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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
GloriouslyVictorious
6-7 184
140.28
 
VS
proj
Happy Golladays
145.38 8-5
143.51

GloriouslyVictorious knock Happy Golladays from 1st place in 184.00-145.38 rout

GloriouslyVictorious cruised to a 184.00-145.38 victory over Happy Golladays, knocking them out of the No. 1 position in Too Many Californians. GloriouslyVictorious nabbed a 19.34-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Darren Waller (39.5 points) and the Miami Dolphins defense (21) and never looked back. Ryan Tannehill (389 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) and Dalvin Cook (120 Rush Yds, 59 Rec Yds) carried the flag for Happy Golladays in the loss. This marks the second time this season GloriouslyVictorious have taken down Happy Golladays, after winning 184.64-151.1 in their last matchup. GloriouslyVictorious ends the season on a high note, but they'll miss the postseason with a record of 6-7. Happy Golladays (8-5) will attempt to bounce back from this loss in the playoffs.

Matchup Timeline

  GloriouslyVictorious   Happy Golladays

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Butker scored 17.1 points in a 22-16 win over the Broncos to beat his 10.38-point projection. He made all 5 of his FG attempts to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on GloriouslyVictorious this week. Next week, Butker will battle the Dolphins.
Harrison Butker

Top Player Comparison

GloriouslyVictorious
Points
% of total points 184
1
Darren Waller
TE
39.5
13.6
21.5%
2
The Miami Dolphins defense
DEF
21
12.94
11.4%
3
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
20.2
17.75
11%
4
James Robinson
RB
19.8
15.41
10.8%
Happy Golladays
Points
% of total points 145.38
1
Ryan Tannehill
QB
26.56
17.19
18.3%
2
Dalvin Cook
RB
21.9
20.79
15.1%
3
Marvin Jones Jr.
WR
21.6
11.71
14.9%
4
Kyler Murray
QB
15.42
19.24
10.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments early Sunday, but after all was said and done, GloriouslyVictorious became the proud owner of a 108.50-89.16 lead. For GloriouslyVictorious, Darren Waller had a 38-yard touchdown catch. Ryan Tannehill had a 22-yard touchdown pass and a 43-yard pass for Happy Golladays, while Marvin Jones Jr. had a 25-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
There were players with highlight-reel moments for both teams on Sunday afternoon, after which GloriouslyVictorious boasted a 128.90-116.48 lead. For GloriouslyVictorious, Dallas Goedert had a 41-yard catch. Kyler Murray had a 59-yard touchdown pass for Happy Golladays, while Robert Tonyan had a 25-yard touchdown catch.
Monday
Ben Roethlisberger had a 50-yard touchdown pass for GloriouslyVictorious on Monday night, helping to pad the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  GloriouslyVictorious   Happy Golladays

StatSmack

There's a pattern emerging. In their two head-to-head wins against Happy Golladays, GloriouslyVictorious averaged more points (184.32) than they usually score (146.71).
Even the machines think GloriouslyVictorious have a better-constructed roster. They have a higher projected points average (141.9) than Happy Golladays (131.3).
Once GloriouslyVictorious put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than Happy Golladays (5 vs 4).
By position, GloriouslyVictorious have outscored Happy Golladays at RB, WR, TE, K, and DEF this season.
There's not much good to say about Happy Golladays this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

GloriouslyVictorious
Wow, GloriouslyVictorious, you really made a statement to the rest of the league with this shellacking. In addition to a 38.62-point victory, you also jumped up two spots in the league standings!
Happy Golladays
We should use this defeat as a learning opportunity and try to improve next week, Happy Golladays. Read up on what the Yahoo! Fantasy Experts are advising and deploy the strongest possible lineup in Week 14.