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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
D Cleveland Steamer
8-6 100.04
113.13
 
VS
proj
IKnowNothing!
89.98 6-9
92.26

D Cleveland Steamer come up short of predictions, still manage to top IKnowNothing!, 100.04-89.98

Despite failing to rise to the occasion and coming up short of their projected point total, D Cleveland Steamer secured a 100.04-89.98 victory over IKnowNothing!. D Cleveland Steamer nabbed an early 6.5-point lead on Saturday behind the Green Bay Packers defense. IKnowNothing! bounced back to take the lead during the early round of games on Sunday, powered by Justin Jefferson (20.4 points) and Matthew Stafford (15.28). Unphased, D Cleveland Steamer rallied later that afternoon, as DeAndre Hopkins (33 points) and Sammy Watkins (10) put them back ahead for good. This marks the second time this season D Cleveland Steamer have beaten IKnowNothing!, after winning 111.48-96.18 in their last matchup. D Cleveland Steamer improve to 8-6 for the season, while IKnowNothing! fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  D Cleveland Steamer   IKnowNothing!

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Packers defense scored 6.5 points against the Panthers in Week 15 to score right around their 6.79-point projection. They allowed 16 points, surrendered 364 yards, and forced a fumble to beat their projection by the highest percentage of any player on D Cleveland Steamer this week. The Packers will battle the Titans in Week 16.
The Green Bay Packers defense

Top Player Comparison

D Cleveland Steamer
Points
% of total points 100.04
1
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
33
20.39
33%
2
Brandon Aiyuk
WR
22.3
16.5
22.3%
3
Russell Wilson
QB
13.04
24.58
13%
4
Sammy Watkins
WR
10
10.18
10%
IKnowNothing!
Points
% of total points 89.98
1
Justin Jefferson
WR
20.4
16.61
22.7%
2
Diontae Johnson
WR
19.9
14.53
22.1%
3
Matthew Stafford
QB
15.28
18.27
17%
4
Greg Zuerlein
K
13
8.77
14.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Matthew Stafford had a 44-yard pass for IKnowNothing! to contribute to a 58.08-51.04 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
DeAndre Hopkins had a 20-yard touchdown catch and a 45-yard catch for D Cleveland Steamer, helping the team to a 100.04-70.08 lead.
Monday
Diontae Johnson had a 23-yard touchdown catch for IKnowNothing!.

Points By Position

  D Cleveland Steamer   IKnowNothing!

Game Notes

Only two of the nine starters on D Cleveland Steamer scored higher than their point projections.
IKnowNothing! had only four of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could've looked differently, as D Cleveland Steamer had one starter score zero points, while IKnowNothing! had two.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Both teams failed to achieve their projected point total.
IKnowNothing! ranked 11th in the league in scoring this week, while D Cleveland Steamer ranked 9th.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with D Cleveland Steamer. They got the win, but failed to cover the 20.87-point projected margin of victory.

Coach Talk

D Cleveland Steamer
Listen, D Cleveland Steamer, we do appreciate the confidence. It's a bold move to play a starter with zero points (James Conner), while still getting the W.
IKnowNothing!
Whoa now, talk about under-utilized: As a group, the starting backfield for IKnowNothing! collectively recorded one catch on only two targets this past week.