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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Manager-less Team
6-9 156.7
159.41
 
VS
proj
Tyler's Tip-Top Team
149.28 7-8
168.77

Tyler's Tip-Top Team lose to Manager-less Team, 156.70-149.28

There's no easy way to put it, Tyler's Tip-Top Team dropped the ball, at least compared to projections, as Manager-less Team earned a 156.70-149.28 victory. Tyler's Tip-Top Team nabbed a 31-point lead on Saturday behind impressive showings from Drew Lock, who passed for 132 yards and a touchdown and ran for 37 yards for 21.68 points, and the Buffalo Bills defense, who allowed 19 points, surrendered 255 yards, and forced a fumble (18 points). But Manager-less Team held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Matt Ryan, who passed for 356 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 16 yards for 60.24 points, and Jared Goff, who passed for 209 yards and 2 touchdowns (35.26 points). This marks the first time this season Manager-less Team have knocked off Tyler's Tip-Top Team, after falling 173.32-137.84 in their last matchup. Manager-less Team improve to 6-9 for the season, while Tyler's Tip-Top Team fall to 7-8.

Matchup Timeline

  Manager-less Team   Tyler's Tip-Top Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While making both of his FG attempts against the Cowboys, Gould put up 17 points this week. His scoring output was 50% more than his 11.33-point projection and was much higher than his 11.07-point season scoring average. Gould will face the Cardinals next week.
Robbie Gould

Top Player Comparison

Manager-less Team
Points
% of total points 156.7
1
Matt Ryan
QB
60.24
41.3
38.4%
2
Jared Goff
QB
35.26
43.34
22.5%
3
Robbie Gould
K
17
11.33
10.8%
4
Ka'imi Fairbairn
K
11
11.35
7%
Tyler's Tip-Top Team
Points
% of total points 149.28
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
21.96
46.11
14.7%
2
Drew Lock
QB
21.68
36.97
14.5%
3
Calvin Ridley
WR
19.52
11.86
13.1%
4
The Buffalo Bills defense
DEF
18
12.78
12.1%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Jared Goff had a 44-yard pass for Manager-less Team, while Zach Ertz had a 42-yard catch, contributing to a 146.70-95.52 lead for Manager-less Team.
Monday
Ben Roethlisberger hit Diontae Johnson for a 23-yard touchdown pass for Tyler's Tip-Top Team.

Points By Position

  Manager-less Team   Tyler's Tip-Top Team

Game Notes

Manager-less Team won even though only three of their 10 starting players exceeded their projected scores.
Despite six of their 10 starters scoring more than their projected points, Tyler's Tip-Top Team lost.
Manager-less Team won despite having two starters (Kenny Golladay and Odell Beckham Jr.) score zero points.
Manager-less Team put up more points than their season scoring average (147.17) while Tyler's Tip-Top Team fell short of theirs (159.69).
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup's 7.42-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.

Coach Talk

Manager-less Team
Identifying mismatches is a big key to success in football. Our squad took that to heart this past week and doubled up Tyler's Tip-Top Team at the quarterback position (95.5 points to 43.64).
Tyler's Tip-Top Team
Wow, talk about under-utilized. As a group, the starting backfield for Tyler's Tip-Top Team collectively registered only a pair of targets this past week.