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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Chiefs
2-13 84
98.39
 
VS
proj
STOW THUNDER!!
50 3-12
103.98

Offensively challenged Chiefs knock off STOW THUNDER!!, 84-50

Chiefs earned an 84-50 victory over STOW THUNDER!! in spite of ranking only 11th in the league in points scored for the week. STOW THUNDER!! nabbed a 3-point lead on Thursday, but Chiefs held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Patrick Mahomes, who passed for 254 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 37 yards for 38 points, and Diontae Johnson, who caught 8 passes for 59 yards and a touchdown (19 points). Derrick Henry (24 points) and Joey Slye (9) were the leading performers for STOW THUNDER!! in the loss. This marks the first time this season Chiefs have taken down STOW THUNDER!!, after falling 124-95 in their last matchup. Chiefs improve to 2-13 for the season, while STOW THUNDER!! fall to 3-12.

Matchup Timeline

  Chiefs   STOW THUNDER!!

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While making both of his FG attempts against the Texans, Blankenship scored 11 points this week. His scoring output was 48% more than his 7.43-point projection and was higher than his 7.93-point season scoring average. Blankenship ranks #91 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Steelers next week.
Rodrigo Blankenship

Top Player Comparison

Chiefs
Points
% of total points 84
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
38
46.64
45.2%
2
Diontae Johnson
WR
19
14.1
22.6%
3
Rodrigo Blankenship
K
11
7.43
13.1%
4
The Kansas City Chiefs defense
DEF
9
16.33
10.7%
STOW THUNDER!!
Points
% of total points 50
1
Derrick Henry
RB
24
21
48%
2
Joey Slye
K
9
6.62
18%
3
Chris Carson
RB
8
13.82
16%
4
The Minnesota Vikings defense
DEF
4
18.06
8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Rodrigo Blankenship had a 53-yard field goal for Chiefs, who trailed 50-15 after the early round of games.
Monday
Diontae Johnson had a 23-yard touchdown catch for Chiefs during Monday Night Football, helping to add to the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  Chiefs   STOW THUNDER!!

What If

Chiefs would not have beaten any other team in the league besides STOW THUNDER!! this week.
STOW THUNDER!! would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
If they played STOW THUNDER!! every week, Chiefs would be 6-8-1 this season.
Chiefs would be 2-10 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as STOW THUNDER!!.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Chiefs, STOW THUNDER!! would be 3-9.
If Chiefs had played every team in the league each week, they would be 36-123-2.
If they played every team every week, STOW THUNDER!! would be 50-108-3.

Coach Talk

Chiefs
You know what, Chiefs, we do admire the confidence. It takes a certain sort of guts to roll out, not one, but TWO players with zero points (John Brown and Myles Gaskin), while still earning the win.
STOW THUNDER!!
Hey, it's possible that STOW THUNDER!! would be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. Seeing only five targets as a group this past week, their three starting pass-catchers (two WR, one TE) apparently helped their teams' causes by running decoy routes and blocking downfield.