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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Pat's Primo Team
6-6 104.4
101.76
 
VS
proj
sleepy's Team
101.7 3-9
69.17

sleepy's Team top expectations but fall to Pat's Primo Team in 104.4-101.7 battle

sleepy's Team exceeded expectations, but it wasn't enough to swing the result. Predicted to win 101.8-69.2, Pat's Primo Team came back for a 104.4-101.7 victory over sleepy's Team. Pat's Primo Team trailed 101.7-50.7 heading into Monday night, but the unit roared back behind Deshaun Watson, who passed for 210 yards , ran for 70 yards and scored 3 touchdowns for 29.4 points. JuJu Smith-Schuster (13 Rec, 189 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Aaron Jones (72 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 21 Rec Yds) led the charge for sleepy's Team in the loss. This marks the second time this season Pat's Primo Team have beaten sleepy's Team, after winning 119.9-80.5 in their last matchup. Pat's Primo Team (6-6) will look to build on their success against Headhunter2, while sleepy's Team (3-9) will try to right the ship against Cliff's Choice Team.

Matchup Timeline

  Pat's Primo Team   sleepy's Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While passing for 210 yards , running for 70 yards and scoring 3 touchdowns against the Titans, Watson registered 29.4 points this week. His scoring output was 45.3% more than his 20.24-point projection and was much higher than his 18.82-point season scoring average. Watson ranks #14 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Browns next week.
Deshaun Watson

Top Player Comparison

Pat's Primo Team
Points
% of total points 104.4
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
29.4
20.24
28.2%
2
Leonard Fournette
RB
24.3
15.27
23.3%
3
Zach Ertz
TE
18.6
13.9
17.8%
4
Alvin Kamara
RB
10.3
21.34
9.9%
sleepy's Team
Points
% of total points 101.7
1
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
31.4
12.86
30.9%
2
Aaron Jones
RB
16.8
13.6
16.5%
3
Mike Williams
WR
16.5
6.54
16.2%
4
Dalvin Cook
RB
15.1
14.54
14.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
JuJu Smith-Schuster had a 97-yard touchdown catch for sleepy's Team to contribute to a 69.8-50.7 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
Dalvin Cook had a 26-yard touchdown catch for sleepy's Team, helping the team to a 101.7-50.7 lead.

Points By Position

  Pat's Primo Team   sleepy's Team

Game Notes

Pat's Primo Team won even though only three of their nine starting players scored higher than their projected point totals.
sleepy's Team lost despite five of their nine starters exceeding their projected points.
The final outcome could've looked differently, as Pat's Primo Team had two starters score zero points, while sleepy's Team had three.
Both teams exceeded their season scoring average.
Both teams scored more than their projected point total.
The matchup's 2.7-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Pat's Primo Team. They got the win, but failed to cover the 32.59-point projected margin of victory.
In close games this year, Pat's Primo Team moves to (1-0), while sleepy's Team falls to (1-2).
Despite the loss, JuJu Smith-Schuster put up 31.4 points, the third-highest score in the league this week.

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