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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Raising Cardinals
8-7 99.48
103.84
 
VS
proj
Browns
69.76 7-8
96.59

Raising Cardinals knock off Browns for fourth straight win, 99.48-69.76

Raising Cardinals extended their win streak to four games with a hard-fought win over Browns, coming out on top with a 99.48-69.76 victory. It was the third consecutive loss for Browns. Raising Cardinals jumped out to a 25.50-point lead on Thursday behind a stellar performance from Darren Waller, who caught 9 passes for 150 yards and a touchdown, and never looked back. Derrick Henry (147 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Drew Brees (234 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) were the leaders for Browns in the loss. This marks the first time this season Raising Cardinals have knocked off Browns, after falling 98.4-89.32 in their last matchup. Raising Cardinals improve to 8-7 for the season, while Browns fall to 7-8.

Matchup Timeline

  Raising Cardinals   Browns

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While passing for 297 yards and 2 touchdowns and running for 11 yards against the Giants, Mayfield scored 20.98 points this week. He scored 17.8% more than his 17.81-point projection and overachieved for the third time this season. Mayfield ranks #24 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Jets next week.
Baker Mayfield

Top Player Comparison

Raising Cardinals
Points
% of total points 99.48
1
Darren Waller
TE
25.5
12.93
25.6%
2
Baker Mayfield
QB
20.98
17.81
21.1%
3
Brandon Aiyuk
WR
17.8
13.6
17.9%
4
The Seattle Seahawks defense
DEF
9
8.08
9%
Browns
Points
% of total points 69.76
1
Derrick Henry
RB
24.2
20.93
34.7%
2
Drew Brees
QB
20.36
19.93
29.2%
3
Dan Bailey
K
9
8.26
12.9%
4
Tyler Lockett
WR
5.4
13.87
7.7%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Darren Waller had a 35-yard touchdown catch for Raising Cardinals, helping to give the team a 25.50-0.00 lead.
Saturday
Mason Crosby had a 51-yard field goal for Raising Cardinals, contributing to a 36.50-2.40 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Drew Brees had a 24-yard touchdown pass and a 51-yard pass for Browns, who trailed 78.50-68.76 after the late games.

Points By Position

  Raising Cardinals   Browns

Game Notes

Raising Cardinals won despite the fact that only four of their nine starters scored higher than their point projections.
Browns had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Browns can partially blame the loss on Ronald Jones II, who didn't score any points.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
Browns ranked 12th in the league in scoring this week, while Raising Cardinals ranked 9th.
Not only did Raising Cardinals win, but they also easily covered the 7.25-point predicted margin of victory.
Despite the loss, Derrick Henry scored 24.2 points, the third-best score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

Raising Cardinals
A big key to success in football is exploiting the mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by tripling Browns at the wide receiver position (28 points to 8.8).
Browns
Browns will find it tough to gripe about lack of opportunity this past week. As a group, our pass-catching corps (three WR and one TE) were targeted a healthy 25 times in Week 15. With just 11 total receptions, that group may need to work on chemistry with their QBs.