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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
thomas's Unreal Team
8-7 120.04
93.66
 
VS
proj
R.I. REDS
94.8 7-8
94.74

thomas's Unreal Team earn win over R.I. REDS in 120.04-94.80 rout

thomas's Unreal Team stepped up and beat their projected point total, rolling to a 120.04-94.80 victory over R.I. REDS. thomas's Unreal Team earned an early 23.8-point lead on Saturday behind Noah Fant (16.8 points) and Joey Slye (10). R.I. REDS bounced back to take the lead during the early games on Sunday, powered by Derrick Henry (24.2 points) and Tom Brady (23.4). Unphased, thomas's Unreal Team made a run later that afternoon, as Kyler Murray (34.14 points) and Kenyan Drake (5) put them back ahead for good. This marks the third time this season thomas's Unreal Team have taken down R.I. REDS, after winning 100.46-82.04 in their last matchup. thomas's Unreal Team improve to 8-7 for the season, while R.I. REDS fall to 7-8.

Matchup Timeline

  thomas's Unreal Team   R.I. REDS

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 10 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown against the Titans, Jones Jr. put up 22.2 points this week. His scoring output nearly doubled his 11.49-point projection and was much higher than his 11.8-point season scoring average. Jones Jr. ranks #69 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Buccaneers next week.
Marvin Jones Jr.

Top Player Comparison

thomas's Unreal Team
Points
% of total points 120.04
1
Kyler Murray
QB
34.14
22.78
28.4%
2
Marvin Jones Jr.
WR
22.2
11.49
18.5%
3
Noah Fant
TE
16.8
7.56
14%
4
Jarvis Landry
WR
15.6
11.04
13%
R.I. REDS
Points
% of total points 94.8
1
Derrick Henry
RB
24.2
20.93
25.5%
2
Tom Brady
QB
23.4
20.97
24.7%
3
Tyler Higbee
TE
14.7
6.21
15.5%
4
Nick Chubb
RB
13.6
14.4
14.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tom Brady had a 46-yard touchdown pass for R.I. REDS, contributing to a 63.50-59.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays on Sunday afternoon, but it was thomas's Unreal Team who claimed the lead, 98.14-81.20. For thomas's Unreal Team, Kyler Murray had a 20-yard touchdown pass and a 45-yard pass. Tyler Higbee made the highlight reel for R.I. REDS with a 44-yard catch.

Points By Position

  thomas's Unreal Team   R.I. REDS

StatSmack

R.I. REDS haven't won a single game against thomas's Unreal Team this season, with a record of 0-3.
History is repeating itself. In three games vs R.I. REDS this season, thomas's Unreal Team have averaged more points (114.48) than they usually score this season (101.77).
Even the machines think thomas's Unreal Team have better players. Their projected average points is higher (112.45) than R.I. REDS (102.77).
By position, thomas's Unreal Team have outscored R.I. REDS at QB, WR, TE, K, and DEF this season.
The starters for thomas's Unreal Team had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for R.I. REDS (2).
Hey R.I. REDS, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

thomas's Unreal Team
Hey, creating mismatches is the key to football, right? We really took that to heart this week by almost tripling R.I. REDS at the wide receiver position (44.1 points to 15.9).
R.I. REDS
There's a decent chance that R.I. REDS may be a better talent scout in the NFL than in fantasy football. With only 11 targets combined in Week 15, their three wide receivers apparently made the bulk of their contributions by blocking downfield and running decoy routes.