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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Stars and Stills
9-5 136.02
115.36
 
VS
proj
A Sweet Can Of Monst
64.22 6-9
111.99

Stars and Stills beat A Sweet Can Of Monst for fourth straight win in 136.02-64.22 rout

Stars and Stills extended their win streak to four games with a dominant win over A Sweet Can Of Monst, cruising to a 136.02-64.22 victory. Stars and Stills never trailed in this one after nabbing a 2.50-point lead on Thursday behind Philip Rivers (20.52 points). Patrick Mahomes (243 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and Tyler Boyd (4 Rec, 38 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) did everything they could for A Sweet Can Of Monst in the loss. This marks the second time this season Stars and Stills have knocked off A Sweet Can Of Monst, after winning 145.96-143.84 in their last matchup. Stars and Stills improve to 9-5 for the season, while A Sweet Can Of Monst fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Stars and Stills   A Sweet Can Of Monst

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Fairbairn overachieved for the second time this season, scoring 22 points against his 9.4-point projection. During a 29-22 win over the Jets, he made all 5 of his FG attempts. Fairbairn ranks #72 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Eagles next week.
Ka'imi Fairbairn

Top Player Comparison

Stars and Stills
Points
% of total points 136.02
1
Ka'imi Fairbairn
K
22
9.4
16.2%
2
Doug Baldwin
WR
21.7
8.62
16%
3
Philip Rivers
QB
20.52
21.4
15.1%
4
Alvin Kamara
RB
19.8
18.46
14.6%
A Sweet Can Of Monst
Points
% of total points 64.22
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
18.02
24.76
28.1%
2
Tyler Boyd
WR
11.8
10.89
18.4%
3
Evan Engram
TE
11.5
7.64
17.9%
4
Tyler Lockett
WR
6.6
8.84
10.3%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Sunday Early
David Johnson had a 40-yard catch for Stars and Stills to contribute to a 86.22-57.62 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Doug Baldwin had a 35-yard touchdown catch for Stars and Stills to contribute to a 112.92-64.22 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Stars and Stills   A Sweet Can Of Monst

Game Notes

Half of the starters on Stars and Stills scored higher than their projected point totals.
A Sweet Can Of Monst had only two of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
A Sweet Can Of Monst could have used points from Keenan Allen and Brett Maher, as both put up goose eggs.
Stars and Stills had four players score more points than the leading scorer for A Sweet Can Of Monst.
Stars and Stills put up more points than their season scoring average (114.59) while A Sweet Can Of Monst fell short of theirs (110.44).
Stars and Stills recorded more points than their projected total, while A Sweet Can Of Monst failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 71.8-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Not only did Stars and Stills earn the win, but they also easily covered the 3.37-point forecasted margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, Stars and Stills moves to (2-2), while A Sweet Can Of Monst falls to (1-6).

Coach Talk

Stars and Stills
Spotting mismatches is a huge component to winning in football. Not only did we double up A Sweet Can Of Monst at WR (41.4 points to 18.4), we also tripled them at RB (43.8 to 14.3).
A Sweet Can Of Monst
Hey now, talk about old-school ground n' pound. As a group, the starting RBs for A Sweet Can Of Monst collectively recorded four catches on just five targets this past week. Get those offensive coordinators to set up a couple of screen plays in Week 16!