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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
More Than a Thielen
7-7 148.44
111.5
 
VS
proj
Murray Christmas
120.24 5-10
94.39

More Than a Thielen outperform predictions, knock off Murray Christmas in 148.44-120.24 rout

Both teams showed up, but it was More Than a Thielen who emerged victorious, rolling to a 148.44-120.24 victory over Murray Christmas. Murray Christmas pulled out to a 2.8-point lead early Sunday afternoon, but it was all More Than a Thielen after that. They were led by Kenyan Drake (39.1 points) and Christian McCaffrey (33.5). Chris Carson (26.2 points) and Carson Wentz (21.54) led the charge for Murray Christmas in the loss. This marks the first time this season More Than a Thielen have beaten Murray Christmas, after falling 110.9-104.8 in their last matchup. More Than a Thielen improve to 7-7 for the season, while Murray Christmas fall to 5-10.

Matchup Timeline

  More Than a Thielen   Murray Christmas

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Drake overachieved for the fifth time this season, scoring 39.1 points against his 11.1-point projection. In a 38-24 win over the Browns, he ran for 137 yards and 4 touchdowns. Drake ranks #84 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Seahawks next week.
Kenyan Drake

Top Player Comparison

More Than a Thielen
Points
% of total points 148.44
1
Kenyan Drake
RB
39.1
11.1
26.3%
2
Christian McCaffrey
RB
33.5
23.21
22.6%
3
A.J. Brown
WR
21.4
10.21
14.4%
4
Russell Wilson
QB
19.34
21.22
13%
Murray Christmas
Points
% of total points 120.24
1
Chris Carson
RB
26.2
16.59
21.8%
2
Carson Wentz
QB
21.54
18.97
17.9%
3
Chris Conley
WR
18.9
9.02
15.7%
4
Carlos Hyde
RB
16.4
9.31
13.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel plays for both teams early Sunday, after which Murray Christmas boasted a 102.34-99.54 lead. Russell Wilson had a 58-yard pass and a 44-yard pass for More Than a Thielen, while A.J. Brown had a 60-yard catch. James White made the highlight reel for Murray Christmas with a 23-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  More Than a Thielen   Murray Christmas

What If

More Than a Thielen would have beaten every other team in the league this week.
Murray Christmas would have lost to four other teams besides More Than a Thielen this week.
If More Than a Thielen played Murray Christmas every week this season, they'd be 10-4.
More Than a Thielen would be 5-7 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Murray Christmas.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as More Than a Thielen, Murray Christmas would be 5-7.
If More Than a Thielen had played every team in the league each week, they would be 85-69.
If they played every team every week, Murray Christmas would be 64-97.

Coach Talk

More Than a Thielen
Good work, More Than a Thielen. Bravo on assembling a lineup that blew the competition out by over 28 points this past matchup.
Murray Christmas
Murray Christmas will find it tough to gripe about lack of opportunities this past week. As a group, our pass-catching corps (two WR, one TE) collectively got a grand total of 28 targets in Week 15. With only 13 total catches, this group may have some chemistry issues.