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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Standing4Flag
10-2 84
95.61
 
VS
proj
Spoon
71 8-4
77.07

Standing4Flag defeat Spoon for third straight win, 84-71

Standing4Flag extended their win streak to three games with a hard-fought victory over Spoon, earning a 84-71 win. Standing4Flag grabbed a 19-point lead on Thursday behind impressive performances from Ezekiel Elliott and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. Elliott racked up 143 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown for 16 points, while Clinton-Dix made 4 tackles (3 points). Spoon came back to take the lead during the late round of games on Sunday, powered by Darius Leonard (12 points) and Phillip Lindsay (11). Not to be deterred, Standing4Flag got it going later that night, as Davante Adams (9 points) and the Green Bay Packers defense (6) put them back in the lead once and for all. This marks the first time this season Standing4Flag have beaten Spoon, after falling 98.5-79 in their last matchup. Standing4Flag (10-2) will look to keep it rolling against Gritz Blitz, while Spoon (8-4) will face Can I Haz Touchdown? in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Standing4Flag   Spoon

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 7 passes for 86 yards and a touchdown against the Steelers, Sanders tallied 12 points this week. His scoring output was 44.4% more than his 8.31-point projection and was higher than his 9-point season scoring average. Sanders ranks #48 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Bengals next week.
Emmanuel Sanders

Top Player Comparison

Standing4Flag
Points
% of total points 84
1
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
16
12.74
19%
2
Emmanuel Sanders
WR
12
8.31
14.3%
3
Tom Brady
QB
9
7.71
10.7%
4
Davante Adams
WR
9
9.47
10.7%
Spoon
Points
% of total points 71
1
Jordan Poyer
S
12
5.61
16.9%
2
Darius Leonard
LB
12
9.09
16.9%
3
Phillip Lindsay
RB
11
8.08
15.5%
4
Stephen Gostkowski
K
9
10.86
12.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tom Brady found Julian Edelman for a 21-yard touchdown pass for Standing4Flag. Brady also lit up the scoreboard with a 34-yard touchdown pass, helping Standing4Flag to a 52-45 lead.

Points By Position

  Standing4Flag   Spoon

Game Notes

Standing4Flag got the victory despite the fact that only four of their 12 starting players exceeded their projected point totals.
Spoon had only four of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
Spoon can partially blame the loss on the Los Angeles Rams defense, who didn't score any points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Both teams scored under their projected point total.
Spoon ranked 9th in the league in points scored this week, while Standing4Flag ranked 7th.
The matchup's 13-point margin was the closest in the league this week.
Standing4Flag managed to earn the win, but failed to cover the 18.54-point projected margin of victory.
A bright spot in the defeat, Jordan Poyer officially registered the second-highest scoring output for any S this season with 12 points.

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