TurnYaHeadAndCough hand irish's Best Team sixth straight loss in 91-89 battle
TurnYaHeadAndCough narrowly earned a 91-89 victory to hand irish's Best Team their sixth consecutive loss. irish's Best Team made a run at it on Monday night, but it wasn't to be. TurnYaHeadAndCough led 91-85 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite 4 points from Ben Roethlisberger on Monday night for irish's Best Team. Marvin Jones Jr. (10 Rec, 112 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Baker Mayfield (297 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 11 Rush Yds) were the top scorers for TurnYaHeadAndCough in the win. This marks the second time this season TurnYaHeadAndCough have beaten irish's Best Team, after winning 97-75 in their last matchup. TurnYaHeadAndCough improve to 3-9-3 for the season, while irish's Best Team fall to 3-12.
While catching 10 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown against the Titans, Jones Jr. registered 21 points this week. His scoring output nearly doubled his 11-point projection and was much higher than his 9.27-point season scoring average. Jones Jr. ranks #69 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Buccaneers next week.
Saturday
Aaron Jones had a 46-yard run for irish's Best Team, while DJ Moore had a 40-yard catch to contribute to a 28-21 lead for irish's Best Team.
Sunday Early
Tony Pollard had a 40-yard touchdown run for irish's Best Team, while Marquise Brown had a 44-yard catch, helping irish's Best Team to an 85-61 lead.
Monday
Ben Roethlisberger had a 23-yard touchdown pass for irish's Best Team.
TurnYaHeadAndCough
Getting the win is most important, TurnYaHeadAndCough, but we've also identified one spot where we can improve as a team. Our running backs were soundly outplayed by the opposition. Nyheim Hines (54 yards from scrimmage, no TDs) logged only 9 points in Week 15, and the starting backfield for irish's Best Team literally quadrupled us with a score of 40.
irish's Best Team
Fortunately, this week's problem isn't exactly rocket science, irish's Best Team. Going with Kyle Rudolph in a fantasy matchup where every point mattered... let's just assume it won't happen again and move on.