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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Terrible Trubisky?
11-4 119.44
131.51
 
VS
proj
Raged Barbarians
92.33 6-9
123.08

Terrible Trubisky? jump into 1st place in 119.44-92.33 beatdown

Terrible Trubisky? ascended to the top of the standings in Fantasyland with an easy win over Raged Barbarians, rolling to a 119.44-92.33 victory. Terrible Trubisky? never trailed in this one after taking an 18.64-point lead on Thursday behind Justin Herbert (25.04 points). Brandin Cooks (25.7 points) and Kirk Cousins (12.48) carried the flag for Raged Barbarians in the loss. This marks the second time this season Terrible Trubisky? have beaten Raged Barbarians, after winning 139.89-113.61 in their last matchup. Terrible Trubisky? (11-4) have now won five straight games and will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs. Raged Barbarians will be home for the playoffs, finishing the season at 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Terrible Trubisky?   Raged Barbarians

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 10 passes for 136 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Packers, Andrews scored 30.6 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 12.14-point projection and was much higher than his 13.38-point season scoring average. Andrews ranks #31 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Bengals next week.
Mark Andrews

Top Player Comparison

Terrible Trubisky?
Points
% of total points 119.44
1
Mark Andrews
TE
30.6
12.14
25.6%
2
Justin Herbert
QB
25.04
25.06
21%
3
Jonathan Taylor
RB
23
19.69
19.3%
4
Leonard Fournette
RB
10.2
15.08
8.5%
Raged Barbarians
Points
% of total points 92.33
1
Brandin Cooks
WR
25.7
11.26
27.8%
2
Kirk Cousins
QB
12.48
21.16
13.5%
3
George Kittle
TE
12.3
14.96
13.3%
4
Matt Gay
K
11
9.2
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Jonathan Taylor had a 67-yard touchdown run for Terrible Trubisky?, helping the team to a 48.04-6.40 lead.
Sunday Early
Brandin Cooks had a 43-yard touchdown catch and a 22-yard touchdown catch for Raged Barbarians, who trailed 58.34-46.75 after the early games.
Sunday Late
Mark Andrews had a 43-yard catch for Terrible Trubisky?, contributing to a 95.74-68.85 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Terrible Trubisky?   Raged Barbarians

Game Notes

Terrible Trubisky? got the victory despite the fact that only two of their nine starting players scored higher than their projected point totals.
Raged Barbarians had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
The matchup's 27.11-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
This loss concludes a streak of two consecutive wins for Raged Barbarians.
Not only did Terrible Trubisky? earn the win, but they also easily covered the 8.43-point projected margin of victory.
Terrible Trubisky? moves to (7-3) in blowout games this year, while Raged Barbarians falls to (0-5).
On the losing side, Brandin Cooks (25.7 points) posted the third-best score for a WR this week.

Coach Talk

Terrible Trubisky?
Creating mismatches is a huge component to winning in football. Thanks to a sound performance from Justin Herbert, we doubled up Raged Barbarians at the quarterback position this past week (25.04 points to 12.48). Herbert went 22-for-38 for 236 yards, two TDs, and an INT in a 34-28 loss to the Chiefs.
Raged Barbarians
Talk about under-utilized: The starting RBs for Raged Barbarians collectively recorded just one measly target this past week. Get those quarterbacks to dump it down a little more often in Week 16!