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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Penetrators
13-2 102.8
95.46
 
VS
proj
Dr!p
71.16 7-9
99.8

Penetrators beat Dr!p for fifth straight win in 102.80-71.16 rout

Penetrators extended their win streak to five games with a convincing victory over Dr!p, cruising to a 102.80-71.16 win. Penetrators never trailed in this one after grabbing a 16.7-point lead on Saturday behind Todd Gurley II (16.8 points) and Matt Gay (11). Michael Thomas (12 Rec, 136 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Adrian Peterson (36 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 19 Rec Yds) carried the flag for Dr!p in the loss. This marks the second time this season Penetrators have knocked off Dr!p, after winning 105.08-74.88 in their last matchup. Penetrators will look to clinch the championship next week, while Dr!p attempt to rebound and lock up 3rd Place.

Matchup Timeline

  Penetrators   Dr!p

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Parker caught 5 passes for 111 yards and a touchdown as the Dolphins beat the Bengals 38-35. In doing so, he put up 17.1 points to scored 69.0% higher than his 10.12-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on Penetrators this week. In Week 17, Parker and the Dolphins will go up against the Patriots.
DeVante Parker

Top Player Comparison

Penetrators
Points
% of total points 102.8
1
DeVante Parker
WR
17.1
10.12
16.6%
2
Todd Gurley II
RB
16.8
11.31
16.3%
3
Mark Ingram II
RB
15.1
11.87
14.7%
4
Travis Kelce
TE
13.4
9.89
13%
Dr!p
Points
% of total points 71.16
1
Michael Thomas
WR
19.6
13.89
27.5%
2
Adrian Peterson
RB
11.5
9.46
16.2%
3
Philip Rivers
QB
11.16
18.46
15.7%
4
Cooper Kupp
WR
9.1
9.34
12.8%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Both teams had players with big-time plays Saturday, after which Penetrators had a 27.80-11.10 lead. For Penetrators, Matt Gay had a 50-yard field goal. Cooper Kupp made the highlight reel for Dr!p with a 22-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Early
DeVante Parker had a 51-yard catch for Penetrators to contribute to a 60.50-42.20 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Dak Prescott had a 41-yard pass for Penetrators to contribute to an 89.40-67.16 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Penetrators   Dr!p

Game Notes

Most (6 of the 9) of the starters on Penetrators exceeded their projected point totals.
Dr!p had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Penetrators put up more points than their season scoring average (99.68) while Dr!p fell short of theirs (90.99).
Penetrators scored more points than their projected total, while Dr!p fell shy of their projection.
In blowout games this year, Penetrators moves to (8-0), while Dr!p falls to (5-6).
On the losing side, Michael Thomas (19.6 points) recorded the second-best score for a wideout this week.

Coach Talk

Penetrators
Kudos to you, Penetrators. Nice work deploying a starting crew that blew the opponent out by a whopping 31.64 points this past week.
Dr!p
Talk about under-utilized: The starting RBs for Dr!p collectively registered just three targets this past week.