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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
Cheagles
7-6 82.33
81.9
 
VS
proj
The Silver Bullets
70.41 7-6
102.37

Back-and-forth battle ends with Cheagles coming back to knock off The Silver Bullets, 82.33-70.41

Well, that was thrilling! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, Cheagles earned a come-from-behind win over The Silver Bullets, coming back to earn an 82.33-70.41 victory. Trailing 70.41-61.20 heading into Monday night, Cheagles roared back behind Rashaad Penny (21.13 points). Lamar Jackson (105 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 101 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and DeAndre Hopkins (5 Rec, 64 Rec Yds) led the way for The Silver Bullets in the loss. Cheagles (7-6) will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs, while The Silver Bullets (7-6) will attempt to bounce back and make a run of their own in the postseason.

Matchup Timeline

  Cheagles   The Silver Bullets

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Playing the Vikings in Week 13, Penny racked up 107 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 21.13 points to more-than-triple his 6.35-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Cheagles this week. Penny will face the Rams next week.
Rashaad Penny

Top Player Comparison

Cheagles
Points
% of total points 82.33
1
Rashaad Penny
RB
21.13
6.35
25.7%
2
Ryan Tannehill
QB
13.61
15.83
16.5%
3
Keenan Allen
WR
13.53
11.52
16.4%
4
Robby Anderson
WR
10.23
7.49
12.4%
The Silver Bullets
Points
% of total points 70.41
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
18.93
22.36
26.9%
2
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
11.01
12.66
15.6%
3
Christian McCaffrey
RB
10.3
20.67
14.6%
4
Matt Prater
K
8
7.01
11.4%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Jared Cook had a 40-yard catch for The Silver Bullets, helping to stake The Silver Bullets to a 15.17-9.76 lead.
Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time moments early Sunday, but it was The Silver Bullets who grabbed the lead, 52.40-37.67. For Cheagles, Ryan Tannehill had a 40-yard touchdown pass. Lamar Jackson made the highlight reel for The Silver Bullets with a 20-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Late
Keenan Allen had a 36-yard touchdown catch for Cheagles, while Harrison Butker had a 50-yard field goal to contribute to a 61.20-59.40 lead for Cheagles.

Points By Position

  Cheagles   The Silver Bullets

StatSmack

You can't win if you don't play. Cheagles has left fewer points on the bench this season (311.6) than The Silver Bullets (346.88).
Cheagles laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (2) than The Silver Bullets (0).
Cheagles are better at closing games out, with fewer close losses than The Silver Bullets (1 vs 2).
The Silver Bullets have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (3) than Cheagles (1) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Cheagles have outscored The Silver Bullets at TE and K this season.
The starters for Cheagles had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for The Silver Bullets (2).
Don't worry The Silver Bullets, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

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