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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Manager-less Team
3-12 99.04
117.52
 
VS
proj
Bert's Superb Team
91.49 5-10
85.59

Offensively challenged Manager-less Team top Bert's Superb Team, 99.04-91.49

Manager-less Team emerged victorious with a 99.04-91.49 win over Bert's Superb Team in spite of ranking only eighth in the league in points scored for the week. Manager-less Team never trailed in this one, coasting to victory behind Drew Brees (311 Pass Yds) and Adam Thielen (8 Rec, 97 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD). Ezekiel Elliott (13.9 points) and Diontae Johnson (13.78) led the charge for Bert's Superb Team in the loss. This marks the first time this season Manager-less Team have knocked off Bert's Superb Team, after falling 49.1-34.9 in their last matchup. Manager-less Team improve to 3-12 for the season, while Bert's Superb Team fall to 5-10.

Matchup Timeline

  Manager-less Team   Bert's Superb Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Highsmith made 8 tackles as the Steelers beat the Colts 28-24. In doing so, he put up 6 points and scored more than 5 times his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any LB in the league this season. Highsmith will battle the Browns next week.
Alex Highsmith

Top Player Comparison

Manager-less Team
Points
% of total points 99.04
1
Drew Brees
QB
18.14
44.92
18.3%
2
Adam Thielen
WR
15.7
9.81
15.9%
3
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
14.6
8.73
14.7%
4
Miles Sanders
RB
14.4
14.28
14.5%
Bert's Superb Team
Points
% of total points 91.49
1
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
13.9
9.88
15.2%
2
Diontae Johnson
WR
13.78
10.15
15.1%
3
James Conner
RB
12.5
8.94
13.7%
4
Amari Cooper
WR
12.1
8.47
13.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments early Sunday, but it was Bert's Superb Team who emerged with the lead, 55.88-34.70. For Manager-less Team, JuJu Smith-Schuster had a 25-yard touchdown catch. Diontae Johnson made the highlight reel for Bert's Superb Team with a 39-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Amari Cooper had a 69-yard catch for Bert's Superb Team, contributing to an 88.49-56.00 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Manager-less Team   Bert's Superb Team

Game Notes

Only six of the 19 starters on Manager-less Team exceeded their projected scoring totals.
Bert's Superb Team had only seven of their 19 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could have looked differently, as Manager-less Team had eight starters score zero points, while Bert's Superb Team had eight.
Manager-less Team had four players score more points than the leading scorer for Bert's Superb Team.
Manager-less Team put up more points than their season scoring average (88.41) while Bert's Superb Team fell short of theirs (93.85).
Manager-less Team won despite scoring fewer points than projected, while Bert's Superb Team outscored their projection.
Manager-less Team ranked 8th in the league in scoring this week, while Bert's Superb Team ranked 10th.
The matchup's 7.55-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
This victory ends a streak of six consecutive defeats for Manager-less Team.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Manager-less Team. They won, but failed to cover the 31.93-point projected margin of victory.

Coach Talk

Manager-less Team
We do admire the confidence this past week, Manager-less Team. It takes gumption to deploy not one, not two, but EIGHT starters with zero points while still earning the W! All we ask is to please keep those flashy shenanigans to the regular season. Do it when the playoffs roll around, and we're toast.
Bert's Superb Team
The problem in Week 16 isn't exactly rocket science, Bert's Superb Team. Going with several zero-point players in a tough fantasy matchup... let's aim to play with a full deck of cards next time?