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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Denver Broncos
6-6 196.04
188.59
 
VS
proj
Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man
148.46 6-6
169.79

Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man fall short of predictions, succumb to Denver Broncos, 196.04-148.46

There's no way around it, Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man underperformed, at least compared to projections, as Denver Broncos earned a 196.04-148.46 win. Denver Broncos grabbed an early 22.84-point lead on Thursday. Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man bounced back to take the lead early afternoon Sunday, powered by Calvin Ridley (17 points) and Hunter Renfrow (14.3). Unphased, Denver Broncos pulled it together later that night, as Aaron Rodgers (33.64 points) and Za'Darius Smith (11.5) put them back in the lead once and for all. Denver Broncos (6-6) will look to earn another W against VPittsburgh Steelers, while Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man (6-6) attempt to get some positive momentum against Baltimore Ravens.

Matchup Timeline

  Denver Broncos   Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Mills overachieved for the seventh time this season, scoring 6 points against his 2.75-point projection. In a 23-17 loss to the Seahawks, he made 7 tackles. Mills ranks #1 among fantasy Ss this season and will face the Packers next week.
Jalen Mills

Top Player Comparison

Denver Broncos
Points
% of total points 196.04
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
33.64
26.27
17.2%
2
Deebo Samuel
WR
25.3
11.89
12.9%
3
Adrian Peterson
RB
17.5
8.26
8.9%
4
Tre'Davious White
CB
15
5.5
7.7%
Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man
Points
% of total points 148.46
1
Calvin Ridley
WR
17
18.28
11.5%
2
Hunter Renfrow
WR
14.3
7.95
9.6%
3
A.J. Johnson
LB
12.5
6.18
8.4%
4
Alex Smith
QB
11.06
17.03
7.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Night
Aaron Rodgers had a 39-yard touchdown pass for Denver Broncos, contributing to a 182.04-130.46 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Denver Broncos   Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. Denver Broncos scored more points in this one (196.04) than their season average (169.53).
You won't win many matchups if you don't play. Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man has left more points on the bench this season (375) than Denver Broncos (289.36).
Denver Broncos should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man (7 vs 4).
By position, Denver Broncos have outscored Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man at QB, K, DEF, and IDP this season.
The starters for Denver Broncos had more big plays in their NFL games this week (1) than the starters for Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man (0).
There's not much good to say about Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

Denver Broncos
Listen, Denver Broncos, we do certainly appreciate the confidence. It's a bold move to roll out a starter with zero points (Grady Jarrett), while still getting the win. Try those shenanigans next week against VPittsburgh Steelers and see what happens!
Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man
With just zero receptions on two targets this past week, the starting running backs for Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man should remind their quarterbacks to get them more involved (and dial up a screen play or two).