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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
The Whirlwinds
7-8 176.5
202.75
 
VS
proj
The Vultures
161 5-10
199.77

The Whirlwinds find way to top The Vultures 176.5-161.0

Both teams were unable to rise to the occasion, but The Whirlwinds did enough to knock off The Vultures, securing a 176.5-161.0 victory. The Vultures took a 36-point lead on Saturday behind 23 points from Benardrick McKinney (9 Tackles) and Chris Herndon (3 Rec, 53 Rec Yds). But The Whirlwinds held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Joe Mixon, who ran for 129 yards and 2 touchdowns for 34 points, and Jonathan Allen, who made 5 tackles and recorded 2 sacks (18 points). This marks the second time this season The Whirlwinds have gotten the best of The Vultures, after winning 183-168 in their last matchup. The Whirlwinds improve to 7-8 for the season, while The Vultures fall to 5-10.

Matchup Timeline

  The Whirlwinds   The Vultures

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Allen made 5 tackles and recorded 2 sacks as the Redskins beat the Jaguars 16-13. In doing so, he put up 18 points and more-than-tripled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on The Whirlwinds this week. Next week, Allen will square off against the Titans.
Jonathan Allen

Top Player Comparison

The Whirlwinds
Points
% of total points 176.5
1
Joe Mixon
RB
34
16.22
19.3%
2
Jonathan Allen
DT
18
5.18
10.2%
3
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
17
24.86
9.6%
4
Antonio Brown
WR
16
18.93
9.1%
The Vultures
Points
% of total points 161
1
The Jacksonville Jaguars defense
DEF
28
23.29
17.4%
2
Mitchell Trubisky
QB
22
21.66
13.7%
3
Dede Westbrook
WR
21
9.5
13%
4
Benardrick McKinney
LB
15
15.27
9.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Joe Mixon had a 47-yard run for The Whirlwinds, who trailed 148.0-73.0 after the early games.

Points By Position

  The Whirlwinds   The Vultures

What If

The Whirlwinds would have beaten only three other teams besides The Vultures this week.
The Vultures would have lost to seven other teams besides The Whirlwinds this week.
If The Whirlwinds played The Vultures every week this season, they'd be 9-6.
The Whirlwinds would have been victorious over The Vultures 160-149 had they played each other last week.
The Whirlwinds would be 6-7 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Vultures.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Whirlwinds, The Vultures would be 6-7.
If The Whirlwinds had played every team in the league each week, they would be 107-103-3.
If they played every team every week, The Vultures would be 100-112-1.

Coach Talk

The Whirlwinds
You know The Whirlwinds, the good news is that we won this matchup by 15.5 points. The *even better* news is that we've proven we're better than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through 14 weeks was 177.68. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also get back up to where we know we can be!
The Vultures
Hey, it's possible that The Vultures may be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. With only 12 targets combined in Week 15, their three wide receivers apparently contributed to their respective offenses by running decoy routes and blocking downfield.