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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Pathetic _itches
8-7 226.65
155.47
 
VS
proj
Joshaw's Team
120.17 7-8
139.9

Pathetic _itches knock off Joshaw's Team in 226.65-120.17 rout

Pathetic _itches beat expectations, rolling to a 226.65-120.17 victory over Joshaw's Team, who fell short of projections. It didn't take long to figure out who would lead the way in this one, as Pathetic _itches jumped out to a 163.47-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind stellar efforts from Ryan Fitzpatrick and Chris Carson. Fitzpatrick passed for 279 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 33 yards for 45.88 points, while Carson ran for 133 yards and 2 touchdowns (45 points). Philip Rivers (307 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD) and the New England Patriots defense (13 Pts Allowed, 315 Yds Allowed, 5 Turnovers) were the top scorers for Joshaw's Team in defeat. This marks the second time this season Pathetic _itches have gotten the best of Joshaw's Team, after winning 261.23-178.39 in their last matchup. Pathetic _itches improve to 8-7 for the season, while Joshaw's Team fall to 7-8.

Matchup Timeline

  Pathetic _itches   Joshaw's Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Carson scored 45 points against the Panthers in Week 15 to nearly double his 23.83-point projection. He ran for 133 yards and 2 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Pathetic _itches this week. Carson will go up against the Cardinals next week.
Chris Carson

Top Player Comparison

Pathetic _itches
Points
% of total points 226.65
1
Ryan Fitzpatrick
QB
45.88
37.31
20.2%
2
Chris Carson
RB
45
23.83
19.9%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
31.6
17.71
13.9%
4
Carlos Hyde
RB
31.4
19.26
13.9%
Joshaw's Team
Points
% of total points 120.17
1
Philip Rivers
QB
34.14
40.07
28.4%
2
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
21.43
14.92
17.8%
3
Josh Jacobs
RB
20.9
19.65
17.4%
4
Sony Michel
RB
20.1
11.3
16.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Ryan Fitzpatrick teamed up with DeVante Parker on multiple big plays for Pathetic _itches: a 29-yard touchdown pass and a 20-yard touchdown pass to contribute to a 211.00-47.53 lead for Pathetic _itches.

Points By Position

  Pathetic _itches   Joshaw's Team

Game Notes

Pathetic _itches had seven of their nine starters exceed their projected points.
Joshaw's Team had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Pathetic _itches put up more points than their season scoring average (160.72) while Joshaw's Team fell short of theirs (144.94).
Pathetic _itches recorded more points than their projected total, while Joshaw's Team fell shy of their projection.
The matchup's 106.48-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Not only did Pathetic _itches win, but they also easily covered the 15.57-point forecasted margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, Pathetic _itches moves to (5-3), while Joshaw's Team falls to (4-6).

Coach Talk

Pathetic _itches
A big key to success in football is exploiting the mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by quadrupling Joshaw's Team at the wide receiver position (61.3 points to 15.15).
Joshaw's Team
It's entirely possible that Joshaw's Team might be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. With just 16 targets as a group this past week, their four starting pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) apparently contributed primarily by running decoy routes and blocking downfield.