Hangovers fall to Norman Nobodies, 131.00-80.70
There's no sugarcoating it, Hangovers dropped the ball, at least compared to projections, as Norman Nobodies came out on top with a 131.00-80.70 victory. Hangovers grabbed an 8.90-point lead on Thursday, but Norman Nobodies held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by DeAndre Hopkins, who caught 9 passes for 169 yards and a touchdown for 30 points, and Brandon Aiyuk, who caught 9 passes for 73 yards and a touchdown (22.3 points). Aaron Jones (145 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 13 Rec Yds) and Keke Coutee (5 Rec, 53 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) were the leading scorers for Hangovers in the loss. This marks the first time this season Norman Nobodies have beaten Hangovers, after falling 132.85-105.7 in their last matchup. Norman Nobodies improve to 5-10 for the season, while Hangovers fall to 7-7.
Projected to score 9.5 points, Fitzgerald scored 31.6% more than that amount by scoring 12.5 points as the Cardinals beat the Eagles 33-26. He caught 3 passes for 35 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Norman Nobodies this week. Fitzgerald will face the 49ers next week.
Saturday
Aaron Jones had a 46-yard run for Hangovers, helping the team to a 36.60-3.80 lead.
Sunday Late
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments on Sunday afternoon, but after all the points were tallied, Norman Nobodies owned a 116.40-80.70 lead. For Norman Nobodies, DeAndre Hopkins had a 20-yard touchdown catch and a 45-yard catch. Zach Ertz made the highlight reel for Hangovers with a 42-yard catch.
Norman Nobodies
Identifying mismatches is a big key to success in football. We really took that to heart this week by doubling up Hangovers at the wide receiver position (76.65 points to 35.4).
Hangovers
Welp, we certainly can't gripe about a lack of opportunities this time, can we? As a group, our pass-catching corps (five WR and one TE) collectively got a grand total of 33 targets in Week 15. Timing and chemistry appear to be issues as that group recorded just 17 catches.