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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
Firedawgs
10-3 113.34
144.91
 
VS
proj
Sparty Stafford
96.8 2-11
106.29

Offensively challenged Firedawgs come back to knock off Sparty Stafford, 113.34-96.80

With the eighth-ranked point total in the league for the week, Firedawgs were lucky to earn a victory against a foe that had an even worse week, staging an impressive comeback to earn a 113.34-96.80 victory over Sparty Stafford. Firedawgs trailed 95.00-83.00 heading into Sunday night, but the squad roared back behind Tom Brady (326 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs, 13 Rush Yds). Kenny Golladay (4 Rec, 158 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Patrick Mahomes (175 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 25 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) carried the flag for Sparty Stafford in the loss. This marks the second time this season Firedawgs have gotten the best of Sparty Stafford, after winning 129.1-117.8 in their last matchup. Firedawgs (10-3) will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs. Sparty Stafford will be home for the playoffs, finishing the season at 2-11.

Matchup Timeline

  Firedawgs   Sparty Stafford

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Elliott (3-4 FG, 48 long, 2-2 XP) scored 13 points against the Dolphins in Week 13. His scoring output was 49.8% more than his 8.68-point projection and was much higher than his 6.78-point season scoring average. Elliott will face the Giants next week.
Jake Elliott

Top Player Comparison

Firedawgs
Points
% of total points 113.34
1
Tom Brady
QB
30.34
23.67
26.8%
2
Leonard Fournette
RB
18.1
18.67
16%
3
Tyler Boyd
WR
16.9
15.47
14.9%
4
Jake Elliott
K
13
8.68
11.5%
Sparty Stafford
Points
% of total points 96.8
1
Kenny Golladay
WR
28.8
11.04
29.8%
2
Patrick Mahomes
QB
21.5
30.45
22.2%
3
Wil Lutz
K
17
9.11
17.6%
4
Melvin Gordon III
RB
13
14.09
13.4%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Both teams had players with standout plays on Thursday, but it was Sparty Stafford who took the lead, 50.80-11.50. For Firedawgs, Jared Cook had a 40-yard catch. Kenny Golladay made the highlight reel for Sparty Stafford with a 75-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Patrick Mahomes had a 47-yard pass for Sparty Stafford, helping the team to a 95.00-83.00 lead.
Sunday Night
Tom Brady had a 20-yard touchdown pass and a 44-yard pass for Firedawgs, contributing to a 113.34-96.80 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Firedawgs   Sparty Stafford

Game Notes

Five of the 10 starters on Firedawgs exceeded their projected point totals.
Sparty Stafford had only two of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could've looked differently, as Firedawgs had two starters score zero points, while Sparty Stafford had two.
Firedawgs emerged victorious despite recording a season-low 113.34 points.
Both teams scored under their projected point total.
Firedawgs ranked 8th in the league in points scored this week, while Sparty Stafford ranked 10th.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Firedawgs. They got the W, but failed to cover the 38.62-point projected margin of victory.
Firedawgs moves to (1-1) in comeback games this season, while Sparty Stafford falls to (0-3).
In a losing effort, Kenny Golladay put up 28.8 points, the third-highest score for a wide receiver this week.

Coach Talk

Firedawgs
Well Firedawgs, the good news is that we won this matchup by 16.54 points. Even better news is that we know we're better than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through 12 weeks was 146.88. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Sparty Stafford
Hey, it's possible that Sparty Stafford could be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. Seeing just eight targets combined in Week 13, their four starting pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) apparently contributed primarily by blocking downfield and running decoy routes.