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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Cooking with Defense
8-4 169.88
197.06
 
VS
proj
A Team Has No Name
152.07 3-9
109.93

Cooking with Defense knock off A Team Has No Name for fourth straight win, 169.88-152.07

Cooking with Defense extended their win streak to four games with a hard-fought victory over A Team Has No Name, emerging victorious with a 169.88-152.07 win. It was the fifth consecutive loss for A Team Has No Name. A Team Has No Name grabbed a 2.09-point lead on Thursday, but Cooking with Defense held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Allen Robinson II (8 Rec, 74 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) and Kyler Murray (170 Pass Yds, 31 Rush Yds). Tyreek Hill (77.9 points) and Josh Allen (28.48) led the way for A Team Has No Name in the loss. This marks the second time this season Cooking with Defense have beaten A Team Has No Name, after winning 233.02-130.96 in their last matchup. Cooking with Defense (8-4) will look to build on their success against Bert's Superb Team, while A Team Has No Name (3-9) will try to right the ship against Quonderful.

Matchup Timeline

  Cooking with Defense   A Team Has No Name

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Anderson (4 Rec, 94 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 15.4 points in a 28-27 lost to the Vikings in Week 12. His scoring output was 68.9% more than his 9.12-point projection and was much higher than his 7.65-point season scoring average. Anderson ranks #55 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Broncos next week.
Robby Anderson

Top Player Comparison

Cooking with Defense
Points
% of total points 169.88
1
Allen Robinson II
WR
19.4
10.04
11.4%
2
Kyler Murray
QB
18.9
39.64
11.1%
3
Teddy Bridgewater
QB
16.88
32.43
9.9%
4
Robby Anderson
WR
15.4
9.12
9.1%
A Team Has No Name
Points
% of total points 152.07
1
Tyreek Hill
WR
77.9
12.73
51.2%
2
Josh Allen
QB
28.48
36.71
18.7%
3
Mike Evans
WR
17
9.96
11.2%
4
Chris Carson
RB
11.9
11.69
7.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel plays on both teams early Sunday, after which Cooking with Defense emerged with a 120.98-36.97 lead. Teddy Bridgewater found Robby Anderson for a 41-yard touchdown pass for Cooking with Defense. Josh Allen made the highlight reel for A Team Has No Name with a 44-yard pass.
Sunday Late
Tyreek Hill had a 75-yard touchdown catch and a 44-yard touchdown catch for A Team Has No Name, while Mike Evans had a 31-yard touchdown catch for the team, who trailed 141.48-140.17 after the late afternoon action.

Points By Position

  Cooking with Defense   A Team Has No Name

What If

Cooking with Defense would have beaten five other teams besides A Team Has No Name this week.
A Team Has No Name would have lost to four other teams besides Cooking with Defense this week.
Cooking with Defense would be 12-0 if they played A Team Has No Name every week.
Last week, Cooking with Defense would have topped A Team Has No Name 165.56-43.64.
Cooking with Defense would be 8-2 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as A Team Has No Name.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Cooking with Defense, A Team Has No Name would be 4-6.
If Cooking with Defense had played every team in the league each week, they would be 86-22.
If they played every team every week, A Team Has No Name would be 44-64.

Coach Talk

Cooking with Defense
Hey Cooking with Defense, the good news is that we took this matchup by nearly 18 points. Even better news is that we've proven we're stronger than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through 11 weeks was 186.2. So while we're happy to have gotten this victory, let's "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
A Team Has No Name
With just four catches this past week, the starting running backs for A Team Has No Name should look into why their QBs are giving them the cold shoulder.