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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
We Want the Funk
11-4 117.3
131.11
 
VS
proj
Happy Golladays
104.52 9-6
141.99

We Want the Funk manage to top Happy Golladays 117.30-104.52 despite coming up short of projections

Both teams failed to rise to the occasion, falling short of projections, but We Want the Funk did enough to take down Happy Golladays, securing a 117.30-104.52 win. We Want the Funk never trailed in this one after earning a 12.14-point lead on Saturday behind Tom Brady (29.92 points). Ryan Tannehill (16.34 points) and Dalvin Cook (15.5) were the leading performers for Happy Golladays in the loss. This marks the second time this season We Want the Funk have taken down Happy Golladays, after winning 128.1-125.74 in their last matchup. We Want the Funk finish the season at 11-4, while Happy Golladays end the campaign at 9-6.

Matchup Timeline

  We Want the Funk   Happy Golladays

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Brady scored 29.92 points in a 47-7 win over the Lions to beat his 19.08-point projection. He passed for 348 yards and 4 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on We Want the Funk this week.
Tom Brady

Top Player Comparison

We Want the Funk
Points
% of total points 117.3
1
Tom Brady
QB
29.92
19.08
25.5%
2
Jalen Hurts
QB
18.58
19.67
15.8%
3
Giovani Bernard
RB
16.6
10.8
14.2%
4
Greg Zuerlein
K
11.6
9.78
9.9%
Happy Golladays
Points
% of total points 104.52
1
Ryan Tannehill
QB
16.34
17.71
15.6%
2
Dalvin Cook
RB
15.5
18.37
14.8%
3
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
14
12.92
13.4%
4
J.K. Dobbins
RB
13.7
11.11
13.1%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
There were players with highlight-reel plays for both teams Saturday, but it was We Want the Funk who grabbed the lead, 29.92-17.78. For We Want the Funk, Tom Brady had a 33-yard touchdown pass and a 27-yard touchdown pass. Kyler Murray made the highlight reel for Happy Golladays with a 45-yard pass.
Sunday Late
Jalen Hurts had an 81-yard touchdown pass and a 43-yard pass for We Want the Funk, contributing to a 101.00-59.38 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
Ryan Tannehill had a 45-yard touchdown run for Happy Golladays, who trailed 110.80-77.92 after Sunday Night Football.

Points By Position

  We Want the Funk   Happy Golladays

StatSmack

You won't win many weeks if you don't play. We Want the Funk has left fewer points on the bench this season (300.32) than Happy Golladays (429.96).
Happy Golladays are like tires on a highway full of nails. They've been blown out more times than We Want the Funk (2 vs 1).
We Want the Funk don't falter at the last minute, with fewer close losses than Happy Golladays (0 vs 1).
By position, We Want the Funk have outscored Happy Golladays at RB, TE, and K this season.
We Want the Funk don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 15 points, highest in the league.
The starters for We Want the Funk had more big plays in their NFL games this week (5) than the starters for Happy Golladays (2).
Hey Happy Golladays, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

We Want the Funk
We do appreciate the confidence this past week, We Want the Funk. It takes a special sort of moxie to start a player with zero points (Corey Davis), while still getting the win. It's a bold way to conclude the season and the fantasy gods were obviously on your side this week.
Happy Golladays
So, Happy Golladays, did your receiving crew talk bad about their quarterbacks or something? Seeing only 15 targets as a group in Week 16, our four starting pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) obviously got on the bad side of their respective QBs.