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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
Well Oiled Machine
10-2-1 95.5
86.65
 
VS
proj
Shark bait
31.5 3-10
50.05

Well Oiled Machine knock off Shark bait for fourth straight win in 95.5-31.5 rout

Well Oiled Machine extended their win streak to four games with a convincing win over Shark bait, rolling to a 95.5-31.5 victory. It was the seventh loss in a row for Shark bait. There wasn't much drama in this matchup, as Well Oiled Machine jumped out to a 27.5-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind impressive efforts from Darren Waller and the New Orleans Saints defense. Waller caught 13 passes for 200 yards and 2 touchdowns for 26 points, while the Saints defense allowed 16 points, surrendered 332 yards, and forced a fumble (12 points). Adam Thielen (13 points) and the Baltimore Ravens defense (7) led the charge for Shark bait in defeat. This marks the second time this season Well Oiled Machine have gotten the best of Shark bait, after winning 104-77.5 in their last matchup. Well Oiled Machine (10-2-1) will look to keep it rolling against KC Chiefs 0-5 Start, while Shark bait (3-10) try to get back in the win column against London Gentlemen.

Matchup Timeline

  Well Oiled Machine   Shark bait

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Playing the 49ers in Week 13, Beasley caught 9 passes for 130 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 16 points and more-than-tripled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Well Oiled Machine this week. Next week, Beasley will play the Steelers.
Cole Beasley

Top Player Comparison

Well Oiled Machine
Points
% of total points 95.5
1
Darren Waller
TE
26
9.44
27.2%
2
Cole Beasley
WR
16
4.97
16.8%
3
The New Orleans Saints defense
DEF
12
12.36
12.6%
4
Tyler Bass
K
10
7.36
10.5%
Shark bait
Points
% of total points 31.5
1
Adam Thielen
WR
13
9.08
41.3%
2
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
7
15.48
22.2%
3
Jamal Agnew
WR
4
1.79
12.7%
4
Matt Ryan
QB
2.5
5.54
7.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Darren Waller had a 38-yard touchdown catch for Well Oiled Machine, helping the team to a 51.0-23.5 lead.

Points By Position

  Well Oiled Machine   Shark bait

Game Notes

Well Oiled Machine got the W even though only five of their 12 starting players scored higher than their projected point totals.
Shark bait had only three of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could have looked differently, as Well Oiled Machine had one starter score zero points, while Shark bait had five.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Well Oiled Machine put up more points than their projected total, while Shark bait failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 64-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Not only did Well Oiled Machine get the win, but they also covered the 36.6-point forecasted margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, Well Oiled Machine moves to (8-1), while Shark bait falls to (1-8).
In a losing effort, Adam Thielen put up 13 points, the fifth-best score for a WR this week.

Coach Talk

Well Oiled Machine
Well Well Oiled Machine, the good news is that we won this matchup by a whopping 64 points. Even better news is that we know we're better than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through 12 weeks was 102.25. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Shark bait
Hey, our guys were just resting up for Week 14, right? The five offensive position starters (three WRs, two RBs) on Shark bait combined to record 99 yards and just one touchdown in Week 13. The skill players on Well Oiled Machine definitely outperformed us by logging 519 yards and three scores.