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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Festering Scabs
7-8 176.06
198.81
 
VS
proj
Chill Pill
114.92 9-6
204.9

Festering Scabs find way to defeat Chill Pill 176.06-114.92

Both teams were unable to rise to the occasion, but Festering Scabs did enough to get the best of Chill Pill, coming out on top with a 176.06-114.92 victory. Festering Scabs leapt out to a 39.40-point lead on Thursday behind a combined 38.4 points from Damien Williams (49 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 74 Rec Yds) and Tyreek Hill (4 Rec, 46 Rec Yds) and never looked back. Ben Roethlisberger (24.1 points) and Jordan Howard (14.5) carried the flag for Chill Pill in the loss. This marks the first time this season Festering Scabs have taken down Chill Pill, after falling 232.54-201.6 in their last matchup. Festering Scabs improve to 7-8 for the season, while Chill Pill fall to 9-6.

Matchup Timeline

  Festering Scabs   Chill Pill

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Going up against the Jets in Week 15, Fairbairn made all 5 of his FG attempts. In doing so, he put up 22 points to more-than-double his 9.19-point projection, the highest percent increase of any K in the league this season. Fairbairn will battle the Eagles next week.
Ka'imi Fairbairn

Top Player Comparison

Festering Scabs
Points
% of total points 176.06
1
Matt Ryan
QB
34.04
29.65
19.3%
2
Damien Williams
RB
30.3
14.74
17.2%
3
Derek Carr
QB
24.12
27.92
13.7%
4
Ka'imi Fairbairn
K
22
9.19
12.5%
Chill Pill
Points
% of total points 114.92
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
24.1
33.91
21%
2
Jordan Howard
RB
14.5
11.13
12.6%
3
Willie Snead IV
WR
10.8
7.88
9.4%
4
Marcus Mariota
QB
10.62
27.45
9.2%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Sunday Early
Derek Carr had a couple of 44-yard passes for Festering Scabs, contributing to a 176.06-69.62 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Festering Scabs   Chill Pill

StatSmack

Festering Scabs don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than Chill Pill (2 vs 1).
Festering Scabs laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than Chill Pill (0).
Festering Scabs should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than Chill Pill (9 vs 7).
Chill Pill have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (2) than Festering Scabs (0) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Festering Scabs have outscored Chill Pill at QB, RB, K, and IDP this season.
The starters for Festering Scabs had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for Chill Pill (0).
Hey Chill Pill, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Festering Scabs
You know Festering Scabs, the good news is that we took this matchup by more than 61 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even stronger than this, as our scoring average through 14 weeks was 188.62. So while we're happy to have gotten this victory, let's get back up to where we know we can be!
Chill Pill
Chill Pill may find it tough to complain about lack of opportunity this past week. Our pass-catching corps (three WR and one TE) collectively received a grand total of 23 targets in Week 15. Those players might need to get some extra reps with the JUGS machine, considering they managed only 13 receptions.