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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Soaring Seagulls
9-5 273
238.74
 
VS
proj
The Brees Connection
177.5 8-7
229.2

Soaring Seagulls smirk at expectations, defeat The Brees Connection in 273.0-177.5 rout

Soaring Seagulls stepped up, cruising to a 273.0-177.5 victory over The Brees Connection, who fell short of projections. The Brees Connection earned a 1.0-point lead on Thursday, but Soaring Seagulls held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Baker Mayfield (297 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 11 Rush Yds) and Calvin Ridley (10 Rec, 163 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD). Matthew Stafford (252 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 12 Rush Yds) and Drew Brees (234 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) led the charge for The Brees Connection in the loss. This marks the second time this season Soaring Seagulls have gotten the best of The Brees Connection, after winning 218-152.5 in their last matchup. Soaring Seagulls will look to clinch the league title next week, while The Brees Connection attempt to bounce back and finish the season with a win in the 3rd Place game.

Matchup Timeline

  Soaring Seagulls   The Brees Connection

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Taking on the Rams in Week 15, Hewitt made 10 tackles. In doing so, he put up 8.5 points and scored 63.1% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Soaring Seagulls this week. Hewitt will square off against the Browns in Week 16.
Neville Hewitt

Top Player Comparison

Soaring Seagulls
Points
% of total points 273
1
Baker Mayfield
QB
51
39.52
18.7%
2
Calvin Ridley
WR
37
17.94
13.6%
3
Tua Tagovailoa
QB
35
34.66
12.8%
4
Justin Jefferson
WR
23
15.63
8.4%
The Brees Connection
Points
% of total points 177.5
1
Matthew Stafford
QB
39
42.33
22%
2
Drew Brees
QB
38
46.57
21.4%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
22
17.65
12.4%
4
Jarvis Landry
WR
19
13.2
10.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Matthew Stafford had a 44-yard pass for The Brees Connection, who trailed 157.0-80.5 after the early action.
Sunday Late
Drew Brees teamed up with Emmanuel Sanders for a 51-yard pass for The Brees Connection. Brees also lit up the scoreboard with a 24-yard touchdown pass for The Brees Connection, who trailed 188.0-158.5 after the late afternoon slate.
Monday
Diontae Johnson had a 23-yard touchdown catch for Soaring Seagulls on Monday night, helping to add to the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  Soaring Seagulls   The Brees Connection

StatSmack

The Brees Connection are under .500 against Soaring Seagulls this season, with a record of 1-2.
They don't even seem to consider you a threat. Soaring Seagulls have a winning record vs The Brees Connection this season despite averaging fewer points against them (240.17) than their season average (258.82).
We heard scoring helps you win. Soaring Seagulls are doing a better job of that, averaging 258.82 versus The Brees Connection's 227.63.
Even the machines think Soaring Seagulls have better players. They have a higher projected points average (242.03) than The Brees Connection (227.88).
You won't win many weeks if you leave points on the bench. Soaring Seagulls has left fewer points on the bench this season (574.5) than The Brees Connection (868).
Once Soaring Seagulls put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than The Brees Connection (3 vs 1).
Soaring Seagulls should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than The Brees Connection (9 vs 8).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of The Brees Connection - they’ve made more transactions (4) than Soaring Seagulls (3) this week. Too bad that itchy pickup finger didn't pay off.
By position, Soaring Seagulls have outscored The Brees Connection at RB and WR this season.
Soaring Seagulls don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 28 points, highest in the league.
Hey The Brees Connection, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Soaring Seagulls
This sport is all about taking advantage of the mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by utterly dominating The Brees Connection at the wide receiver position (102 points to 40).
The Brees Connection
With only three catches this past week, the starting running backs for The Brees Connection should remind their quarterbacks to get them more involved (and dial up a screen play or two).