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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
connor's Genius Team
11-5 132.82
113.16
 
VS
proj
Daniele's Team
82.32 9-7
95.65

connor's Genius Team beat expectations, defeat Daniele's Team in 132.82-82.32 rout

connor's Genius Team rose to the occasion, cruising to a 132.82-82.32 win over Daniele's Team, who fell short of projections. Daniele's Team grabbed a 30.4-point lead on Saturday behind standout performances from Jason Sanders, who made all 4 of his FG attempts for 15 points, and Kenyan Drake, who ran for 45 yards and a touchdown (12 points). But connor's Genius Team held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Davante Adams (11 Rec, 142 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs) and Patrick Mahomes (278 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 21 Rush Yds). This marks the second time this season connor's Genius Team have gotten the best of Daniele's Team, after winning 125.82-81.36 in their last matchup. connor's Genius Team end the season with a record of 11-5, while Daniele's Team finish the campaign at 9-7.

Matchup Timeline

  connor's Genius Team   Daniele's Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Taking on the Panthers in Week 16, McKissic racked up 92 yards from scrimmage and caught a touchdown pass. In doing so, he put up 19.2 points to more-than-double his 9.15-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on connor's Genius Team this week.
J.D. McKissic

Top Player Comparison

connor's Genius Team
Points
% of total points 132.82
1
Davante Adams
WR
37.7
19.15
28.4%
2
Patrick Mahomes
QB
20.22
27.21
15.2%
3
J.D. McKissic
RB
19.2
9.15
14.5%
4
Robby Anderson
WR
13.4
11.2
10.1%
Daniele's Team
Points
% of total points 82.32
1
Justin Herbert
QB
16.72
21.46
20.3%
2
Jason Sanders
K
15
8.61
18.2%
3
Kenyan Drake
RB
12
11.7
14.6%
4
Cooper Kupp
WR
10.6
12.35
12.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Patrick Mahomes had a 25-yard touchdown pass for connor's Genius Team, who trailed 36.40-35.52 after the early games.

Points By Position

  connor's Genius Team   Daniele's Team
Standings Update
Well, that's a wrap for the season. Let's take one last look at where these teams finished up before looking ahead to next year.
connor's Genius Team
connor's Genius Team finished the season with the league's 2nd-highest points average (113.40 ppg), placing them 2nd in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Davante Adams
MVP
109 Rec, 1328 Rec Yds, 17 Rec TDs
Russell Wilson
Best Drafted
4391 Pass Yds, 40 Pass TDs, 489 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Patrick Mahomes
Best Acquisition
4740 Pass Yds, 38 Pass TDs, 308 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Daniele's Team
Daniele's Team finished the season with the league's 6th-most points average (105.49 ppg), placing them 4th in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Keenan Allen
MVP
100 Rec, 992 Rec Yds, 8 Rec TDs
Kenyan Drake
Best Drafted
919 Rush Yds, 10 Rush TDs, 122 Rec Yds
Justin Herbert
Best Acquisition
4034 Pass Yds, 28 Pass TDs, 225 Rush Yds, 4 Rush TDs

Game Notes

connor's Genius Team had five of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Daniele's Team had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Daniele's Team can partially blame the loss on Keenan Allen, who didn't score any points.
Davante Adams, Patrick Mahomes, and J.D. McKissic all scored more points than Justin Herbert, the leading scorer for Daniele's Team.
connor's Genius Team put up more points than their season scoring average (113.4) while Daniele's Team fell short of theirs (105.49).
connor's Genius Team scored more points than their projected total, while Daniele's Team failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 50.5-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Not only did connor's Genius Team win, but they also easily covered the 17.51-point projected margin of victory.
All seven of the losses for Daniele's Team have been blowout losses.