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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
King Of The Hill
11-2 92
115.7
 
VS
proj
HowAboutCowboys
55 3-10
95.41

King Of The Hill hand HowAboutCowboys third straight loss in 92-55 rout

King Of The Hill rolled to a 92-55 victory to hand HowAboutCowboys their third straight loss. HowAboutCowboys jumped out to a 26-point lead on Thursday behind impressive performances from Drew Brees (13 points) and Calvin Ridley (9). But it was all King Of The Hill after that. They were led by Patrick Mahomes (21 points) and Derrick Henry (20). This marks the second time this season King Of The Hill have knocked off HowAboutCowboys, after winning 93-77 in their last matchup. King Of The Hill (11-2) will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs. HowAboutCowboys will be home for the playoffs, finishing the season at 3-10.

Matchup Timeline

  King Of The Hill   HowAboutCowboys

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

With 20 points, Henry scored 65.4% more than his 12.09-point projection as the Titans beat the Colts 31-17. He racked up 166 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on King Of The Hill this week. Next week, Henry will square off against the Raiders.
Derrick Henry

Top Player Comparison

King Of The Hill
Points
% of total points 92
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
21
28.5
22.8%
2
Derrick Henry
RB
20
12.09
21.7%
3
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
14
8.75
15.2%
4
Darren Waller
TE
10
7.36
10.9%
HowAboutCowboys
Points
% of total points 55
1
Drew Brees
QB
13
24.69
23.6%
2
Justin Tucker
K
9
9.73
16.4%
3
Calvin Ridley
WR
9
9.09
16.4%
4
Jared Cook
TE
8
5.96
14.5%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Drew Brees teamed up with Jared Cook for a 40-yard pass for HowAboutCowboys, helping give HowAboutCowboys a 34-8 lead.
Sunday Late
Patrick Mahomes had a 47-yard pass for King Of The Hill to contribute to an 83-50 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  King Of The Hill   HowAboutCowboys

Game Notes

Just four of the nine starters on King Of The Hill exceeded their scoring projections.
HowAboutCowboys had only one of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
King Of The Hill won despite starting Tyler Lockett, who scored zero points.
Patrick Mahomes, Derrick Henry, and the Pittsburgh Steelers defense all scored more points than Drew Brees, the leading scorer for HowAboutCowboys.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Both teams scored under their projected point total.
The matchup's 37-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
The victory snaps a two-game winless streak for King Of The Hill.
Not only did King Of The Hill win, but they also covered the 20.29-point forecasted margin of victory.
King Of The Hill moves to (8-0) in blowout games this season, while HowAboutCowboys falls to (3-4).

Coach Talk

King Of The Hill
Hey, the key to football is exploiting the mismatches, right? With some stellar yardage production from our running backs, our team created a big disparity this week. Our three backfield starters put up 132 more total yards than the RBs of HowAboutCowboys (261 yards from scrimmage to 129), as we ultimately tripled them at the position, 31 points to 10.
HowAboutCowboys
With only four receptions this past week, the starting running backs for HowAboutCowboys should investigate why their QBs are giving them the cold shoulder.