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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Cool Brees
8-7 114.14
109.32
 
VS
proj
Thielen Good
60.1 8-7
96.59

Thielen Good fall to Cool Brees in 114.14-60.10 rout

There's no easy way to put it, Thielen Good underperformed, at least based on projections, as Cool Brees rolled to a 114.14-60.10 victory. Thielen Good grabbed a 0.6-point lead on Saturday behind Jamaal Williams (3 points), but Cool Brees held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Kirk Cousins, who passed for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 25 yards for 19.34 points, and Travis Kelce, who caught 8 passes for 68 yards and a touchdown (18.8 points). Mark Andrews (5 Rec, 66 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Keke Coutee (5 Rec, 53 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) carried the flag for Thielen Good in the loss. This marks the second time this season Cool Brees have gotten the best of Thielen Good, after winning 118.62-109.64 in their last matchup. Cool Brees improve to 8-7 for the season, while Thielen Good fall to 8-7.

Matchup Timeline

  Cool Brees   Thielen Good

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Johnson overachieved for the first time this season, scoring 14.5 points against his 5.84-point projection. In a 23-20 win over the Rams, he racked up 55 yards from scrimmage and caught a touchdown pass. Johnson will face the Browns next week.
Ty Johnson

Top Player Comparison

Cool Brees
Points
% of total points 114.14
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
19.34
17.34
16.9%
2
Travis Kelce
TE
18.8
14.79
16.5%
3
Jonathan Taylor
RB
17.5
14.35
15.3%
4
Ty Johnson
RB
14.5
5.84
12.7%
Thielen Good
Points
% of total points 60.1
1
Mark Andrews
TE
15.1
11.52
25.1%
2
Keke Coutee
WR
11.8
9.05
19.6%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
8.1
13.98
13.5%
4
Ryan Succop
K
7
7.41
11.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kirk Cousins had a 20-yard touchdown pass for Cool Brees, contributing to a 53.64-53.40 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Emmanuel Sanders had a 51-yard catch for Cool Brees to contribute to a 96.54-53.40 lead for the team.
Monday
Ben Roethlisberger had a 23-yard touchdown pass for Thielen Good.

Points By Position

  Cool Brees   Thielen Good

StatSmack

One's a data point, Two's a trend. In their two head-to-head wins against Thielen Good, Cool Brees averaged more points (116.38) than they usually score (107.92).
Once Cool Brees put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than Thielen Good (4 vs 2).
Cool Brees see projections as no real threat. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than Thielen Good (0).
Cool Brees should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more matchups than Thielen Good (6 vs 4).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of Thielen Good - they’ve made more transactions (2) than Cool Brees (0) this week. Too bad that itchy pickup finger didn't pay off.
By position, Cool Brees have outscored Thielen Good at TE this season.
The starters for Cool Brees had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for Thielen Good (1).
Hey Thielen Good, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Cool Brees
Kudos on deploying a lineup that won by over 54 points this past week. We took care of business and did what had to be done.
Thielen Good
Ugh, talk about old-school ground n' pound: As a group, the starting RBs for Thielen Good collectively logged only a pair of targets this past week.