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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
COVID Calamity
6-7 109.67
118.15
 
VS
proj
Cowboy Dave
104.45 3-10
108.18

COVID Calamity come back to defeat Cowboy Dave for fourth straight win, 109.67-104.45

COVID Calamity extended their win streak to four games with a come-from-behind win over Cowboy Dave, staging an impressive comeback for a 109.67-104.45 victory. It was the fifth consecutive loss for Cowboy Dave. After trailing 94.65-72.22 heading into Monday night, COVID Calamity roared back behind Logan Thomas, who caught 9 passes for 98 yards and a touchdown for 20.3 points, and the Washington Football Team defense, who allowed 17 points, surrendered 326 yards, and intercepted a pass (7.05 points). Marvin Jones Jr. (8 Rec, 116 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Philip Rivers (285 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) were the top performers for Cowboy Dave in defeat. This marks the first time this season COVID Calamity have knocked off Cowboy Dave, after falling 95.27-91.65 in their last matchup. COVID Calamity (6-7) will look to add to their success against Cowboy Dave, while Cowboy Dave (3-10) will attempt to right the ship against COVID Calamity.

Matchup Timeline

  COVID Calamity   Cowboy Dave

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

With 20.3 points, Thomas nearly tripled his 6.97-point projection 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 second-highest percentage of any TE in the league this season. Next week, Thomas will play the 49ers.
Logan Thomas

Top Player Comparison

COVID Calamity
Points
% of total points 109.67
1
Aaron Jones
RB
22.3
14.78
20.3%
2
Patrick Mahomes
QB
20.32
28.71
18.5%
3
Logan Thomas
TE
20.3
6.97
18.5%
4
Nick Chubb
RB
17.1
14.27
15.6%
Cowboy Dave
Points
% of total points 104.45
1
Marvin Jones Jr.
WR
21.6
11.71
20.7%
2
Philip Rivers
QB
21.2
19.13
20.3%
3
Harrison Butker
K
17.1
9.86
16.4%
4
Julio Jones
WR
12.4
13.25
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Philip Rivers had a 39-yard touchdown pass and a 21-yard touchdown pass for Cowboy Dave, while Marvin Jones Jr. had a 25-yard touchdown catch, contributing to a 63.20-29.60 lead for Cowboy Dave.
Sunday Late
There were players with big-time moments for both teams on Sunday afternoon, but it was Cowboy Dave who emerged with the lead, 72.30-51.90. For COVID Calamity, Aaron Jones had a 77-yard touchdown run. Dallas Goedert made the highlight reel for Cowboy Dave with a 41-yard catch.
Sunday Night
Patrick Mahomes had a 20-yard touchdown pass for COVID Calamity, who trailed 94.65-72.22 after Sunday Night Football.

Points By Position

  COVID Calamity   Cowboy Dave

StatSmack

A tale of two teams...headed in opposite directions. COVID Calamity have won four straight matchups, while Cowboy Dave have dropped their last five.
We heard scoring helps you win. Cowboy Dave need some help then, averaging just 104.62 versus COVID Calamity's 115.41.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. COVID Calamity (6-7) have a better record than Cowboy Dave (3-10).
COVID Calamity don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than Cowboy Dave (2 vs 0).
COVID Calamity laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than Cowboy Dave (0).
COVID Calamity don't falter at the last minute, with fewer close losses than Cowboy Dave (1 vs 2).
COVID Calamity should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more weeks than Cowboy Dave (5 vs 1).
COVID Calamity have started more fantasy players who beat their projected score than Cowboy Dave (51 vs 39).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of Cowboy Dave - they’ve made more transactions (1) than COVID Calamity (0) this week. That didn't seem to help them this time, though.
By position, COVID Calamity have outscored Cowboy Dave at QB, RB, WR, and K this season.
Don't worry Cowboy Dave, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

Coach Talk

COVID Calamity
Well COVID Calamity, the good news is that we won this matchup by more than five points. The *even better* news is that we know we're better than this... in fact, our team's scoring average through Week 12 stood at 115.88. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Cowboy Dave
With four catches on only five targets this past week, the starting RBs for Cowboy Dave should smooth things over with their quarterbacks... and remind them to dump it down more frequently.