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Week 14

Weekly
Grade
Dark Buccaneers
8-6 113.42
101.09
 
VS
proj
Raising Cardinals
90.64 7-7
101.81

Dark Buccaneers beat expectations, defeat Raising Cardinals in 113.42-90.64 rout

Dark Buccaneers brought their A game, cruising to a 113.42-90.64 win over Raising Cardinals, who fell short of projections. Raising Cardinals took a 0.54-point lead early Sunday afternoon, but it was all Dark Buccaneers after that. They were led by Mike Davis, who racked up 93 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns for 23.8 points, and T.Y. Hilton, who caught 5 passes for 86 yards and 2 touchdowns (23.1 points). Brandon Aiyuk (10 Rec, 119 Rec Yds) and Tom Brady (196 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) did everything they could for Raising Cardinals in the loss. This marks the third time this season Dark Buccaneers have gotten the best of Raising Cardinals, after winning 72.96-66.76 in their last matchup. Dark Buccaneers will look to keep it rolling in the semifinals next week, while Raising Cardinals seek to rebound and lock up 5th Place.

Matchup Timeline

  Dark Buccaneers   Raising Cardinals

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 93 yards from scrimmage and running for 2 touchdowns against the Broncos, Davis recorded 23.8 points this week. His scoring output nearly doubled his 12.83-point projection and was much higher than his 13.02-point season scoring average. Davis ranks #51 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Packers next week.
Mike Davis

Top Player Comparison

Dark Buccaneers
Points
% of total points 113.42
1
Mike Davis
RB
23.8
12.83
21%
2
T.Y. Hilton
WR
23.1
9.44
20.4%
3
Josh Allen
QB
19.32
22.21
17%
4
D'Andre Swift
RB
13
11.72
11.5%
Raising Cardinals
Points
% of total points 90.64
1
Brandon Aiyuk
WR
16.9
10.22
18.6%
2
Tom Brady
QB
15.64
21.35
17.3%
3
Kenyan Drake
RB
15.5
11.77
17.1%
4
Amari Cooper
WR
13.1
12.37
14.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tom Brady had a 48-yard touchdown pass for Raising Cardinals, helping the team to a 44.24-43.70 lead.
Sunday Late
T.Y. Hilton had a 41-yard touchdown catch for Dark Buccaneers, who trailed 88.64-82.10 after the late afternoon games.
Monday
Marquise Brown had a 44-yard touchdown catch for Dark Buccaneers on Monday night, helping to pad the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  Dark Buccaneers   Raising Cardinals

StatSmack

Raising Cardinals can't seem to defeat Dark Buccaneers this season, with a record of 0-3.
Even the computers think Dark Buccaneers have better players. Their projected average points is higher (109.7) than Raising Cardinals (103.48).
Dark Buccaneers are better at closing games out, with fewer close losses than Raising Cardinals (0 vs 1).
By position, Dark Buccaneers have outscored Raising Cardinals at QB, WR, and K this season.
The starters for Dark Buccaneers had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for Raising Cardinals (1).
Hey Raising Cardinals, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Dark Buccaneers
A big key to success in football is identifying (and exploiting) the mismatches. We really emphasized that by doubling up Raising Cardinals at running back this past week (36.8 points to 16.7).
Raising Cardinals
With only two catches this past week, the starting running backs for Raising Cardinals should remind their QBs to dump it off more often (and dial up a screen play or two).