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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
DominationStation
7-7 106.45
142.39
 
VS
proj
Hard Targets
91.3 6-9
146.61

DominationStation fall short of projections, still manage to top Hard Targets, 106.45-91.30

Both teams failed to rise to the occasion, falling short of their projected point totals, but DominationStation did enough to beat Hard Targets. Predicted to fall short by a score of 146.61-142.39, DominationStation earned a 106.45-91.30 victory over Hard Targets. DominationStation grabbed an early 8.00-point lead on Thursday. Hard Targets bounced back to take the lead on Saturday, powered by Elijah McGuire (14.1 points) and Jarvis Landry (6.7). Unphased, DominationStation pulled it together later that afternoon, as Tom Brady (17.95 points) and Vance McDonald (9.3) put them back in the lead for good. This marks the second time this season DominationStation have beaten Hard Targets, after winning 142.1-100.6 in their last matchup. DominationStation improve to 7-7 for the season, while Hard Targets fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  DominationStation   Hard Targets

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Engram (8 Rec, 75 Rec Yds) scored 15.5 points in a 17-0 lost to the Titans in Week 15. His scoring output was 63.7% more than his 9.47-point projection and was much higher than his 5.51-point season scoring average. Engram will face the Colts next week.
Evan Engram

Top Player Comparison

DominationStation
Points
% of total points 106.45
1
Tom Brady
QB
17.95
28.05
16.9%
2
Evan Engram
TE
15.5
9.47
14.6%
3
Jordy Nelson
WR
14.8
10.51
13.9%
4
Brandin Cooks
WR
11.9
16.37
11.2%
Hard Targets
Points
% of total points 91.3
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
16.2
24.89
17.7%
2
Elijah McGuire
RB
14.1
11.99
15.4%
3
Adam Vinatieri
K
13
9.54
14.2%
4
Willie Snead IV
WR
10.8
7.88
11.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Jordy Nelson had a 44-yard catch for DominationStation, who trailed 79.10-49.50 after the early action.
Sunday Late
Tom Brady had a 63-yard touchdown pass for DominationStation to contribute to a 82.65-79.10 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  DominationStation   Hard Targets

StatSmack

They don't even seem to consider you a threat. DominationStation have a winning record vs Hard Targets this season despite averaging fewer points against them (124.28) than their season average (137.38).
Hard Targets are like a set of bad ACLs. They've been blown out more times than DominationStation (3 vs 1).
DominationStation play up to their potential, with fewer upset losses (1) than Hard Targets (2).
DominationStation don't falter at the last minute, with fewer close losses than Hard Targets (1 vs 2).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of Hard Targets - they’ve made more transactions (1) than DominationStation (0) this week. Too bad that itchy pickup finger didn't pay off.
By position, DominationStation have outscored Hard Targets at WR and K this season.
DominationStation has a higher average scoring margin (1) than Hard Targets this season (-1).
The starters for DominationStation had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for Hard Targets (0).
Hey Hard Targets, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

DominationStation
You know DominationStation, the good news is that we won this matchup by more than 15 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even better than this, as our scoring average through 14 weeks was 131.57. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also get back up to where we know we can be!
Hard Targets
Well, we certainly can't whine about a lack of opportunities this time, can we? Our five pass-catchers (four WR and one TE) combined to get a grand total of 25 targets in Week 15. With just 12 total receptions, that group may need to work on chemistry with their QBs.