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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Detroit Lions
9-3 189.7
209.66
 
VS
proj
Houston Texans
165.68 3-9
169.96

Back-and-forth battle ends with Detroit Lions coming back to top Houston Texans, 189.70-165.68

What a battle! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring four lead changes, Detroit Lions earned a come-from-behind victory over Houston Texans, staging an impressive comeback to earn a 189.70-165.68 win. Detroit Lions trailed 165.68-164.20 heading into Monday night, but the squad made a run behind Cooper Kupp (10.5 points) and Taylor Rapp (10). Baker Mayfield (30.58 points) and Devin White (16.5) carried the flag for Houston Texans in defeat. Detroit Lions (9-3) will look to rack up another win against Kansas City Cheifs, while Houston Texans (3-9) try to get back in the win column against Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man.

Matchup Timeline

  Detroit Lions   Houston Texans

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Crosby overachieved for the ninth time this season, scoring 8.5 points against his 2.75-point projection. In a 34-3 loss to the Jets, he made 4 tackles and recorded a sack. Crosby ranks #1 among fantasy DEs this season and will face the Chiefs next week.
Maxx Crosby

Top Player Comparison

Detroit Lions
Points
% of total points 189.7
1
Christian McCaffrey
RB
34.3
24.44
18.1%
2
The Buffalo Bills defense
DEF
13
8.62
6.9%
3
Devin Singletary
RB
12.4
11.7
6.5%
4
Golden Tate
WR
12.3
12.97
6.5%
Houston Texans
Points
% of total points 165.68
1
Baker Mayfield
QB
30.58
23.38
18.5%
2
Devin White
LB
16.5
8.01
10%
3
Bradley McDougald
S
13
6.79
7.8%
4
Kareem Hunt
RB
12.6
13.19
7.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time moments early Sunday, but after all the points were tallied, Houston Texans had a 150.98-127.50 lead. For Detroit Lions, Golden Tate had a 23-yard touchdown catch. Baker Mayfield made the highlight reel for Houston Texans with a 35-yard touchdown pass.

Points By Position

  Detroit Lions   Houston Texans

What If

Detroit Lions would have beaten 12 other teams besides Houston Texans this week.
Houston Texans would have lost to 11 other teams besides Detroit Lions this week.
If they played Houston Texans every week, Detroit Lions would be 10-2 this season.
Last week, Detroit Lions would have been victorious over Houston Texans 210.1-172.9.
Detroit Lions would be 7-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Houston Texans.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Detroit Lions, Houston Texans would be 4-7.
If Detroit Lions had played every team in the league each week, they would be 184-44.
If they played every team every week, Houston Texans would be 105-123.

Coach Talk

Detroit Lions
Well Detroit Lions, the good news is that we won this matchup by more than 24 points. Even better news is that we've proven we're better than this, as our scoring average through Week 11 stood at 229.7. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Houston Texans
It's entirely possible that Houston Texans could be a better talent scout in the NFL than in fantasy football. Seeing just 13 total targets in Week 12, their six starting pass-catchers (four WR, two TE) apparently spent most of their games blocking downfield and running decoy routes.