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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
An Easy W
7-7 93.72
93.61
 
VS
proj
The Placebo Arm
86.8 6-9
97.65

The Placebo Arm fall short of projections, succumb to An Easy W, 93.72-86.80

There's no way around it, The Placebo Arm underperformed, at least according to projections, as An Easy W secured a 93.72-86.80 victory. An Easy W never trailed in this one after grabbing a 9.00-point lead on Thursday behind Daniel Carlson. D'Andre Swift (67 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 15 Rec Yds) and DJ Moore (6 Rec, 131 Rec Yds) were the top performers for The Placebo Arm in the loss. This marks the first time this season An Easy W have gotten the best of The Placebo Arm, after falling 95.9-86.5 in their last matchup. An Easy W improve to 7-7 for the season, while The Placebo Arm fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  An Easy W   The Placebo Arm

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Henry overachieved for the seventh time this season, scoring 23.2 points against his 20-point projection. In a 46-25 win over the Lions, he ran for 147 yards and a touchdown. Henry ranks #13 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Packers next week.
Derrick Henry

Top Player Comparison

An Easy W
Points
% of total points 93.72
1
Derrick Henry
RB
23.2
20
24.8%
2
Melvin Gordon III
RB
20.1
9.19
21.4%
3
Aaron Rodgers
QB
18.32
22.37
19.5%
4
Daniel Carlson
K
9
8.61
9.6%
The Placebo Arm
Points
% of total points 86.8
1
D'Andre Swift
RB
18.2
9.78
21%
2
DJ Moore
WR
13.2
9.27
15.2%
3
Tyler Higbee
TE
12.7
4.74
14.6%
4
A.J. Brown
WR
10.4
12.19
12%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
DJ Moore had a 40-yard catch for The Placebo Arm, who trailed 53.42-17.40 after Saturday's games.
Sunday Late
Both teams had players with standout plays on Sunday afternoon, but it was An Easy W who grabbed the lead, 93.72-79.10. For An Easy W, Emmanuel Sanders had a 51-yard catch. Tyler Higbee made the highlight reel for The Placebo Arm with a 44-yard catch.
Monday
Ben Roethlisberger had a 23-yard touchdown pass for The Placebo Arm.

Points By Position

  An Easy W   The Placebo Arm

Game Notes

An Easy W won despite the fact that only three of their nine starters scored higher than their point projections.
The Placebo Arm had only four of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
An Easy W won despite starting Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who scored zero points.
Derrick Henry, Melvin Gordon III, and Aaron Rodgers all scored more points than D'Andre Swift, the leading scorer for The Placebo Arm.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
An Easy W scored more points than their projected total, while The Placebo Arm fell shy of their projection.
The matchup's 6.92-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
Despite the loss, D'Andre Swift registered 18.2 points, the fifth-best score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

An Easy W
We do appreciate the confidence this past week, An Easy W. It's a bold move to deploy a starter with zero points (Marquez Valdes-Scantling), while still earning the win.
The Placebo Arm
Tis the season, The Placebo Arm! We hope the GM of An Easy W will write a thank-you card for the generous 86.8-point gift this past week.