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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Purple Cobras
9-3 109.34
98.08
 
VS
proj
Waynes Wacky Weasels
90.54 6-6
94.68

Purple Cobras top Waynes Wacky Weasels for sixth straight win, 109.34-90.54

Purple Cobras extended their win streak to six games with a hard-fought victory over Waynes Wacky Weasels, securing a 109.34-90.54 win. Purple Cobras took a 13.34-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind 39.24 points from A.J. Brown (4 Rec, 98 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Justin Herbert (316 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD). Waynes Wacky Weasels bounced back to take the lead on Sunday night, powered by Aaron Rodgers (25.64 points). Unphased, Purple Cobras got it going at the last minute on Monday night, as ( points) put them back in the lead for good. This marks the second time this season Purple Cobras have taken down Waynes Wacky Weasels, after winning 89.46-79.72 in their last matchup. Purple Cobras (9-3) will look to earn another W against Rookie, while Waynes Wacky Weasels (6-6) will try to generate some positive momentum against Sesquepedantic Squad.

Matchup Timeline

  Purple Cobras   Waynes Wacky Weasels

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Gronkowski caught 6 passes for 106 yards as the Buccaneers lost to the Chiefs 27-24. In doing so, he put up 10.6 points and scored 64.1% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Purple Cobras this week. Gronkowski will battle the Vikings in Week 13.
Rob Gronkowski

Top Player Comparison

Purple Cobras
Points
% of total points 109.34
1
Will Fuller V
WR
29.1
10.61
26.6%
2
A.J. Brown
WR
21.8
10.38
19.9%
3
Justin Herbert
QB
17.44
22.19
16%
4
Rob Gronkowski
TE
10.6
6.46
9.7%
Waynes Wacky Weasels
Points
% of total points 90.54
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
25.64
21.59
28.3%
2
The Miami Dolphins defense
DEF
14
8.71
15.5%
3
Jason Sanders
K
12
9.1
13.3%
4
Terry McLaurin
WR
9.2
10.65
10.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays early Sunday, after which Purple Cobras had a 67.64-54.30 lead. A.J. Brown had a 69-yard touchdown catch for Purple Cobras, while Justin Herbert had a 55-yard pass. Jason Sanders made the highlight reel for Waynes Wacky Weasels with a 54-yard field goal and a 51-yard field goal.
Sunday Late
Rob Gronkowski had a 48-yard catch for Purple Cobras, helping the team to an 80.24-59.50 lead.
Sunday Night
Aaron Rodgers had a 39-yard touchdown pass for Waynes Wacky Weasels, helping the team to an 85.14-80.24 lead.

Points By Position

  Purple Cobras   Waynes Wacky Weasels

What If

Purple Cobras would have beaten seven other teams besides Waynes Wacky Weasels this week.
Waynes Wacky Weasels would have lost to four other teams besides Purple Cobras this week.
If Purple Cobras played Waynes Wacky Weasels every week this season, they'd be 6-6.
Waynes Wacky Weasels would have gotten the win over Purple Cobras 93.44-91.94 had they played each other last week.
Purple Cobras would be 4-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Waynes Wacky Weasels.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Purple Cobras, Waynes Wacky Weasels would be 8-2.
If Purple Cobras had played every team in the league each week, they would be 69-63.
If they played every team every week, Waynes Wacky Weasels would be 81-51.

Coach Talk

Purple Cobras
The key to success in football is exploiting the mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by nearly tripling Waynes Wacky Weasels at the wide receiver position (56.4 points to 19.7).
Waynes Wacky Weasels
Lots of cake, no icing: The six starting offensive skill players on Waynes Wacky Weasels (three WRs, two RBs, one TE) combined to record a healthy 389 yards from scrimmage. None of those starters was able to score a touchdown in Week 12.