantasy football. With just 14 targets as a group this past week, their four starting pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) apparently spent the majority of their games blocking downfield and running decoy routes.