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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Negligent Discharges
4-8 139.05
134.45
 
VS
proj
Brewmasters
134 4-8
137.94

Unable to overcome multiple busts, Brewmasters fall to Negligent Discharges, 139.05-134.00

Hampered by multiple starters who put up 0 points (Evan Engram and Randall Cobb), Brewmasters were unable to overcome Negligent Discharges, which staged a comeback for a 139.05-134.00 victory. Trailing 129.10-106.35 heading into Monday night, Negligent Discharges charged back behind Lamar Miller (23.7 points) and the Houston Texans defense (9). Ben Roethlisberger (462 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 18 Rush Yds) and Kenyan Drake (32 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 64 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) were the leaders for Brewmasters in defeat. Negligent Discharges (4-8) will look to sustain their winning ways against WarEagle, while Brewmasters (4-8) will try to right the ship against Steel Reign.

Matchup Timeline

  Negligent Discharges   Brewmasters

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Titans in Week 12, Miller ran for 162 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 23.7 points to scored 73.8% higher than his 13.64-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on Negligent Discharges this week. Next week, Miller will square off against the Browns.
Lamar Miller

Top Player Comparison

Negligent Discharges
Points
% of total points 139.05
1
Cam Newton
QB
29.1
27.52
20.9%
2
Lamar Miller
RB
23.7
13.64
17%
3
Antonio Brown
WR
15.7
19.77
11.3%
4
Rob Gronkowski
TE
14.6
12.87
10.5%
Brewmasters
Points
% of total points 134
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
26.9
26.63
20.1%
2
Kenyan Drake
RB
26.6
10.71
19.9%
3
Keenan Allen
WR
20.2
16.93
15.1%
4
Matt Breida
RB
17
18.46
12.7%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Kenny Golladay had a 43-yard catch for Negligent Discharges to contribute to a 26.60-22.80 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Rob Gronkowski had a 34-yard touchdown catch for Negligent Discharges to contribute to a 89.00-43.30 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Ben Roethlisberger had a 97-yard touchdown pass for Brewmasters, while Kenyan Drake had a 33-yard touchdown catch, helping Brewmasters to a 129.10-104.70 lead.
Monday
Lamar Miller had a 97-yard touchdown run for Negligent Discharges during Monday Night Football, helping lead the team to the win.

Points By Position

  Negligent Discharges   Brewmasters

Game Notes

More than half (6 of the 11) of the starters on Negligent Discharges scored higher than their projected point totals.
Brewmasters had only five of their 11 starters score higher than their projected points.
Brewmasters could have used points from Evan Engram and Randall Cobb, as both put up goose eggs.
Negligent Discharges put up more points than their season scoring average (136.13) while Brewmasters fell short of theirs (138.57).
Negligent Discharges put up more points than their projected total, while Brewmasters failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 5.05-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
The win ends a streak of three consecutive defeats for Negligent Discharges.
Negligent Discharges moves to (2-2) in comeback games this season, while Brewmasters falls to (1-1).

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