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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Bong Water Fairies
7-5 132.58
97.52
 
VS
proj
Team Nice Dynamite
101.38 5-7
103.48

Bong Water Fairies outperform expectations, earn win over Team Nice Dynamite in 132.58-101.38 rout

Bong Water Fairies brought their A game and exceeded their projected point total, cruising to a 132.58-101.38 win over Team Nice Dynamite, who fell short of projections. Bong Water Fairies got out to an early 15.00-point lead on Thursday. Team Nice Dynamite came back to take the lead on Sunday night, powered by Adam Thielen (18.5 points) and Davante Adams (12.9). Not to be deterred, Bong Water Fairies made a run on Monday night with their back against the wall, as Ka'imi Fairbairn (12 points) put them back ahead once and for all. Bong Water Fairies (7-5) will look to keep it rolling against Where’s my Carr?, while Team Nice Dynamite (5-7) take on Stay off the weed in an effort to develop some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Bong Water Fairies   Team Nice Dynamite

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cooper caught 8 passes for 180 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Cowboys beat the Redskins 31-23. In doing so, he put up 30 points and more-than-tripled his scoring projection, the fifth-highest percent increase of any WR in the league this season. Next week, Cooper will square off against the Saints.
Amari Cooper

Top Player Comparison

Bong Water Fairies
Points
% of total points 132.58
1
Amari Cooper
WR
30
7.8
22.6%
2
Saquon Barkley
RB
26.2
18.91
19.8%
3
Leonard Fournette
RB
22.8
13.82
17.2%
4
Eli Manning
QB
14.88
18.57
11.2%
Team Nice Dynamite
Points
% of total points 101.38
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
22.28
20.21
22%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
20.3
18.13
20%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
18.5
13.03
18.2%
4
Josh Adams
RB
16.4
10.62
16.2%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Amari Cooper had a 90-yard touchdown catch and a 40-yard touchdown catch for Bong Water Fairies, helping the team to a 38.30-23.30 lead.
Sunday Early
Saquon Barkley had a 51-yard touchdown run for Bong Water Fairies, while Adam Humphries had a 28-yard touchdown catch, contributing to a 90.78-47.70 lead for Bong Water Fairies.
Sunday Late
Ben Roethlisberger had a 97-yard touchdown pass for Team Nice Dynamite, who trailed 90.78-69.98 after the late afternoon slate.

Points By Position

  Bong Water Fairies   Team Nice Dynamite

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. Bong Water Fairies scored more in this one (132.58) than their season average (102.14).
Bong Water Fairies don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than Team Nice Dynamite (6 vs 3).
Bong Water Fairies are better at closing games out, with fewer close losses than Team Nice Dynamite (1 vs 3).
Bong Water Fairies should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than Team Nice Dynamite (8 vs 6).
By position, Bong Water Fairies have outscored Team Nice Dynamite at RB, K, and DEF this season.
Bong Water Fairies has a higher average scoring margin (6) than Team Nice Dynamite this season (3).
The starters for Bong Water Fairies had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for Team Nice Dynamite (1).
Don't worry Team Nice Dynamite, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

Coach Talk

Bong Water Fairies
Listen, Bong Water Fairies, we do certainly appreciate the confidence. Deploying a starter with zero points (Evan Engram), while still earning a W... talk about arrogant. Try those shenanigans next week against Where’s my Carr? and see what happens!
Team Nice Dynamite
Even though we weren't able to get the win this past week, let's remember to give thanks for the bounty of awesomeness that is fantasy football.