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Week 17

Weekly
Grade
Mars
13-4 100
61.4
 
VS
proj
Bama Fire
73 10-7
51.97

Mars earn win over Bama Fire, 100-73

Both teams beat projections, but Mars took down Bama Fire, earning a 100-73 victory. Bama Fire leapt out to a 57-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind 35 points from Ryan Fitzpatrick (320 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 15 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and the Atlanta Falcons defense (22 Pts Allowed, 329 Yds Allowed, 3 Turnovers). But Mars held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Kai Forbath (20 points) and Ezekiel Elliott (19). This marks the first time this season Mars have beaten Bama Fire, after falling 93-69 in their last matchup. Mars end the season with a record of 13-4, while Bama Fire finish the campaign at 10-7.

Matchup Timeline

  Mars   Bama Fire

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Ravens defense overachieved for the sixth time this season, scoring 18 points against their 7.63-point projection. In a 28-10 win over the Steelers, they allowed only 10 points, surrendered 168 yards, and forced 2 fumbles.
The Baltimore Ravens defense

Top Player Comparison

Mars
Points
% of total points 100
1
Kai Forbath
K
20
9.66
20%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
19
10.03
19%
3
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
18
7.63
18%
4
Ryan Tannehill
QB
17
15.68
17%
Bama Fire
Points
% of total points 73
1
Ryan Fitzpatrick
QB
21
11.62
28.8%
2
The Atlanta Falcons defense
DEF
14
5.82
19.2%
3
Jarvis Landry
WR
12
4.69
16.4%
4
Kenyan Drake
RB
11
5.22
15.1%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Jarvis Landry had a 56-yard touchdown catch for Bama Fire to contribute to a 58-1 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Ryan Tannehill hit A.J. Brown on multiple big plays for Mars: a 51-yard touchdown pass and a 47-yard pass, contributing to an 89-70 lead for Mars.

Points By Position

  Mars   Bama Fire

Game Notes

Six of the eight starting players on Mars scored higher than their projected point totals.
Despite five of their eight starters scoring more than their projected points, Bama Fire lost.
The final result could've looked differently, as each team had a starter score zero points.
Both teams exceeded their season scoring average.
Each team scored more than its projected point total.
Mars ranked 1st in the league in scoring this week, while Bama Fire put up the 3rd-best score.
The loss concludes a streak of seven straight wins for Bama Fire.
Not only did Mars win, but they also easily covered the 9.43-point projected margin of victory.
On the losing side, Ryan Fitzpatrick (21 points) recorded the third-best score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

Mars
A big key to success in football is creating mismatches. Thanks to stellar production from our receiving corps, our team really took that to heart this past week. We doubled up Bama Fire at wide receiver (25 points to 12). A.J. Brown had 124 receiving yards while Tyler Lockett logged 51 yards.
Bama Fire
Hey, Bama Fire, did your receiving crew talk bad about their quarterbacks or something? Accumulating just six total targets in Week 17, our two wide receivers obviously need to get in their respective QBs' ears this week in practice.