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Week 17

Weekly
Grade
szkiper's Chiefs
7-10 140.2
115.73
 
VS
proj
Rzeszów Giants
127.54 8-9
104.49

szkiper's Chiefs outperform expectations, knock off Rzeszów Giants, 140.20-127.54

Both teams brought their A game and beat expectations, but szkiper's Chiefs took down Rzeszów Giants, emerging victorious with a 140.20-127.54 victory. szkiper's Chiefs leapt out to a 49.5-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind a combined 54.4 points from Kirk Cousins (405 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) and Marquise Brown (5 Rec, 41 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) and never looked back. Brandin Cooks (33.1 points) and Ryan Tannehill (28.44) carried the flag for Rzeszów Giants in the loss. This marks the first time this season szkiper's Chiefs have knocked off Rzeszów Giants, after falling 117.92-63.94 in their last matchup. szkiper's Chiefs improve to 7-10 for the season, while Rzeszów Giants fall to 8-9.

Matchup Timeline

  szkiper's Chiefs   Rzeszów Giants

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 19.9 points, Cousins nearly doubled that amount by scoring 38.3 points as the Vikings beat the Lions 37-35. He passed for 405 yards and 3 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on szkiper's Chiefs this week.
Kirk Cousins

Top Player Comparison

szkiper's Chiefs
Points
% of total points 140.2
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
38.3
19.9
27.3%
2
Jeff Wilson Jr.
RB
20.8
11.35
14.8%
3
Marquise Brown
WR
16.1
8.82
11.5%
4
Aaron Jones
RB
14.5
15.45
10.3%
Rzeszów Giants
Points
% of total points 127.54
1
Brandin Cooks
WR
33.1
10.63
26%
2
Ryan Tannehill
QB
28.44
20.26
22.3%
3
Melvin Gordon III
RB
17
13.01
13.3%
4
Myles Gaskin
RB
13.7
12.04
10.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kirk Cousins had a 40-yard touchdown pass and a 28-yard touchdown pass for szkiper's Chiefs, helping the team to a 72.00-22.50 lead.
Sunday Late
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays on Sunday afternoon, but it was szkiper's Chiefs who claimed the lead, 140.20-117.84. For szkiper's Chiefs, Ka'imi Fairbairn had a 51-yard field goal. Brandin Cooks had a 38-yard touchdown catch and a 20-yard touchdown catch for Rzeszów Giants, while Ryan Tannehill had a 52-yard pass.

Points By Position

  szkiper's Chiefs   Rzeszów Giants
Standings Update
Is it just us or did the end of the season come out of nowhere? Time flies when you're having fun. Before we turn our attention to next year, we'd like to review this season one final time.
szkiper's Chiefs
szkiper's Chiefs finished the regular season 9th in the standings after averaging 111.07 points per game, 8th-best in the league.
Important Players
Aaron Jones
MVP
1104 Rush Yds, 9 Rush TDs, 355 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs
DK Metcalf
Best Drafted
87 Rec, 1409 Rec Yds, 10 Rec TDs
Kirk Cousins
Best Acquisition
4265 Pass Yds, 35 Pass TDs, 156 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD
Rzeszów Giants
Rzeszów Giants finished the season with the league's lowest points average (101.50 ppg), placing them 8th in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Kenyan Drake
MVP
955 Rush Yds, 10 Rush TDs, 137 Rec Yds
Melvin Gordon III
Best Drafted
986 Rush Yds, 9 Rush TDs, 158 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD
Ryan Tannehill
Best Acquisition
3819 Pass Yds, 33 Pass TDs, 266 Rush Yds, 7 Rush TDs

StatSmack

We heard scoring helps you win. Rzeszów Giants need some help then, averaging just 101.5 versus szkiper's Chiefs's 111.07.
Even the computers think szkiper's Chiefs have a better lineup. They have a higher projected points average (116.15) than Rzeszów Giants (101.96).
By position, szkiper's Chiefs have outscored Rzeszów Giants at QB, RB, K, and IDP this season.
There's not much good to say about Rzeszów Giants this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!