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Week 14

Weekly
Grade
widowmakers
6-8 81.96
104.46
 
VS
proj
Спартанци
74.26 5-9
90.76

widowmakers fall short of projections, still manage to beat Спартанци, 81.96-74.26

Both teams failed to bring their A game, but widowmakers did enough to knock off Спартанци, earning an 81.96-74.26 win. Спартанци grabbed a 25.76-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind outstanding showings from Kyler Murray, who passed for 244 yards and a touchdown and ran for 47 yards for 20.46 points, and DeAndre Hopkins, who caught 9 passes for 136 yards (13.6 points). But widowmakers held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Philip Rivers, who passed for 244 yards and 2 touchdowns for 21.76 points, and Davante Adams, who caught 7 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown (17.5 points). This marks the second time this season widowmakers have taken down Спартанци, after winning 97.8-80.1 in their last matchup. widowmakers improve to 6-8 for the season, while Спартанци fall to 5-9.

Matchup Timeline

  widowmakers   Спартанци

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Jones II (80 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) scored 14.4 points against the Vikings in Week 14. His scoring output was 26.8% more than his 11.36-point projection and was higher than his 10.32-point season scoring average. Jones II ranks #54 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Falcons next week.
Ronald Jones II

Top Player Comparison

widowmakers
Points
% of total points 81.96
1
Philip Rivers
QB
21.76
21.08
26.5%
2
Davante Adams
WR
17.5
15.74
21.4%
3
Ronald Jones II
RB
14.4
11.36
17.6%
4
D'Andre Swift
RB
11
10.11
13.4%
Спартанци
Points
% of total points 74.26
1
Kyler Murray
QB
20.46
26.21
27.6%
2
Alvin Kamara
RB
15.4
13.51
20.7%
3
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
13.6
12.03
18.3%
4
Jason Sanders
K
10
8.65
13.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kyler Murray hit DeAndre Hopkins for a 41-yard pass for Спартанци, contributing to a 44.06-18.30 lead for Спартанци.
Sunday Late
Philip Rivers had a 41-yard touchdown pass for widowmakers, while Davante Adams had a 56-yard touchdown catch to contribute to an 81.96-62.46 lead for widowmakers.

Points By Position

  widowmakers   Спартанци

Game Notes

Only four of the nine starting players on widowmakers scored more than their projected point totals.
Спартанци had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could have looked differently, as widowmakers had one starter score zero points, while Спартанци had two.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
With 82 points, widowmakers scored the fewest points of any winning team this week.
The win concludes a two-game winless streak for widowmakers.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with widowmakers. They won, but did not cover the 13.7-point projected margin of victory.
A bright spot in the loss, Kyler Murray put up 20.46 points, the fifth-highest score for a signal-caller this week.

Coach Talk

widowmakers
Hey, the key to football is spotting the mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by doubling up Спартанци at the wide receiver position (29.8 points to 13.6).
Спартанци
Well, Спартанци, this week's problem isn't exactly advanced calculus. Starting DeVante Parker and Brandin Cooks in a fantasy matchup where your opposition put up almost 82 points... let's all just put this behind us and move on?