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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Detroit Lions
5-10 219.82
245.41
 
VS
proj
New York Giants
206.52 3-12
260.17

Detroit Lions come up short of projections, find way to knock off New York Giants, 219.82-206.52

Both teams failed to bring their A game, but Detroit Lions did enough to knock off New York Giants, earning a 219.82-206.52 victory. Detroit Lions earned an early 19.32-point lead on Thursday. New York Giants bounced back to take the lead on Saturday, powered by J.J. Watt (27 points) and Jadeveon Clowney (14). Unphased, Detroit Lions got it going later that afternoon, as Julian Edelman (17 points) and T.J. Watt (13) put them back on top once and for all. This marks the second time this season Detroit Lions have knocked off New York Giants, after winning 224.1-220.44 in their last matchup. Detroit Lions improve to 5-10 for the season, while New York Giants fall to 3-12.

Matchup Timeline

  Detroit Lions   New York Giants

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Golladay overachieved for the seventh time this season, scoring 21.6 points against his 11.49-point projection. During a 14-13 loss to the Bills, he caught 7 passes for 146 yards . Golladay ranks #67 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Vikings next week.
Kenny Golladay

Top Player Comparison

Detroit Lions
Points
% of total points 219.82
1
Jordan Poyer
S
23
15.14
10.5%
2
Kenny Golladay
WR
21.6
11.49
9.8%
3
Justin Jackson
RB
17.5
12.44
8%
4
Julian Edelman
WR
17
18.65
7.7%
New York Giants
Points
% of total points 206.52
1
J.J. Watt
DE
27
17.5
13.1%
2
Jaylon Smith
LB
22
17.07
10.7%
3
Philip Rivers
QB
20.52
21.4
9.9%
4
Dan Bailey
K
16
10.43
7.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kenny Golladay had a 40-yard catch for Detroit Lions, who trailed 173.62-159.82 after the early round of games.

Points By Position

  Detroit Lions   New York Giants

What If

Detroit Lions would have beaten four other teams besides New York Giants this week.
New York Giants would have lost to six other teams besides Detroit Lions this week.
If Detroit Lions played New York Giants every week this season, they'd be 7-8.
Had they played each other last week, New York Giants would have defeated Detroit Lions 196.12-169.7.
Detroit Lions would be 2-11 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as New York Giants.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Detroit Lions, New York Giants would be 3-10.
If Detroit Lions had played every team in the league each week, they would be 46-115.
If they played every team every week, New York Giants would be 52-109.

Coach Talk

Detroit Lions
We do respect the confidence this past week, Detroit Lions. It's a bold move to deploy a starter with zero points (Terrell Suggs), while still earning the W. Try that type of flashy, show-off stuff next week and we'll be toast.
New York Giants
New York Giants may find it tough to gripe about lack of opportunity this past week. As a group, our pass-catching corps (five WR, one TE) were targeted a respectable 39 times in Week 15. Those players should try to get some extra practice reps in with their QBs, considering they managed just 23 receptions.