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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
98 DarkPink Balloons
5-8 99.28
107.9
 
VS
proj
The White Knucklers
45.56 0-13
69.09

98 DarkPink Balloons hand The White Knucklers 13th consecutive loss in 99.28-45.56 rout

98 DarkPink Balloons rolled to a 99.28-45.56 victory to hand The White Knucklers their 13th consecutive loss to open the season. 98 DarkPink Balloons took an 11.08-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Taysom Hill (23.58 points) and Dan Bailey (8) and never let go of it. Michael Thomas (15 points) and Cooper Kupp (11.3) carried the flag for The White Knucklers in defeat. 98 DarkPink Balloons ends the season on a high note, but they'll miss the postseason with a record of 5-8. The White Knucklers will also be home for the playoffs, finishing at 0-13.

Matchup Timeline

  98 DarkPink Balloons   The White Knucklers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 6.97 points, Thomas nearly tripled that amount by scoring 20.3 points as the Football Team beat the Steelers 23-17. He caught 9 passes for 98 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the fifth-highest percentage of any TE in the league this season. Thomas will square off against the 49ers next week.
Logan Thomas

Top Player Comparison

98 DarkPink Balloons
Points
% of total points 99.28
1
Taysom Hill
QB
23.58
17.84
23.8%
2
Logan Thomas
TE
20.3
6.97
20.4%
3
Marquise Brown
WR
12.4
11.01
12.5%
4
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
11.5
12.11
11.6%
The White Knucklers
Points
% of total points 45.56
1
Michael Thomas
WR
15
15.44
32.9%
2
Cooper Kupp
WR
11.3
12.2
24.8%
3
Carson Wentz
QB
4.96
17.14
10.9%
4
The Atlanta Falcons defense
DEF
4
5.03
8.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Taysom Hill had a 43-yard run for 98 DarkPink Balloons, helping the team to a 32.78-21.70 lead.
Sunday Late
Carson Wentz had a 41-yard pass for The White Knucklers, who trailed 42.78-37.96 after the late afternoon action.

Points By Position

  98 DarkPink Balloons   The White Knucklers

StatSmack

The White Knucklers would be doing great, if the goal was to lose. They've dropped their last 13 matchups.
We heard scoring helps you win. 98 DarkPink Balloons are doing a better job of that, averaging 95.19 versus The White Knucklers's 65.03.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. 98 DarkPink Balloons (5-8) have a better record than The White Knucklers (0-13).
Even the machines think 98 DarkPink Balloons have a better lineup. They have a higher projected points average (107.47) than The White Knucklers (73.57).
Once 98 DarkPink Balloons put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than The White Knucklers (2 vs 0).
98 DarkPink Balloons have had more fantasy starters beat their projection than The White Knucklers (48 vs 33).
By position, 98 DarkPink Balloons have outscored The White Knucklers at RB, WR, TE, K, and DEF this season.
The starters for 98 DarkPink Balloons had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for The White Knucklers (1).
There's not much good to say about The White Knucklers this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

98 DarkPink Balloons
Hey, exploiting mismatches is the key to football, right? Thanks to a solid outing by Taysom Hill, we thoroughly outscored The White Knucklers at the quarterback position this past week (23.58 points to 4.96). Hill went 27-for-37 for 232 yards and two TDs in a five-point win over the Falcons.
The White Knucklers
Registering only two targets this past week, it appears that the starting RBs for The White Knucklers should remind their QBs to check down more often (and dial up a screen play or two).