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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
gari's Glorious Team
8-8 114.1
107.15
 
VS
proj
Blue Waffles
104.62 7-9
109.57

gari's Glorious Team knock off Blue Waffles, 114.10-104.62

gari's Glorious Team earned a hard-fought victory over Blue Waffles, emerging victorious with a 114.10-104.62 win. gari's Glorious Team earned a 6.48-point lead late afternoon Sunday behind a combined 29.3 points from Russell Wilson (225 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD) and Chris Carson (69 Rush Yds, 10 Rec Yds). Blue Waffles came back to take the lead on Sunday night, powered by the Green Bay Packers defense (7 points). Unphased, gari's Glorious Team rallied at the last minute on Monday night, as ( points) put them back ahead for good. This marks the third time this season gari's Glorious Team have beaten Blue Waffles, after winning 105.7-85.18 in their last matchup. gari's Glorious Team end the season with a record of 8-8, while Blue Waffles finish the campaign at 7-9.

Matchup Timeline

  gari's Glorious Team   Blue Waffles

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 5 passes for 47 yards and a touchdown against the Colts, Ebron recorded 13.2 points this week. His scoring output was 68.8% more than his 7.82-point projection and was much higher than his 6.78-point season scoring average.
Eric Ebron

Top Player Comparison

gari's Glorious Team
Points
% of total points 114.1
1
Brandin Cooks
WR
23.6
12.06
20.7%
2
Russell Wilson
QB
19.9
21.45
17.4%
3
Giovani Bernard
RB
16.6
10.79
14.5%
4
Eric Ebron
TE
13.2
7.82
11.6%
Blue Waffles
Points
% of total points 104.62
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
21.32
24.16
20.4%
2
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
20.1
11.17
19.2%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
19.3
17.1
18.4%
4
George Kittle
TE
11.2
10.73
10.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with standout plays early Sunday, after which Blue Waffles owned an 86.32-66.90 lead. For gari's Glorious Team, Brandin Cooks had a 25-yard touchdown catch and a 50-yard catch. JuJu Smith-Schuster had a 25-yard touchdown catch for Blue Waffles, while Harrison Butker had a 53-yard field goal.
Sunday Late
Russell Wilson had a 45-yard pass for gari's Glorious Team, helping the team to a 104.10-97.62 lead.

Points By Position

  gari's Glorious Team   Blue Waffles
Standings Update
Is it just us or did the end of the season come out of nowhere? Time flies when you're having fun. Before we turn our attention to next year, we'd like to dig into this season one last time.
gari's Glorious Team
gari's Glorious Team completed the regular season 8th in the standings after averaging 101.69 points per game, 3rd-worst in the league.
Important Players
Russell Wilson
MVP
4391 Pass Yds, 40 Pass TDs, 489 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Terry McLaurin
Best Drafted
80 Rec, 1078 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Giovani Bernard
Best Acquisition
409 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs, 355 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Blue Waffles
Blue Waffles ended the regular season 7th in the standings after averaging 102.74 points per game, 6th-most in the league.
Important Players
Lamar Jackson
MVP
2644 Pass Yds, 23 Pass TDs, 908 Rush Yds, 7 Rush TDs
Travis Kelce
Best Drafted
105 Rec, 1416 Rec Yds, 11 Rec TDs
Jalen Hurts
Best Acquisition
989 Pass Yds, 6 Pass TDs, 323 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD

StatSmack

Blue Waffles aren't even on the board versus gari's Glorious Team this season, with a record of 0-3.
History is repeating itself. In three games vs Blue Waffles this season, gari's Glorious Team have averaged more points (112.23) than they usually score this season (101.69).
gari's Glorious Team don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than Blue Waffles (4 vs 2).
gari's Glorious Team laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than Blue Waffles (0).
gari's Glorious Team should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more weeks than Blue Waffles (5 vs 4).
Blue Waffles have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (3) than gari's Glorious Team (2) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, gari's Glorious Team have outscored Blue Waffles at QB, RB, WR, and DEF this season.
gari's Glorious Team has a higher average scoring margin (0) than Blue Waffles this season (-4).
The starters for gari's Glorious Team had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for Blue Waffles (2).
Hey Blue Waffles, maybe you'll have better luck next year!