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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Top Shelf
9-6 90.76
106.59
 
VS
proj
Nashville Nights
61.7 8-7
107.09

Top Shelf manage to top Nashville Nights in 90.76-61.70 rout despite coming up short of projections

Both teams failed to bring their A game, but Top Shelf did enough to beat Nashville Nights. Predicted to come up short by a score of 107.09-106.59, Top Shelf cruised to a 90.76-61.70 victory over Nashville Nights. Top Shelf earned an early 12.3-point lead on Saturday behind Courtland Sutton (6.7 points) and Phillip Lindsay (6.4). Nashville Nights bounced back to take the lead early Sunday, powered by Kirk Cousins (16.3 points) and Dan Bailey (11). Not to be deterred, Top Shelf made a run later that afternoon, as Tom Brady (14.16 points) and JuJu Smith-Schuster (6) put them back in the lead once and for all. This marks the third time this season Top Shelf have gotten the best of Nashville Nights, after winning 138.6-89.76 in their last matchup. Top Shelf improve to 9-6 for the season, while Nashville Nights fall to 8-7.

Matchup Timeline

  Top Shelf   Nashville Nights

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cook (136 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 27 Rec Yds) scored 28.8 points against the Dolphins in Week 15. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 12.64-point projection and was much higher than his 7.45-point season scoring average. Cook will face the Lions next week.
Dalvin Cook

Top Player Comparison

Top Shelf
Points
% of total points 90.76
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
28.8
12.64
31.7%
2
Tom Brady
QB
14.16
21.07
15.6%
3
The Jacksonville Jaguars defense
DEF
10
9.44
11%
4
Mark Ingram
RB
8.4
10.72
9.3%
Nashville Nights
Points
% of total points 61.7
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
16.3
19.74
26.4%
2
Dan Bailey
K
11
8.1
17.8%
3
Saquon Barkley
RB
7.6
20.9
12.3%
4
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
7
4.64
11.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with standout plays early Sunday, but it was Nashville Nights who grabbed the lead, 54.70-51.90. For Top Shelf, Dalvin Cook had a 21-yard touchdown run. Kirk Cousins made the highlight reel for Nashville Nights with a 40-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Late
Tom Brady had a 63-yard touchdown pass for Top Shelf, contributing to a 72.06-61.70 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Top Shelf   Nashville Nights

Game Notes

Only two of the nine starting players on Top Shelf exceeded their projected scoring totals.
Nashville Nights had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Both teams failed to achieve their projected point total.
In blowout games this year, Top Shelf moves to (3-3), while Nashville Nights falls to (6-3).
On the losing side, Kirk Cousins scored 16.3 points, the fourth-best score for a quarterback this week.

Coach Talk

Top Shelf
You know Top Shelf, we're "glass half full" kind of coaches. While some may harp on the fact that our scoring output has decreased a bit recently, we'll choose to spin this in a positive direction. Averaging 96.63 points through Week 14, our crew has shown it's certainly capable of outperforming the 90.76 we needed to win this past week!
Nashville Nights
Well, we can't really whine about a shortage of opportunities this time, can we? As a group, our four pass-catchers (three WR and one TE) collectively saw a grand total of 23 targets in Week 15. With only 12 total catches, this group may be showing signs of chemistry issues.