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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Blue Suede Minshews
8-7 154.86
145.48
 
VS
proj
Mike's Majestic Team
91.82 6-9
127.78

Blue Suede Minshews hand Mike's Majestic Team third straight loss in 154.86-91.82 rout

Blue Suede Minshews rolled to a 154.86-91.82 victory to hand Mike's Majestic Team their third consecutive loss. Mike's Majestic Team grabbed a 23.62-point lead on Saturday behind stellar showings from DJ Moore (22.2 points) and Aaron Rodgers (18.32). But Blue Suede Minshews held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Ryan Tannehill, who passed for 273 yards , ran for 21 yards and scored 5 touchdowns for 40.02 points, and Melvin Gordon III, who racked up 81 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns (24.1 points). This marks the second time this season Blue Suede Minshews have gotten the best of Mike's Majestic Team, after winning 159.92-131.3 in their last matchup. Blue Suede Minshews improve to 8-7 for the season, while Mike's Majestic Team fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Blue Suede Minshews   Mike's Majestic Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Lions in Week 15, Tannehill scored 40.02 points to beat his 21.99-point projection. He passed for 273 yards , ran for 21 yards and scored 5 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Blue Suede Minshews this week. Tannehill will square off against the Packers next week.
Ryan Tannehill

Top Player Comparison

Blue Suede Minshews
Points
% of total points 154.86
1
Ryan Tannehill
QB
40.02
21.99
25.8%
2
Melvin Gordon III
RB
24.1
11.57
15.6%
3
Justin Jefferson
WR
20.4
16.77
13.2%
4
Kirk Cousins
QB
20.34
19.44
13.1%
Mike's Majestic Team
Points
% of total points 91.82
1
DJ Moore
WR
22.2
14.75
24.2%
2
Aaron Rodgers
QB
18.32
24.09
20%
3
Davante Adams
WR
11.2
24.54
12.2%
4
Sammy Watkins
WR
10
10.25
10.9%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
DJ Moore had a 40-yard catch for Mike's Majestic Team, contributing to a 51.72-28.10 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Ryan Tannehill had a 75-yard touchdown pass for Blue Suede Minshews, while Kirk Cousins had a 20-yard touchdown pass, contributing to a 123.56-71.82 lead for Blue Suede Minshews.

Points By Position

  Blue Suede Minshews   Mike's Majestic Team

Game Notes

Blue Suede Minshews got the W even though only four of their nine starters exceeded their scoring projections.
Mike's Majestic Team had only one of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Mike's Majestic Team can partially blame the loss on Carson Wentz, who didn't score any points.
Blue Suede Minshews put up more points than their season scoring average (152.44) while Mike's Majestic Team fell short of theirs (137.31).
Blue Suede Minshews put up more points than their projected total, while Mike's Majestic Team fell short of their projection.
The matchup's 63.04-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
The win puts an end to a two-game losing skid for Blue Suede Minshews.
Not only did Blue Suede Minshews win, but they also easily covered the 17.7-point projected margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, Blue Suede Minshews moves to (6-3), while Mike's Majestic Team falls to (4-6).

Coach Talk

Blue Suede Minshews
Hey, the key to football is taking advantage of the mismatches, right? Our team took that to heart this past week and literally tripled Mike's Majestic Team at the quarterback position (60.36 points to 18.32).
Mike's Majestic Team
Hey, at least there were no celebration penalties: The seven starting offensive position players on Mike's Majestic Team (four WRs, two RBs, one TE) combined to record a whopping 455 yards from scrimmage. Unfortunately, none of those starters was able to score a touchdown in Week 15.