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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Skip's Team
6-8 76.4
76.17
 
VS
proj
Royal Pita
68.96 4-10
76.74

Skip's Team hand Royal Pita fourth straight loss, 76.40-68.96

Skip's Team secured a 76.40-68.96 victory to hand Royal Pita their fourth consecutive loss. Royal Pita grabbed a 4.00-point lead on Thursday, but Skip's Team held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Mitchell Trubisky (235 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 16 Rush Yds) and Adam Vinatieri (3-3 FG, 44 long, 2-2 XP). Deshaun Watson (294 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 26 Rush Yds) and Julio Jones (6 Rec, 82 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) did everything they could for Royal Pita in the loss. This marks the second time this season Skip's Team have knocked off Royal Pita, after winning 96.58-90.6 in their last matchup. Skip's Team improve to 6-8 for the season, while Royal Pita fall to 4-10.

Matchup Timeline

  Skip's Team   Royal Pita

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Going up against the Packers in Week 15, Burton caught 4 passes for 36 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 9.6 points and nearly doubled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Skip's Team this week. In Week 16, Burton and the Bears will face the 49ers.
Trey Burton

Top Player Comparison

Skip's Team
Points
% of total points 76.4
1
Mitchell Trubisky
QB
23
23.81
30.1%
2
Adam Vinatieri
K
13
9.54
17%
3
Stefon Diggs
WR
11.8
10.93
15.4%
4
Trey Burton
TE
9.6
4.88
12.6%
Royal Pita
Points
% of total points 68.96
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
26.36
23.98
38.2%
2
Julio Jones
WR
14.2
12.46
20.6%
3
The Minnesota Vikings defense
DEF
13
6.62
18.9%
4
T.Y. Hilton
WR
8.5
8.63
12.3%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday

Points By Position

  Skip's Team   Royal Pita

Game Notes

Skip's Team got the victory despite the fact that only three of their nine starters scored higher than their projected point totals.
Royal Pita had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could've looked differently, as Skip's Team had two starters score zero points, while Royal Pita had two.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Skip's Team put up more points than their projected total, while Royal Pita fell shy of their projection.
The matchup's 7.44-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
This win snaps a streak of two consecutive defeats for Skip's Team.
In a losing effort, Deshaun Watson (26.36 points) registered the fifth-highest score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

Skip's Team
Hey Skip's Team, the good news is that we won this matchup by over seven points. The better news is that we've proven we're even better than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through 14 weeks was 87.55. So while we're happy to have earned this victory, let's "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Royal Pita
Well, Royal Pita, Week 15's problem isn't exactly a brain teaser. Going with Jay Ajayi and Melvin Gordon III in a fantasy matchup where your opponent put up over 76 points... let's try to move forward with a full deck of cards next time.