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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
Pittsburgh Steelers
10-3 108.2
141.71
 
VS
proj
Drill'erThen-Spiller
107.36 9-4
129.51

Pittsburgh Steelers beat Drill'erThen-Spiller for sixth straight win in 108.20-107.36 battle

Pittsburgh Steelers extended their win streak to six games with a narrow win over Drill'erThen-Spiller, narrowly earning a 108.20-107.36 victory. Drill'erThen-Spiller made a run at it late afternoon on Sunday, but they fell short. Pittsburgh Steelers led 74.70-90.36 after the early action and held on for the win despite 9 points from Travis Kelce on Sunday afternoon for Drill'erThen-Spiller. Derrick Henry (149 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 17 Rec Yds) and Patrick Mahomes (175 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 25 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) led the way for Pittsburgh Steelers in the win. This marks the first time this season Pittsburgh Steelers have knocked off Drill'erThen-Spiller, after falling 107.52-106.52 in their last matchup. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-3) will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs, while Drill'erThen-Spiller (9-4) will attempt to bounce back and make a run of their own in the postseason.

Matchup Timeline

  Pittsburgh Steelers   Drill'erThen-Spiller

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Henry scored 20.6 points in a 31-17 win over the Colts to beat his 12.62-point projection. He racked up 166 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Pittsburgh Steelers this week. Henry will go up against the Raiders next week.
Derrick Henry

Top Player Comparison

Pittsburgh Steelers
Points
% of total points 108.2
1
Derrick Henry
RB
20.6
12.62
19%
2
Patrick Mahomes
QB
19.5
24.64
18%
3
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
13.7
16.2
12.7%
4
Christian McCaffrey
RB
10.2
23.18
9.4%
Drill'erThen-Spiller
Points
% of total points 107.36
1
Davante Adams
WR
18.4
12.31
17.1%
2
Devin Singletary
RB
16.1
9.84
15%
3
DJ Moore
WR
13.2
10.25
12.3%
4
Drew Brees
QB
11.26
21.49
10.5%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Devin Singletary had a 28-yard touchdown catch for Drill'erThen-Spiller, while Drew Brees had a 40-yard pass, helping Drill'erThen-Spiller to a 36.36-33.20 lead.
Sunday Late
There were players with big-time moments for both teams on Sunday afternoon, but it was Pittsburgh Steelers who owned the lead, 108.20-107.36. Patrick Mahomes had a 47-yard pass for Pittsburgh Steelers, while Harrison Butker had a 50-yard field goal. Travis Kelce made the highlight reel for Drill'erThen-Spiller with a 47-yard catch.

Points By Position

  Pittsburgh Steelers   Drill'erThen-Spiller

Game Notes

Only four of the 14 starters on Pittsburgh Steelers exceeded their scoring projections.
Drill'erThen-Spiller had only five of their 14 starters score higher than their projected points.
Pittsburgh Steelers won despite starting Jabrill Peppers, who scored zero points.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Both teams scored below their projected point total.
The matchup's 0.84-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
Pittsburgh Steelers managed to earn the win, but did not cover the 12.2-point projected margin of victory.
Pittsburgh Steelers moves to (2-1) in close games this season, while Drill'erThen-Spiller falls to (1-1).
In a losing effort, Davante Adams scored 18.4 points, the third-best score for a WR this week.

Coach Talk

Pittsburgh Steelers
Well Pittsburgh Steelers, the good news is that we won this matchup by almost one points. The *even better* news is that we know we're stronger than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through Week 12 stood at 136.89. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Drill'erThen-Spiller
Welp, we can't really gripe about a lack of opportunities this time, can we? As a group, our four pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) were targeted a grand total of 42 times in Week 13. With only 21 total receptions, this group may be showing signs of chemistry issues.