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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Eat it!
9-6 72.74
77.53
 
VS
proj
The Things
61.02 2-13
67.16

Offensively challenged Eat it! beat The Things, 72.74-61.02

Despite ranking only ninth in the league in points scored for the week, Eat it! earned a 72.74-61.02 win over The Things. The Things nabbed a 19.82-point lead on Saturday behind outstanding performances from the Los Angeles Rams defense, who allowed 34 points, surrendered 334 yards, and intercepted 2 passes for 15 points, and Ka'imi Fairbairn, who made all 3 of his FG attempts (11 points). But Eat it! held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Patrick Mahomes (29.44 points) and Michael Gallup (12.3). This marks the second time this season Eat it! have knocked off The Things, after winning 115.52-72.82 in their last matchup. Eat it! improve to 9-6 for the season, while The Things fall to 2-13.

Matchup Timeline

  Eat it!   The Things

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Vikings defense scored 12 points in a 23-10 loss to the Packers to beat their 8.63-point projection. They allowed 23 points, surrendered 383 yards, and forced 3 turnovers to beat their projection by the highest percentage of any player on Eat it! this week. Next week, the Vikings will face the Bears.
The Minnesota Vikings defense

Top Player Comparison

Eat it!
Points
% of total points 72.74
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
29.44
26.88
40.5%
2
Michael Gallup
WR
12.3
11.14
16.9%
3
The Minnesota Vikings defense
DEF
12
8.63
16.5%
4
Julian Edelman
WR
11.7
13.3
16.1%
The Things
Points
% of total points 61.02
1
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
15
7.44
24.6%
2
Le'Veon Bell
RB
11.3
13.15
18.5%
3
Ka'imi Fairbairn
K
11
9.09
18%
4
Royce Freeman
RB
10.7
5.89
17.5%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Jimmy Garoppolo had a 46-yard pass for The Things to contribute to a 36.42-16.60 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Michael Gallup had a 41-yard catch for Eat it!, who trailed 59.92-31.30 after the late afternoon action.

Points By Position

  Eat it!   The Things

What If

Eat it! would not have beaten any other team in the league besides The Things this week.
The Things would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
If they played The Things every week, Eat it! would be 12-3 this season.
Eat it! would be 7-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Things.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Eat it!, The Things would be 2-11.
If Eat it! had played every team in the league each week, they would be 66-69.
If they played every team every week, The Things would be 28-107.

Coach Talk

Eat it!
Hey, this sport is all about creating mismatches, right? Thanks to a thrilling display by Patrick Mahomes, we nearly tripled The Things at the quarterback position this past week (29.44 points to 10.42). Mahomes went 23-for-33 for 251 yards and two TDs (plus no INTs) in a 26-3 win over the Bears.
The Things
Hey, it's possible that The Things may be a better GM in real football than in fantasy. Seeing just five targets combined in Week 16, their four starting pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) apparently helped their teams' causes by blocking downfield and running decoy routes.