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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Fortress
6-9 65
84.32
 
VS
proj
Despots
52 6-9
73.93

Fortress find way to beat Despots 65-52 despite falling short of predictions

Both teams failed to rise to the occasion, but Fortress did enough to knock off Despots. Predicted to triumph by a score of 84-74, Fortress secured a 65-52 victory over Despots. Despots nabbed a 13-point lead on Thursday behind impressive efforts from Tyrell Williams (7 points) and Travis Kelce (6). But Fortress held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Tom Brady (15 points) and David Johnson (15). This marks the first time this season Fortress have knocked off Despots, after falling 93-69 in their last matchup. Fortress improve to 6-9 for the season, while Despots fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Fortress   Despots

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Burton caught 4 passes for 36 yards and a touchdown as the Bears beat the Packers 24-17. In doing so, he put up 9 points to more-than-double his 4.41-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Fortress this week. Next week, Burton will face the 49ers.
Trey Burton

Top Player Comparison

Fortress
Points
% of total points 65
1
Tom Brady
QB
15
24.51
23.1%
2
David Johnson
RB
15
10.2
23.1%
3
Mason Crosby
K
12
8.29
18.5%
4
Trey Burton
TE
9
4.41
13.8%
Despots
Points
% of total points 52
1
Adam Vinatieri
K
13
9.54
25%
2
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
10
8.09
19.2%
3
Tarik Cohen
RB
9
8.8
17.3%
4
Tyrell Williams
WR
7
5.55
13.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
David Johnson had a 40-yard catch for Fortress to contribute to a 47-38 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Tom Brady had a 63-yard touchdown pass for Fortress, contributing to a 65-48 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Fortress   Despots

What If

Fortress would have beaten four other teams besides Despots this week.
Despots would have lost to 10 other teams besides Fortress this week.
If Fortress played Despots every week this season, they'd be 8-7.
Had they played each other last week, Fortress would have gotten the victory over Despots 67-49.
Fortress would be 6-7 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Despots.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Fortress, Despots would be 4-9.
If Fortress had played every team in the league each week, they would be 73-112-2.
If they played every team every week, Despots would be 62-125.

Coach Talk

Fortress
Hey, the key to football is taking advantage of the mismatches. Along with doubling up Despots at RB (18 points to 9), we also almost quadrupled them at QB (15 to 4).
Despots
Despots may find it tough to gripe about lack of opportunities this past week. As a group, our pass-catching corps (two WR, one TE) collectively got a grand total of 27 targets in Week 15. Timing and chemistry seem to be issues as that group managed only 16 catches.