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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Gritz Blitz
10-5 86.5
96.83
 
VS
proj
Well Oiled Machine
66 6-9
107.42

Gritz Blitz fall short of projections, still manage to knock off Well Oiled Machine in 86.5-66.0 rout

Both teams were unable to bring their A game, coming up short of their projected point totals, but Gritz Blitz did enough to beat Well Oiled Machine, rolling to a 86.5-66.0 victory. Gritz Blitz grabbed an early 1.0-point lead on Thursday. Well Oiled Machine came back to take the lead on Saturday, powered by Deshaun Watson (8 points) and Zach Cunningham (2). Not to be deterred, Gritz Blitz rallied later that afternoon, as Joe Mixon (20 points) and the Baltimore Ravens defense (13) put them back in the lead once and for all. This marks the second time this season Gritz Blitz have beaten Well Oiled Machine, after winning 78.5-71 in their last matchup. Gritz Blitz improve to 10-5 for the season, while Well Oiled Machine fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Gritz Blitz   Well Oiled Machine

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Mixon (129 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs) scored 20 points against the Raiders in Week 15. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 9.21-point projection and was much higher than his 8.73-point season scoring average. Mixon ranks #38 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Browns next week.
Joe Mixon

Top Player Comparison

Gritz Blitz
Points
% of total points 86.5
1
Joe Mixon
RB
20
9.21
23.1%
2
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
13
17.63
15%
3
Luke Kuechly
LB
11
6.27
12.7%
4
Matt Bryant
K
10
9.84
11.6%
Well Oiled Machine
Points
% of total points 66
1
Alvin Kamara
RB
17
12.53
25.8%
2
Danielle Hunter
DE
10
5.37
15.2%
3
Deshaun Watson
QB
8
8.21
12.1%
4
Justin Tucker
K
8
10.89
12.1%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Sunday Early
Joe Mixon had a 47-yard run for Gritz Blitz, helping the team to a 64.5-43.0 lead.

Points By Position

  Gritz Blitz   Well Oiled Machine

What If

Gritz Blitz would have beaten four other teams besides Well Oiled Machine this week.
Well Oiled Machine would have lost to seven other teams besides Gritz Blitz this week.
If Gritz Blitz played Well Oiled Machine every week this season, they'd be 10-5.
Well Oiled Machine would have defeated Gritz Blitz 69.5-67.5 had they played each other last week.
Gritz Blitz would be 6-7 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Well Oiled Machine.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Gritz Blitz, Well Oiled Machine would be 8-5.
If Gritz Blitz had played every team in the league each week, they would be 74-54-1.
If they played every team every week, Well Oiled Machine would be 63-65-1.

Coach Talk

Gritz Blitz
Listen Gritz Blitz, the good news is that we won this matchup by a staggering 20.5 points. Even better news is that we've proven we're stronger than this, as our scoring average through Week 14 stood at 89.32. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Well Oiled Machine
Hey, it's possible that Well Oiled Machine would be a better talent scout in real football than in fantasy. With just four targets combined in Week 15, their two wide receivers apparently spent most of their games blocking downfield and running decoy routes.