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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
The Mad Scientist
9-3 92.02
88.61
 
VS
proj
Minor Prophets
68.88 5-7
97.72

The Mad Scientist beat Minor Prophets for fifth straight win, 92.02-68.88

The Mad Scientist extended their win streak to five games with a hard-fought victory over Minor Prophets, securing a 92.02-68.88 win. The Mad Scientist never trailed in this one after earning a 13.22-point lead on Thursday behind Deshaun Watson (19.92 points). Calvin Ridley (15 Rush Yds, 85 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Ezekiel Elliott (86 Rush Yds, 40 Rec Yds) led the way for Minor Prophets in the loss. This marks the second time this season The Mad Scientist have knocked off Minor Prophets, after winning 117.72-101.7 in their last matchup. The Mad Scientist improve to 9-3 on the season, while Minor Prophets fall to 5-7.

Matchup Timeline

  The Mad Scientist   Minor Prophets

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Steelers in Week 12, Boyd caught 5 passes for 101 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 14.1 points to more-than-double his 6.42-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on The Mad Scientist this week. In Week 13, Boyd and the Bengals will square off against the Jets.
Tyler Boyd

Top Player Comparison

The Mad Scientist
Points
% of total points 92.02
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
19.92
22.17
21.6%
2
Odell Beckham Jr.
WR
14.4
11.29
15.6%
3
Tyler Boyd
WR
14.1
6.42
15.3%
4
Kareem Hunt
RB
10.6
8.35
11.5%
Minor Prophets
Points
% of total points 68.88
1
Calvin Ridley
WR
16
10.39
23.2%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
12.6
14.45
18.3%
3
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
12
9.01
17.4%
4
Justin Tucker
K
9
9.39
13.1%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Deshaun Watson had a 35-yard touchdown pass and a 30-yard touchdown pass for The Mad Scientist, helping to stake the team to a 19.92-6.70 lead.
Sunday Early
There were players with standout plays on both teams early Sunday, but it was The Mad Scientist who owned the lead, 76.02-39.40. Odell Beckham Jr. had a 35-yard touchdown catch for The Mad Scientist, while Tyler Boyd had a 47-yard catch. Calvin Ridley made the highlight reel for Minor Prophets with a 21-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  The Mad Scientist   Minor Prophets

StatSmack

There's a pattern emerging. In their two head-to-head wins against Minor Prophets, The Mad Scientist averaged more points (104.87) than they usually score (99.13).
The Mad Scientist are on fire, winning five in a row.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. The Mad Scientist (9-3) have a better record than Minor Prophets (5-7).
You can't win if you don't play. The Mad Scientist has left fewer points on the bench this season (273.3) than Minor Prophets (411).
In dire times, at least The Mad Scientist keep it close. They've been blown out less times than Minor Prophets (1 vs 2).
The Mad Scientist play up to their potential, with fewer upset losses (0) than Minor Prophets (3).
The Mad Scientist are clutch masters, with more close wins than Minor Prophets (1 vs 0).
The Mad Scientist should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than Minor Prophets (8 vs 3).
Minor Prophets have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (3) than The Mad Scientist (2) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, The Mad Scientist have outscored Minor Prophets at QB and TE this season.
The starters for The Mad Scientist had more big plays in their NFL games this week (6) than the starters for Minor Prophets (1).
The Mad Scientist are in the playoffs. Minor Prophets are currently on the outside looking in.
Don't worry Minor Prophets, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

Coach Talk

The Mad Scientist
Hey, the key to football is exploiting the mismatches, right? Thanks to a sound outing from Deshaun Watson, we utterly dominated Minor Prophets at the quarterback position this past week (19.92 points to 7.88). Watson went 19-for-30 for 298 yards, two TDs, and an INT in a 20-17 win over the Colts.
Minor Prophets
Unless Minor Prophets wants to go diva-mode on us, then "not seeing enough opportunities" is not a reasonable excuse this time around. As a group, our pass-catching corps (three WR and one TE) collectively got a healthy 30 targets in Week 12. With only 16 total catches, that group may have some chemistry issues.