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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
RJ Machismo
9-6 145
121.47
 
VS
proj
MonstersOfTheMidway
101 8-8
122.16

RJ Machismo brush off predictions, defeat MonstersOfTheMidway in 145-101 rout

RJ Machismo beat their projected point total, cruising to a 145-101 win over MonstersOfTheMidway, who fell short of projections. RJ Machismo never trailed in this one after grabbing a 26-point lead on Saturday behind Jordan Poyer (23 points) and Breshad Perriman (12). Carson Wentz (17 points) and Darius Leonard (16) were the leading scorers for MonstersOfTheMidway in the loss. This marks the second time this season RJ Machismo have knocked off MonstersOfTheMidway, after winning 133-119 in their last matchup. RJ Machismo end the season at 9-6, while MonstersOfTheMidway finish the campaign at 8-8.

Matchup Timeline

  RJ Machismo   MonstersOfTheMidway

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Saints in Week 16, Smith caught 3 passes for 63 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 16 points and more-than-tripled his scoring projection, the fifth-highest percent increase of any TE in the league this season.
Jonnu Smith

Top Player Comparison

RJ Machismo
Points
% of total points 145
1
Kenyan Drake
RB
31
10.8
21.4%
2
Jordan Poyer
S
23
11.82
15.9%
3
Jonnu Smith
TE
16
4.52
11%
4
Breshad Perriman
WR
12
8.7
8.3%
MonstersOfTheMidway
Points
% of total points 101
1
Carson Wentz
QB
17
19.23
16.8%
2
Darius Leonard
LB
16
20.76
15.8%
3
Budda Baker
S
13
14.56
12.9%
4
Matt Gay
K
12
7.62
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Matt Gay had a 50-yard field goal for MonstersOfTheMidway, who trailed 47-21 after Saturday's games.
Sunday Early
Jonnu Smith had a 41-yard touchdown catch for RJ Machismo to contribute to an 82-37 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Kenyan Drake had an 80-yard touchdown run for RJ Machismo, contributing to a 121-90 lead for the team.
Monday
Stefon Diggs had a 21-yard touchdown catch for MonstersOfTheMidway.

Points By Position

  RJ Machismo   MonstersOfTheMidway
Standings Update
It seems like just yesterday we were all gathered together for the draft, yet here we are at the end of the season. How about a quick Year in Review for these two squads?
RJ Machismo
RJ Machismo ended the season with the league's 6th-most points average (115 ppg), placing them 7th in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Blake Martinez
MVP
148 Tackles, 2 Sacks
Best Drafted
Jameis Winston
Best Acquisition
4908 Pass Yds, 31 Pass TDs, 245 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD
MonstersOfTheMidway
MonstersOfTheMidway ended the season averaging 115 points per game, 7th-highest in the league, placing them 9th in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Budda Baker
MVP
134 Tackles
Carson Wentz
Best Drafted
3750 Pass Yds, 26 Pass TDs, 228 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD
Darius Leonard
Best Acquisition
115 Tackles, 5 Sacks, 4 Ints

Game Notes

Seven of the 12 starters on RJ Machismo exceeded their projected point totals.
MonstersOfTheMidway had only four of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could have looked differently, as each team had a starter score zero points.
RJ Machismo put up more points than their season scoring average (114.87) while MonstersOfTheMidway fell short of theirs (114.81).
RJ Machismo scored more points than their projected total, while MonstersOfTheMidway fell short of their projection.
The matchup's 44-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
In blowout games this season, RJ Machismo moves to (3-2), while MonstersOfTheMidway falls to (5-6).
In a losing effort, Carson Wentz put up 17 points, the fourth-highest score for a quarterback this week.