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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
THE STAR
8-6 111.54
183.83
 
VS
proj
BRADY TO GRONK
96.21 6-9
124.69

THE STAR find way to knock off BRADY TO GRONK 111.54-96.21

Both teams were unable to bring their A game, coming up short of projections, but THE STAR did enough to knock off BRADY TO GRONK, earning a 111.54-96.21 victory. THE STAR never trailed in this one after grabbing a 13.7-point lead on Saturday behind Ka'imi Fairbairn (22 points) and Jarvis Landry (6.7). Julio Jones (20.2 points) and Jake Elliott (15) did their part for BRADY TO GRONK in the loss. This marks the second time this season THE STAR have taken down BRADY TO GRONK, after winning 173.97-169.9 in their last matchup. THE STAR improve to 8-6 for the season, while BRADY TO GRONK fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  THE STAR   BRADY TO GRONK

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 9.4 points, Fairbairn more-than-doubled that amount by scoring 22 points as the Texans beat the Jets 29-22. He made all 5 of his FG attempts to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any K in the league this season. In Week 16, Fairbairn and the Texans will battle the Eagles.
Ka'imi Fairbairn

Top Player Comparison

THE STAR
Points
% of total points 111.54
1
Ka'imi Fairbairn
K
22
9.4
19.7%
2
Stefon Diggs
WR
16.05
17.01
14.4%
3
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
15.6
22.29
14%
4
Sony Michel
RB
9.15
14.81
8.2%
BRADY TO GRONK
Points
% of total points 96.21
1
Julio Jones
WR
20.2
18.9
21%
2
Jake Elliott
K
15
8.86
15.6%
3
Nick Chubb
RB
15
21.2
15.6%
4
Tom Brady
QB
14.16
21.17
14.7%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Sunday Late
Tom Brady had a 63-yard touchdown pass for BRADY TO GRONK, who trailed 104.55-71.91 after the late games.
Sunday Night
Jake Elliott had a 51-yard field goal for BRADY TO GRONK, who trailed 104.55-96.21 after Sunday night.

Points By Position

  THE STAR   BRADY TO GRONK

Game Notes

THE STAR won despite the fact that only one of their 12 starters exceeded their scoring projections.
BRADY TO GRONK had only two of their 11 starters score higher than their projected points.
Was BRADY TO GRONK even trying this week? They started three players who scored zero points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
THE STAR ranked 9th in the league in points scored this week, while BRADY TO GRONK ranked 10th.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with THE STAR. They won, but failed to cover the 59.14-point projected margin of victory.

Coach Talk

THE STAR
Hey THE STAR, the good news is that we won this matchup by more than 15 points. The *even better* news is that we've proven we're stronger than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through Week 14 stood at 167.78. So while we're happy to have gotten this victory, let's "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
BRADY TO GRONK
There's a decent chance that BRADY TO GRONK might be a better talent scout in real football than in fantasy. Accumulating just 15 targets combined this past week, their three wide receivers apparently made most of their contributions by blocking downfield and running decoy routes.