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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
prince.jn's Team
8-7 98.8
115.65
 
VS
proj
john's Team
90.32 5-10
87.3

prince.jn's Team find way to knock off john's Team 98.80-90.32 despite falling short of projections

There's no way around it, prince.jn's Team dropped the ball, at least based on projections. Still, they secured a 98.80-90.32 victory over john's Team, who actually exceeded projections. john's Team leapt out to a 20.52-point lead on Thursday behind a standout showing from Philip Rivers. But prince.jn's Team held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Chris Carson (23.8 points) and David Johnson (17.6). This marks the second time this season prince.jn's Team have taken down john's Team, after winning 129.12-101.12 in their last matchup. prince.jn's Team improve to 8-7 for the season, while john's Team fall to 5-10.

Matchup Timeline

  prince.jn's Team   john's Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Carson overachieved for the sixth time this season, scoring 23.8 points against his 12.04-point projection. In a 26-23 loss to the 49ers, he racked up 148 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown. Carson ranks #75 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Chiefs next week.
Chris Carson

Top Player Comparison

prince.jn's Team
Points
% of total points 98.8
1
Chris Carson
RB
23.8
12.04
24.1%
2
David Johnson
RB
17.6
13.3
17.8%
3
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
15.1
22.07
15.3%
4
Stefon Diggs
WR
13.8
13.96
14%
john's Team
Points
% of total points 90.32
1
Joe Mixon
RB
26
15.57
28.8%
2
Philip Rivers
QB
20.52
21.41
22.7%
3
Mike Evans
WR
14.1
12.27
15.6%
4
The Washington Redskins defense
DEF
14
6.51
15.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel plays for both teams early Sunday, but after the results were tallied, john's Team emerged with a 83.52-44.70 lead. For prince.jn's Team, David Johnson had a 40-yard catch. Joe Mixon made the highlight reel for john's Team with a 47-yard run.

Points By Position

  prince.jn's Team   john's Team

Game Notes

prince.jn's Team won even though only two of their nine starters scored higher than their point projections.
john's Team had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
john's Team could have used points from Jordan Reed and Kareem Hunt, as both put up goose eggs.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
prince.jn's Team won despite scoring fewer points than projected, while john's Team exceeded their projection.
The matchup's 8.48-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
The win puts an end to a two-game winless streak for prince.jn's Team.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with prince.jn's Team. They got the win, but did not cover the 28.35-point projected margin of victory.
For john's Team, Joe Mixon (26 points) registered the fifth-best score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

prince.jn's Team
Well prince.jn's Team, the good news is that we won this matchup by 8.48 points. Even better news is that we know we're better than this, as our scoring average through Week 14 stood at 100.99. So while we're happy to have earned this victory, let's "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
john's Team
The problem this week is pretty easy to diagnose, john's Team. Starting Jordan Reed and Kareem Hunt in a tough fantasy matchup... let's try to play with a full deck of cards next time?