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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Titanium's Craniums
7-5 137.3
99.43
 
VS
proj
TItansDownUnder
61.22 7-5
58.96

Titanium's Craniums hand TItansDownUnder third consecutive loss in 137.30-61.22 rout

Titanium's Craniums rolled to a 137.30-61.22 win to hand TItansDownUnder their third consecutive loss. Titanium's Craniums got out to a 2.36-point lead on Thursday behind Calvin Ridley (13.3 points) and Benjamin Watson (2) and never relinquished it. JuJu Smith-Schuster (13 Rec, 189 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Chris Carson (55 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) carried the flag for TItansDownUnder in defeat. This marks the first time this season Titanium's Craniums have gotten the best of TItansDownUnder, after falling 101.48-92.5 in their last matchup. Titanium's Craniums improve to 7-5 on the season, while TItansDownUnder fall to 7-5.

Matchup Timeline

  Titanium's Craniums   TItansDownUnder

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Ridley caught 8 passes for 93 yards and a touchdown as the Falcons lost to the Saints 31-17. In doing so, he put up 13.3 points and nearly doubled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Titanium's Craniums this week. In Week 13, Ridley and the Falcons will go up against the Ravens.
Calvin Ridley

Top Player Comparison

Titanium's Craniums
Points
% of total points 137.3
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
29.4
19.42
21.4%
2
Nick Chubb
RB
24.8
14.11
18.1%
3
Leonard Fournette
RB
22.8
13.82
16.6%
4
Tyler Lockett
WR
16.5
9
12%
TItansDownUnder
Points
% of total points 61.22
1
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
24.9
10.41
40.7%
2
Chris Carson
RB
12.3
10.58
20.1%
3
Chris Boswell
K
10.08
9.31
16.5%
4
Jordan Reed
TE
7.5
6.41
12.3%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays on Thursday, but after the dust settled, Titanium's Craniums had a 15.30-12.94 lead. For Titanium's Craniums, Calvin Ridley had a 50-yard catch. Matthew Stafford made the highlight reel for TItansDownUnder with a 43-yard pass.
Sunday Early
Tyler Lockett had a 43-yard catch for Titanium's Craniums, contributing to a 80.10-26.24 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
JuJu Smith-Schuster had a 97-yard touchdown catch for TItansDownUnder, who trailed 80.10-61.22 after the late slate.

Points By Position

  Titanium's Craniums   TItansDownUnder

What If

Titanium's Craniums would have beaten every other team in the league this week.
TItansDownUnder would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
If they played TItansDownUnder every week, Titanium's Craniums would be 5-7 this season.
Had they played each other last week, TItansDownUnder would have gotten the win over Titanium's Craniums 78.7-69.46.
Titanium's Craniums would be 4-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as TItansDownUnder.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Titanium's Craniums, TItansDownUnder would be 7-3.
If Titanium's Craniums had played every team in the league each week, they would be 50-58.
If they played every team every week, TItansDownUnder would be 52-56.

Coach Talk

Titanium's Craniums
Hey, finding mismatches is the key to football, right? Not only did we dominate TItansDownUnder at RB (63.1 points to 12.3), we also thoroughly dominated them at QB (29.4 to 5.44).
TItansDownUnder
With only a pair of catches this past week, the starting running backs for TItansDownUnder should remind their quarterbacks to start checking down more often (and dial up a screen play or two).