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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Stone Cole Beasley
6-9 168.36
133.98
 
VS
proj
Jimmy Garoppogoat
113.29 4-11
130.49

Stone Cole Beasley knock off Jimmy Garoppogoat in 168.36-113.29 rout

Stone Cole Beasley stepped up, rolling to a 168.36-113.29 victory over Jimmy Garoppogoat, who fell short of projections. Stone Cole Beasley took a 3.38-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Russell Wilson (28.25 points) and Tyler Lockett (24.25) and never looked back. Terry McLaurin (5 Rec, 130 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and George Kittle (13 Rec, 134 Rec Yds) were the top scorers for Jimmy Garoppogoat in the loss. Stone Cole Beasley improve to 6-9 for the season, while Jimmy Garoppogoat fall to 4-11.

Matchup Timeline

  Stone Cole Beasley   Jimmy Garoppogoat

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Drake scored 42.91 points against the Browns in Week 15 to more-than-triple his 12.69-point projection. He ran for 137 yards and 4 touchdowns to beat his projection by the second-highest percentage of any RB in the league this season. In Week 16, Drake and the Cardinals will play the Seahawks.
Kenyan Drake

Top Player Comparison

Stone Cole Beasley
Points
% of total points 168.36
1
Kenyan Drake
RB
42.91
12.69
25.5%
2
Russell Wilson
QB
28.25
27.04
16.8%
3
Nick Chubb
RB
24.56
19.31
14.6%
4
Tyler Lockett
WR
24.25
13.02
14.4%
Jimmy Garoppogoat
Points
% of total points 113.29
1
Terry McLaurin
WR
24.75
9.57
21.8%
2
George Kittle
TE
20.15
14.49
17.8%
3
Carlos Hyde
RB
19.72
11.3
17.4%
4
Jimmy Garoppolo
QB
18.39
26.95
16.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays early Sunday, but it was Stone Cole Beasley who grabbed the lead, 69.60-66.22. Russell Wilson hit Tyler Lockett for a 44-yard pass for Stone Cole Beasley. Wilson also lit up the scoreboard with a 58-yard pass. Terry McLaurin made the highlight reel for Jimmy Garoppogoat with a 75-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Nick Chubb had a 33-yard touchdown run for Stone Cole Beasley, helping the team to a 146.51-108.29 lead.

Points By Position

  Stone Cole Beasley   Jimmy Garoppogoat

StatSmack

Stone Cole Beasley must have eaten their Wheaties this morning. They scored more points in this one (168.36) than their season average (139.64).
We heard scoring helps you win. Stone Cole Beasley are doing a better job of that, averaging 139.64 versus Jimmy Garoppogoat's 117.15.
Even the machines think Stone Cole Beasley have a better-constructed roster. Their projected average points is higher (131.34) than Jimmy Garoppogoat (119.68).
You won't win many matchups if you leave points on the bench. Jimmy Garoppogoat has left more points on the bench this season (654.54) than Stone Cole Beasley (554.82).
Jimmy Garoppogoat are like a set of bad ACLs. They've been blown out more times than Stone Cole Beasley (7 vs 6).
Stone Cole Beasley should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than Jimmy Garoppogoat (7 vs 6).
By position, Stone Cole Beasley have outscored Jimmy Garoppogoat at QB, RB, WR, K, and DEF this season.
The starters for Stone Cole Beasley had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for Jimmy Garoppogoat (1).
Hey Jimmy Garoppogoat, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Stone Cole Beasley
Creating mismatches is a huge key to success in football. Fueled by stellar performances by Kenyan Drake and Nick Chubb, our team certainly took that to heart this past week. We almost quadrupled Jimmy Garoppogoat at running back (67.47 points to 17.55). Drake had 146 total yards and four TDs, while Chubb logged 148 yards.
Jimmy Garoppogoat
Producing just two targets this past week, it seems like the starting RBs for Jimmy Garoppogoat clearly should smooth things over with their quarterbacks... and remind them to start checking down more often.