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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
The Prodigal Son
8-6 91.4
103.59
 
VS
proj
Marino Rules
75.65 2-13
88.4

The Prodigal Son manage to beat Marino Rules 91.40-75.65 despite falling short of predictions

Both teams underachieved compared to expectations, but The Prodigal Son did enough to take down Marino Rules, earning a 91.40-75.65 victory. The Prodigal Son never trailed in this one after taking a 14.1-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Dalvin Cook (21.9 points) and Jason Myers (8). Alvin Kamara (15.4 points) and Jared Goff (15.35) did everything they could for Marino Rules in the loss. This marks the second time this season The Prodigal Son have beaten Marino Rules, after winning 111.95-103.95 in their last matchup. The Prodigal Son improve to 8-6 for the season, while Marino Rules fall to 2-13.

Matchup Timeline

  The Prodigal Son   Marino Rules

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Kelce (8 Rec, 68 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 14.8 points against the Saints in Week 15. He scored 29% more than his 11.47-point projection and overachieved for the eighth time this season. Kelce ranks #21 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Falcons next week.
Travis Kelce

Top Player Comparison

The Prodigal Son
Points
% of total points 91.4
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
21.9
17.93
24%
2
Travis Kelce
TE
14.8
11.47
16.2%
3
The New York Giants defense
DEF
12.9
10.3
14.1%
4
Jarvis Landry
WR
12.1
8.61
13.2%
Marino Rules
Points
% of total points 75.65
1
Alvin Kamara
RB
15.4
15.78
20.4%
2
Jared Goff
QB
15.35
20.54
20.3%
3
Diontae Johnson
WR
11.9
9.13
15.7%
4
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
8.9
18.4
11.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Jared Goff had a 44-yard pass for Marino Rules, who trailed 56.90-54.85 after the late afternoon games.
Monday
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays on Monday night. For The Prodigal Son, Ben Roethlisberger had a 23-yard touchdown pass. Diontae Johnson made the highlight reel for Marino Rules with a 23-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  The Prodigal Son   Marino Rules

Game Notes

Five of the nine starting players on The Prodigal Son exceeded their projected point totals.
Marino Rules had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Marino Rules could have used points from Mike Gesicki and DeVante Parker, as both put up goose eggs.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Both teams failed to achieve their projected point total.
The matchup's 15.75-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
The victory ends a streak of two consecutive losses for The Prodigal Son.
Not only did The Prodigal Son earn the win, but they also covered the 15.19-point projected margin of victory.

Coach Talk

The Prodigal Son
Kudos on assembling a lineup that won by 15.75 points this past week. We deem that to be a job done right.
Marino Rules
Well, Week 15's problem isn't exactly rocket science, Marino Rules. Going with Mike Gesicki and DeVante Parker in a tough fantasy matchup... let's attempt to move forward with a full deck of cards next time.