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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Mean Machine
8-7 121.03
119.11
 
VS
proj
Trogdor!
120.04 6-9
105.37

Trogdor! outperform projections but fall to Mean Machine in 121.03-120.04 battle

Trogdor! outperformed expectations, but it wasn't enough to change the result as Mean Machine narrowly earned a 121.03-120.04 win. It wasn't nearly as close as the final score indicates, as Mean Machine led 115.08-86.90 heading into Monday night. Trogdor! made them sweat behind Drew Brees, who passed for 307 yards and 4 touchdowns for 24.14 points, and Darius Leonard, who made 12 tackles (9 points). Ryan Tannehill (17.08 points) and Tyler Lockett (14) led the way for Mean Machine in the victory. This marks the first time this season Mean Machine have gotten the best of Trogdor!, after falling 158.48-117.07 in their last matchup. Mean Machine improve to 8-7 for the season, while Trogdor! fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Mean Machine   Trogdor!

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Lockett (8 Rec, 120 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 14 points against the Panthers in Week 15. His scoring output nearly doubled his 7.36-point projection and was much higher than his 7.04-point season scoring average. Lockett ranks #53 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Cardinals next week.
Tyler Lockett

Top Player Comparison

Mean Machine
Points
% of total points 121.03
1
Ryan Tannehill
QB
17.08
12.13
14.1%
2
Tyler Lockett
WR
14
7.36
11.6%
3
Lavonte David
LB
10.5
9.47
8.7%
4
Bobby Wagner
LB
10.5
8.13
8.7%
Trogdor!
Points
% of total points 120.04
1
Drew Brees
QB
24.14
14.21
20.1%
2
Todd Gurley II
RB
15.9
7.8
13.2%
3
Dan Bailey
K
15
7.89
12.5%
4
Mike Williams
WR
10.55
4.67
8.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Ryan Tannehill had a 60-yard pass for Mean Machine, while Tyler Lockett had a 44-yard catch to contribute to a 100.33-42.70 lead for Mean Machine.
Monday
Drew Brees had a 28-yard touchdown pass and a 21-yard touchdown pass for Trogdor!.

Points By Position

  Mean Machine   Trogdor!

StatSmack

Even the machines think Mean Machine have better players. Their projected average points is higher (118.44) than Trogdor! (111.57).
Once Mean Machine put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than Trogdor! (5 vs 3).
Mean Machine have the clutch gene, with more close wins than Trogdor! (2 vs 0).
Mean Machine should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than Trogdor! (6 vs 5).
By position, Mean Machine have outscored Trogdor! at WR, TE, K, and DEF this season.
Mean Machine has a higher average scoring margin (9) than Trogdor! this season (1).
Hey Trogdor!, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Mean Machine
Football is all about identifying the mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by nearly tripling Trogdor! at the wide receiver position (31.2 points to 11.3).
Trogdor!
"Not seeing enough chances" really isn't an excuse this week for Trogdor!. As a group, our pass-catching corps (three WR, one TE) were targeted a respectable 21 times in Week 15. With just eight total receptions, this group may have some chemistry issues.