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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Holly's Team
9-7 98.3
96.68
 
VS
proj
shaylan's Crazy Team
70.22 7-9
102.13

shaylan's Crazy Team fall to Holly's Team in 98.30-70.22 rout

There's no way around it, shaylan's Crazy Team underperformed, at least compared to projections, as Holly's Team rolled to a 98.30-70.22 win. Holly's Team never trailed in this one after grabbing a 7.8-point lead on Saturday behind Cole Beasley (10.8 points) and Brandin Cooks (9.9). Miles Sanders (21.6 points) and George Kittle (13.9) were the leaders for shaylan's Crazy Team in the loss. This marks the second time this season Holly's Team have beaten shaylan's Crazy Team, after winning 111.18-100.04 in their last matchup. Holly's Team improve to 9-7 for the season, while shaylan's Crazy Team fall to 7-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Holly's Team   shaylan's Crazy Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 4 passes for 39 yards and a touchdown against the 49ers, Cooks registered 9.9 points this week. His scoring output was 62.3% more than his 6.1-point projection and was much higher than his 4.47-point season scoring average. Cooks will face the Cardinals next week.
Brandin Cooks

Top Player Comparison

Holly's Team
Points
% of total points 98.3
1
Michael Thomas
WR
19.6
13.89
19.9%
2
Julio Jones
WR
16.6
13.63
16.9%
3
Dak Prescott
QB
11.3
19.88
11.5%
4
Cole Beasley
WR
10.8
7.13
11%
shaylan's Crazy Team
Points
% of total points 70.22
1
Miles Sanders
RB
21.6
11.02
30.8%
2
George Kittle
TE
13.9
10.08
19.8%
3
Kyler Murray
QB
12.72
19.06
18.1%
4
Wil Lutz
K
9
8.53
12.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
There were players with highlight-reel plays on both teams on Sunday afternoon, but it was Holly's Team who took the lead, 82.40-70.22. For Holly's Team, Dak Prescott had a 41-yard pass. Kyler Murray made the highlight reel for shaylan's Crazy Team with a 21-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Night
Harrison Butker had a 56-yard field goal for Holly's Team, helping the team to a 98.30-70.22 lead.

Points By Position

  Holly's Team   shaylan's Crazy Team

StatSmack

There's a pattern emerging. In their two matchup wins against shaylan's Crazy Team, Holly's Team averaged more points (104.74) than they usually score (93.47).
We heard scoring helps you win. Holly's Team are doing a better job of that, averaging 93.47 versus shaylan's Crazy Team's 88.94.
Even the computers think Holly's Team have a better lineup. They have a higher projected points average (95.78) than shaylan's Crazy Team (89.61).
You can't win if you don't play. shaylan's Crazy Team has left more points on the bench this season (780.46) than Holly's Team (616.32).
Holly's Team don't falter at the last minute, with fewer close losses than shaylan's Crazy Team (1 vs 2).
Holly's Team should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than shaylan's Crazy Team (10 vs 7).
By position, Holly's Team have outscored shaylan's Crazy Team at QB, RB, WR, K, and DEF this season.
The starters for Holly's Team had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for shaylan's Crazy Team (1).
Hey shaylan's Crazy Team, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Holly's Team
Hey, creating mismatches is the key to football, right? We really took that to heart this week by thoroughly outplaying shaylan's Crazy Team at the wide receiver position (56.9 points to 12.4).
shaylan's Crazy Team
Unless shaylan's Crazy Team wants to go diva-mode on us, then "not getting enough chances" doesn't fly as an excuse this time around. As a group, our pass-catching corps (four WR, one TE) were targeted a grand total of 37 times in Week 16. Chemistry could be the primary issue, as that group tallied just 20 receptions.