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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
TheNewGuy
6-7 111.42
119.64
 
VS
proj
La Good La Bad Tugly
68.64 7-6
127.76

La Good La Bad Tugly lose to TheNewGuy in 111.42-68.64 rout

There's no way around it, La Good La Bad Tugly didn't do their job, at least according to projections, as TheNewGuy rolled to a 111.42-68.64 victory. It didn't take long to figure out who would be the frontrunner in the matchup, as TheNewGuy leapt out to a 45.46-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind stellar performances from the Miami Dolphins defense (20 points) and Nick Chubb (17.1). Travis Kelce (8 Rec, 136 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Jarvis Landry (8 Rec, 62 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) led the charge for La Good La Bad Tugly in the loss. This marks the first time this season TheNewGuy have gotten the best of La Good La Bad Tugly, after falling 120.12-74.54 in their last matchup. TheNewGuy ends the season on a high note, but they'll miss the postseason with a record of 6-7. La Good La Bad Tugly (7-6) will attempt to bounce back from this loss in the playoffs.

Matchup Timeline

  TheNewGuy   La Good La Bad Tugly

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Dolphins in Week 13, Boyd scored 15.7 points to more-than-double his 7.18-point projection. He caught one pass for 72 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on TheNewGuy this week. In Week 14, Boyd and the Bengals will face the Cowboys.
Tyler Boyd

Top Player Comparison

TheNewGuy
Points
% of total points 111.42
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
21.32
33.55
19.1%
2
The Miami Dolphins defense
DEF
20
12.28
18%
3
Nick Chubb
RB
17.1
14.63
15.3%
4
Tyler Boyd
WR
15.7
7.18
14.1%
La Good La Bad Tugly
Points
% of total points 68.64
1
Travis Kelce
TE
23.6
15.82
34.4%
2
Jarvis Landry
WR
16.44
10.82
24%
3
Tyler Lockett
WR
9.3
16.02
13.5%
4
Sammy Watkins
WR
5.5
11.68
8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tyler Boyd had a 72-yard touchdown catch for TheNewGuy, while Younghoe Koo had a 53-yard field goal to contribute to a 70.30-24.84 lead for TheNewGuy.
Sunday Night
Both teams had players with standout moments on Sunday night, but it was TheNewGuy who owned the lead, 96.32-63.24. For TheNewGuy, Patrick Mahomes had a 20-yard touchdown pass. Travis Kelce made the highlight reel for La Good La Bad Tugly with a 20-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  TheNewGuy   La Good La Bad Tugly

Game Notes

TheNewGuy had five of their nine starters score higher than their projected point totals.
La Good La Bad Tugly had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
La Good La Bad Tugly can partially blame the loss on Lamar Jackson, who didn't score any points.
TheNewGuy put up more points than their season scoring average (107.39) while La Good La Bad Tugly fell short of theirs (126.69).
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup's 42.78-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
The defeat ends a streak of two consecutive wins for La Good La Bad Tugly.
In blowout games this year, TheNewGuy moves to (2-2), while La Good La Bad Tugly falls to (6-3).
A bright spot in the defeat, Travis Kelce (23.6 points) officially recorded the fourth-best scoring output for any TE this year.

Coach Talk

TheNewGuy
Assembling a starting crew that won by a whopping 42.78 points this past week... we deem that to be a job done right. Let's take this win in stride, tip our cap to the GM of La Good La Bad Tugly, and continue our march towards the League Mack Football title.
La Good La Bad Tugly
Posting only one single target this past week, it appears that the starting RBs for La Good La Bad Tugly clearly need to smooth things over with their quarterbacks... and remind them to start checking down more frequently.