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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Bruising Knights
9-3 171.47
182.94
 
VS
proj
jichanorthNJ
162.03 5-7
183.84

jichanorthNJ succumb to Bruising Knights, 171.47-162.03

There's no way around it, jichanorthNJ didn't do their job, at least compared to projections, as Bruising Knights staged an impressive comeback for a 171.47-162.03 win. Bruising Knights trailed 162.03-148.77 heading into Monday night, but the squad made a run behind DK Metcalf (22.7 points). Antonio Gibson (44.1 points) and Kirk Cousins (34.13) carried the flag for jichanorthNJ in the loss. This marks the third time this season Bruising Knights have knocked off jichanorthNJ, after winning 196.4-181.2 in their last matchup. Bruising Knights (9-3) will look to build on their success against cheeseheads, while jichanorthNJ (5-7) attempt to get back in the win column against PwnStars.

Matchup Timeline

  Bruising Knights   jichanorthNJ

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Engram overachieved for the fifth time this season, scoring 15.9 points against his 8.58-point projection. In a 19-17 win over the Bengals, he caught 6 passes for 129 yards . Engram ranks #10 among fantasy TEs this season and will face the Seahawks next week.
Evan Engram

Top Player Comparison

Bruising Knights
Points
% of total points 171.47
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
38.2
30.26
22.3%
2
David Montgomery
RB
28.3
21.03
16.5%
3
DK Metcalf
WR
22.7
16.91
13.2%
4
Nyheim Hines
RB
18.5
17.05
10.8%
jichanorthNJ
Points
% of total points 162.03
1
Antonio Gibson
RB
44.1
21.75
27.2%
2
Kirk Cousins
QB
34.13
19.36
21.1%
3
Robert Tonyan
TE
15.2
7.73
9.4%
4
Calvin Ridley
WR
14
15.42
8.6%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Antonio Gibson had a 37-yard touchdown run and a 23-yard touchdown run for jichanorthNJ, helping to stake jichanorthNJ to a 54.10-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
There were players with standout moments for both teams early Sunday, after which jichanorthNJ had a 135.63-82.27 lead. For Bruising Knights, Evan Engram had a 53-yard catch and a 44-yard catch. Jason Sanders made the highlight reel for jichanorthNJ with a 54-yard field goal and a 51-yard field goal.
Sunday Late
Patrick Mahomes had a 75-yard touchdown pass and a 44-yard touchdown pass for Bruising Knights, who trailed 146.83-120.47 after the late action.
Sunday Night
Both teams had players with standout moments on Sunday night, after which jichanorthNJ owned a 162.03-148.77 lead. For Bruising Knights, David Montgomery had a 57-yard run. Robert Tonyan made the highlight reel for jichanorthNJ with a 39-yard touchdown catch.
Monday
DK Metcalf had a 52-yard catch for Bruising Knights on Monday night, helping propel the team to the win.

Points By Position

  Bruising Knights   jichanorthNJ

What If

Bruising Knights would have beaten five other teams besides jichanorthNJ this week.
jichanorthNJ would have lost to just one other team besides Bruising Knights this week.
Bruising Knights would be 7-5 if they played jichanorthNJ every week.
jichanorthNJ would have beaten Bruising Knights 189.17-176.67 had they played each other last week.
Bruising Knights would be 6-3 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as jichanorthNJ.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Bruising Knights, jichanorthNJ would be 6-3.
If Bruising Knights had played every team in the league each week, they would be 57-27.
If they played every team every week, jichanorthNJ would be 51-33.

Next Week Preview

jichanorthNJ
A pair of teams with identical 5-7 records, fifth-place jichanorthNJ are set to battle sixth-place PwnStars in Week 13. jichanorthNJ might have to shuffle the deck a bit with DJ Moore out on bye next week. PwnStars will be without Mike Evans, Robby Anderson, Teddy Bridgewater, and Leonard Fournette.
Bruising Knights
Bruising Knights (9-3) square off against cheeseheads (3-9) in Week 13. Bruising Knights might need to shuffle the deck some with Curtis Samuel out on bye in Week 13. cheeseheads won't have Rob Gronkowski. Over the past two weeks, Bruising Knights have put up 174.07 points per game, while cheeseheads have averaged just 144.33 per contest.