Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football

Matchup Recap Summary

Matchup Recap Moderation

Are you sure you want to report this recap? If reported, this recap will not be visible until reviewed by Yahoo Customer Care.

For more information, see Yahoo Help.

Cancel

Week 16

Weekly
Grade
big diesel
7-9 282.92
298.19
 
VS
proj
Pack Rats
254.18 10-6
254.63

Back-and-forth battle ends with big diesel coming back to top Pack Rats, 282.92-254.18

What a thriller! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, big diesel earned a come-from-behind victory over Pack Rats, coming back to earn a 282.92-254.18 win. After trailing 254.18-239.62 heading into Sunday night, big diesel rallied behind Ryan Tannehill (22.2 points) and A.J. Brown (10.1). David Montgomery (29.05 points) and Giovani Bernard (28.85) carried the flag for Pack Rats in the loss. This marks the second time this season big diesel have taken down Pack Rats, after winning 265.8-219.6 in their last matchup. big diesel end the season at 7-9, while Pack Rats finish the campaign at 10-6.

Matchup Timeline

  big diesel   Pack Rats

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Facing the Bengals in Week 16, Johnson racked up 139 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 34.45 points and scored 56.4% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on big diesel this week.
David Johnson

Top Player Comparison

big diesel
Points
% of total points 282.92
1
David Johnson
RB
34.45
22.02
12.2%
2
Diontae Johnson
WR
26.32
20.31
9.3%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
25.95
24.33
9.2%
4
Joe Schobert
LB
23.75
16.43
8.4%
Pack Rats
Points
% of total points 254.18
1
David Montgomery
RB
29.05
26.3
11.4%
2
Giovani Bernard
RB
28.85
18.01
11.4%
3
Kyler Murray
QB
27.75
39.93
10.9%
4
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
26.35
17.73
10.4%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Rob Gronkowski had a 33-yard touchdown catch and a 25-yard touchdown catch for Pack Rats, while Kyler Murray had a 45-yard pass, helping Pack Rats to a 54.70-29.00 lead.
Sunday Early
David Johnson had a 48-yard run for big diesel, while Diontae Johnson had a 39-yard touchdown catch, contributing to a 180.77-143.60 lead for big diesel.
Sunday Night
Ryan Tannehill had a 45-yard touchdown run for big diesel, helping the team to a 271.92-254.18 lead.

Points By Position

  big diesel   Pack Rats

What If

big diesel would have beaten only two other teams besides Pack Rats this week.
Pack Rats would have lost to six other teams besides big diesel this week.
big diesel would be 5-11 if they played Pack Rats every week.
big diesel would be 5-8 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Pack Rats.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as big diesel, Pack Rats would be 10-3.
If big diesel had played every team in the league each week, they would be 53-85.
If they played every team every week, Pack Rats would be 89-49.

Coach Talk

big diesel
Props to you, big diesel. Putting together a lineup that won by 28.74 points this past week.
Pack Rats
The problem in Week 16 isn't exactly rocket science, Pack Rats. Choosing to start Keenan Allen in a tough fantasy matchup... let's all just assume it won't happen again and move on.