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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Irishpride375
4-8 119.7
135.17
 
VS
proj
America's Team
85.08 6-6
123.82

Irishpride375 find way to beat America's Team 119.70-85.08 despite coming up short of projections

Both teams underperformed their projected point totals, but Irishpride375 did enough to take down America's Team. Predicted to come out on top by a score of 135.17-123.82, Irishpride375 earned a 119.70-85.08 win over America's Team. Irishpride375 never trailed in this one after earning a 22.2-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind the New York Jets defense (23.5 points) and Le'Veon Bell (15.8). Calvin Ridley (15 Rush Yds, 85 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Ezekiel Elliott (86 Rush Yds, 40 Rec Yds) were the top scorers for America's Team in the loss. This marks the first time this season Irishpride375 have taken down America's Team, after falling 159.56-128.36 in their last matchup. Irishpride375 (4-8) will look to maintain their momentum against no Vaseline, while America's Team (6-6) will attempt to right the ship against Dungeons & Doobies.

Matchup Timeline

  Irishpride375   America's Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Jets defense allowed only 3 points, surrendered 208 yards, and forced 2 turnovers in a 34-3 win over the Raiders. In doing so, they put up 23.5 points and more-than-doubled their scoring projection, the fifth-highest percent increase of any DEF in the league this season. Next week, the Jets will go up against the Bengals.
The New York Jets defense

Top Player Comparison

Irishpride375
Points
% of total points 119.7
1
Mark Ingram II
RB
25.8
12.07
21.6%
2
The New York Jets defense
DEF
23.5
9.28
19.6%
3
Le'Veon Bell
RB
15.8
16.72
13.2%
4
Terry McLaurin
WR
12.2
12.48
10.2%
America's Team
Points
% of total points 85.08
1
Calvin Ridley
WR
22
16.03
25.9%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
16.6
17.29
19.5%
3
Michael Gallup
WR
9.5
13.8
11.2%
4
Brett Maher
K
8
7.12
9.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Calvin Ridley had a 21-yard touchdown catch for America's Team, who trailed 65.30-43.10 after the early games.

Points By Position

  Irishpride375   America's Team

Game Notes

Only three of the 10 starting players on Irishpride375 exceeded their projected scoring totals.
America's Team had only two of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could've looked differently, as each team had a starter that failed to score.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
America's Team ranked 10th in the league in scoring this week, while Irishpride375 ranked 7th.
The matchup's 34.62-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
The defeat snaps a streak of three straight wins for America's Team.
Not only did Irishpride375 win, but they also easily covered the 11.35-point projected margin of victory.

Coach Talk

Irishpride375
Hey, the key to football is spotting the mismatches. With some monster yardage production from our running backs, our team created a noticeable disparity this week. Our backfield tallied 111 more total yards than the RBs of America's Team (264 yards from scrimmage to 153), and we ended up doubling up them at the position, 46.4 points to 22.3.
America's Team
Unless America's Team wants to go diva-mode on us, then "not getting many looks" isn't really a valid excuse this time around. As a group, our four pass-catchers (three WR and one TE) were targeted a grand total of 28 times in Week 12. With only 14 total receptions, this group may need to work on chemistry with their QBs.