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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Morning Woodhead
7-5 173.62
184.67
 
VS
proj
Chill Pill
148.42 4-8
183.73

Chill Pill come up short of expectations, succumb to Morning Woodhead, 173.62-148.42

Chill Pill failed to rise to the occasion, as Morning Woodhead emerged victorious with a 173.62-148.42 win. Chill Pill grabbed a 9.42-point lead on Thursday, but Morning Woodhead held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by A.J. Brown (4 Rec, 98 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and DeVante Parker (8 Rec, 119 Rec Yds). Taysom Hill (78 Pass Yds, 44 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs) and the Los Angeles Rams defense (23 Pts Allowed, 345 Yds Allowed, 3 Turnovers) did their part for Chill Pill in the loss. This marks the second time this season Morning Woodhead have taken down Chill Pill, after winning 228.3-201.16 in their last matchup. Morning Woodhead improve to 7-5 on the season, while Chill Pill fall to 4-8.

Matchup Timeline

  Morning Woodhead   Chill Pill

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Howard (3 Tackles, 1 Int) scored 8.8 points in a 20-3 win over the Jets in Week 12. He more-than-doubled his 3.97-point projection and overachieved for the second time this season. Howard ranks #1 among fantasy CBs this season and will face the Bengals next week.
Xavien Howard

Top Player Comparison

Morning Woodhead
Points
% of total points 173.62
1
A.J. Brown
WR
30.8
15.96
17.7%
2
DeVante Parker
WR
21.9
14.81
12.6%
3
Kyler Murray
QB
20.4
35.8
11.7%
4
Ronald Jones II
RB
17.3
11.15
10%
Chill Pill
Points
% of total points 148.42
1
Taysom Hill
QB
23.02
28.27
15.5%
2
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
15
8.41
10.1%
3
Sam Darnold
QB
14.78
25.17
10%
4
Logan Thomas
TE
13.92
8.99
9.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with standout moments on both teams early Sunday, but it was Morning Woodhead who grabbed the lead, 127.30-82.20. For Morning Woodhead, A.J. Brown had a 69-yard touchdown catch. Cole Beasley made the highlight reel for Chill Pill with a 20-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Late
Ronald Jones II had a 37-yard touchdown catch for Morning Woodhead, helping the team to a 156.82-146.92 lead.

Points By Position

  Morning Woodhead   Chill Pill

Game Notes

Half of the starters on Morning Woodhead scored higher than their projected point totals.
Chill Pill had only five of their 16 starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
Morning Woodhead ranked 8th in the league in scoring this week, while Chill Pill ranked 12th.
Not only did Morning Woodhead win, but they also covered the 0.94-point forecasted margin of victory.

Coach Talk

Morning Woodhead
Well Morning Woodhead, the good news is that we won this matchup by over 25 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even better than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through 11 weeks was 201.3. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Chill Pill
Talk about under-utilized: As a group, the starting RBs for Chill Pill collectively logged just a pair of catches on four targets this past week. Get those offensive coordinators to dial up a screen play or two in Week 13!