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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Hou Texans (GA)
8-4 50
33.46
 
VS
proj
Denver Broncos
10 5-7
14.37

Hou Texans (GA) defeat Denver Broncos for fifth straight win in 50-10 rout

Hou Texans (GA) extended their win streak to five games with a dominant victory over Denver Broncos, cruising to a 50-10 win. The matchup was decided before it really even started, as Hou Texans (GA) earned a 26-point lead on Thursday behind outstanding showings from Deshaun Watson and Ka'imi Fairbairn. Watson passed for 318 yards and 4 touchdowns and ran for 24 yards for 16 points, while Fairbairn made both of his FG attempts (9 points). Marquise Brown (4 points) and Brandon McManus (3) led the way for Denver Broncos in defeat. Hou Texans (GA) (8-4) will look to add to their success against New York Giants, while Denver Broncos (5-7) try to get some positive momentum against Seattle Seahawks.

Matchup Timeline

  Hou Texans (GA)   Denver Broncos

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Burton caught 3 passes for 42 yards and a touchdown as the Colts lost to the Titans 45-26. In doing so, he put up 3 points to more-than-triple his 0.92-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Hou Texans (GA) this week. Burton will play the Texans next week.
Trey Burton

Top Player Comparison

Hou Texans (GA)
Points
% of total points 50
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
16
8.22
32%
2
Ka'imi Fairbairn
K
9
7.72
18%
3
Will Fuller V
WR
8
2.34
16%
4
Justin Jefferson
WR
7
2.4
14%
Denver Broncos
Points
% of total points 10
1
Marquise Brown
WR
4
0.73
40%
2
Brandon McManus
K
3
7.52
30%
3
The Denver Broncos defense
DEF
3
4.58
30%
4
%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Deshaun Watson had a 40-yard touchdown pass and a 34-yard touchdown pass for Hou Texans (GA), helping to stake the team to a 26-0 lead.
Sunday Late
Brandon McManus had a 58-yard field goal for Denver Broncos, who trailed 42-6 after the late afternoon games.

Points By Position

  Hou Texans (GA)   Denver Broncos

Game Notes

Most (6 of the 8) of the starters on Hou Texans (GA) scored higher than their projected point totals.
Denver Broncos had only one of their eight starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could've looked differently, as Hou Texans (GA) had one starter score zero points, while Denver Broncos had five.
Hou Texans (GA) had five players score more points than the leading scorer for Denver Broncos.
Hou Texans (GA) put up more points than their season scoring average (36.42) while Denver Broncos fell short of theirs (18.58).
Hou Texans (GA) scored more points than their projected total, while Denver Broncos fell short of their projection.
The matchup featured both the league's highest (50) and league's lowest (10) scores of the week.
The matchup's 40-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Not only did Hou Texans (GA) win, but they also easily covered the 19.09-point projected margin of victory.
In blowout games this year, Hou Texans (GA) moves to (4-2), while Denver Broncos falls to (2-5).

Coach Talk

Hou Texans (GA)
Hey, the key to football is exploiting the mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by quadrupling Denver Broncos at the wide receiver position (16 points to 4).
Denver Broncos
It's entirely possible that Denver Broncos would be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. Accumulating just 11 total targets in Week 12, their four starting pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) apparently helped their teams' causes by blocking downfield and running decoy routes.