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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Jags Den
11-4 265
211.61
 
VS
proj
WTF Niagara Falls
236 10-4-1
168.95

Jags Den earn win against WTF Niagara Falls, 265-236

Both teams rose to the occasion, but Jags Den got the best of WTF Niagara Falls. Predicted to win 212-169, Jags Den came out on top with a 265-236 win over WTF Niagara Falls. Jags Den took an early 3-point lead on Thursday. WTF Niagara Falls came back to take the lead early Sunday, powered by Lamar Jackson (42 points) and Kirk Cousins (26). Unphased, Jags Den rallied later that night, as Baker Mayfield (27 points) and Darius Slayton (7) put them back on top for good. This marks the first time this season Jags Den have knocked off WTF Niagara Falls, after falling 241-236 in their last matchup. Jags Den will look to keep the streak alive in the semifinal round next week, while WTF Niagara Falls seek to bounce back and lock up 5th Place.

Matchup Timeline

  Jags Den   WTF Niagara Falls

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Moore caught 6 passes for 131 yards as the Panthers lost to the Packers 24-16. In doing so, he put up 27 points and more-than-tripled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Jags Den this week. Next week, Moore will battle the Football Team.
DJ Moore

Top Player Comparison

Jags Den
Points
% of total points 265
1
Justin Herbert
QB
44
20.35
16.6%
2
Salvon Ahmed
RB
30
7.08
11.3%
3
Baker Mayfield
QB
27
17.25
10.2%
4
DJ Moore
WR
27
8.34
10.2%
WTF Niagara Falls
Points
% of total points 236
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
42
24.61
17.8%
2
Darren Waller
TE
31
9.01
13.1%
3
Kirk Cousins
QB
26
18.62
11%
4
Logan Thomas
TE
24
4.62
10.2%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
There were players with highlight-reel plays on both teams on Thursday, but after the scoring was completed, Jags Den became the proud owner of a 44-41 lead. For Jags Den, Justin Herbert had a 26-yard touchdown pass and a 53-yard pass. Darren Waller made the highlight reel for WTF Niagara Falls with a 35-yard touchdown catch.
Saturday
DJ Moore had a 40-yard catch for Jags Den, contributing to a 71-68 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Both teams had several players with big-time moments early Sunday, but it was WTF Niagara Falls who claimed the lead, 218-207. Kendrick Bourne had a 49-yard touchdown catch for Jags Den, while Chad Hansen had a 38-yard touchdown catch. Meanwhile, Lamar Jackson had a 44-yard pass for WTF Niagara Falls, while Kirk Cousins had a 20-yard touchdown pass.

Points By Position

  Jags Den   WTF Niagara Falls

Game Notes

Jags Den won despite the fact that only nine of their 21 starting players exceeded their projected scores.
WTF Niagara Falls had only 10 of their 23 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could have looked differently, as Jags Den had six starters score zero points, while WTF Niagara Falls had five.
Both teams exceeded their season scoring average.
Each team scored more than its projected point total.
WTF Niagara Falls ranked 5th in the league in scoring this week, while Jags Den ranked 2nd.
The loss snaps a streak of three straight wins for WTF Niagara Falls.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Jags Den. They got the win, but failed to cover the 42.66-point projected margin of victory.
For WTF Niagara Falls, Lamar Jackson put up 42 points, the fourth-best score for a signal-caller this week.

Coach Talk

Jags Den
Hey, the key to football is finding the mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by tripling WTF Niagara Falls at the wide receiver position (62 points to 18).
WTF Niagara Falls
Wow, talk about under-utilized. The starting RBs for WTF Niagara Falls collectively registered two receptions on just three targets this past week.