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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
COA FreightTRAINER
9-6 184.4
160.24
 
VS
proj
Chris's Choice Team
157.35 8-7
157.67

COA FreightTRAINER outperform projections, earn win over Chris's Choice Team in 184.40-157.35 rout

COA FreightTRAINER brought their A game, cruising to a 184.40-157.35 victory over Chris's Choice Team, who fell short of projections. There was very little drama in the matchup, as COA FreightTRAINER jumped out to a 40.60-point lead on Thursday behind a combined 40.6 points from Mark Ingram II (76 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 10 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and the Baltimore Ravens defense (21 Pts Allowed, 310 Yds Allowed, 2 Turnovers). The Green Bay Packers defense (13 Pts Allowed, 415 Yds Allowed, 3 Turnovers) and Ryan Tannehill (279 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 10 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) led the way for Chris's Choice Team in the loss. This marks the second time this season COA FreightTRAINER have beaten Chris's Choice Team, after winning 160.25-152.3 in their last matchup. COA FreightTRAINER will look to keep winning in the semifinal round next week, while Chris's Choice Team attempt to bounce back and lock up 5th Place.

Matchup Timeline

  COA FreightTRAINER   Chris's Choice Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 5 passes for 130 yards and a touchdown against the Eagles, McLaurin registered 22 points this week. His scoring output nearly tripled his 7.52-point projection and was much higher than his 6.59-point season scoring average. McLaurin ranks #79 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Giants next week.
Terry McLaurin

Top Player Comparison

COA FreightTRAINER
Points
% of total points 184.4
1
Carson Wentz
QB
29.2
26.54
15.8%
2
Saquon Barkley
RB
26.3
15.99
14.3%
3
Mark Ingram II
RB
22.6
10.91
12.3%
4
Terry McLaurin
WR
22
7.52
11.9%
Chris's Choice Team
Points
% of total points 157.35
1
The Green Bay Packers defense
DEF
41
28.74
26.1%
2
Ryan Tannehill
QB
32.95
25.05
20.9%
3
Robbie Gould
K
12
9.17
7.6%
4
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
11.9
13.93
7.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel plays for both teams early Sunday, after which COA FreightTRAINER had a 147.00-106.35 lead. For COA FreightTRAINER, Terry McLaurin had a 75-yard touchdown catch. Ryan Tannehill made the highlight reel for Chris's Choice Team with a 60-yard pass.

Points By Position

  COA FreightTRAINER   Chris's Choice Team

Game Notes

Most (8 of the 12) of the starters on COA FreightTRAINER scored higher than their projected point totals.
Despite six of their 12 starters exceeding their projected points, Chris's Choice Team lost.
The two highest scorers for Chris's Choice Team (The Green Bay Packers defense and Ryan Tannehill) scored more points than Carson Wentz, the leading scorer for COA FreightTRAINER.
Both teams put up more points than their season scoring average.
COA FreightTRAINER recorded more points than their projected total, while Chris's Choice Team fell short of their projection.
Chris's Choice Team ranked 3rd in the league in scoring this week, while COA FreightTRAINER put up the 2nd-best score.
Not only did COA FreightTRAINER earn the win, but they also covered the 2.57-point predicted margin of victory.
In blowout games this year, COA FreightTRAINER moves to (6-3), while Chris's Choice Team falls to (2-4).
For Chris's Choice Team, the Green Bay Packers defense (41 points) recorded the third-highest score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

COA FreightTRAINER
You know, football is all about exploiting the mismatches. Fueled by some stellar yardage production from our running backs, our team certainly made that happen this week. Our three backfield starters tallied 193 more yards from scrimmage than the RBs on Chris's Choice Team (385 total yards to 192), as we ultimately tripled them at the position (64.5 points to 20.2).
Chris's Choice Team
A lot of cake, no icing: The six starting offensive skill players (three RBs, two WRs, one TE) on Chris's Choice Team collectively gained a healthy 459 total yards. Not one of those players could find his way to the end zone in Week 15.