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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Julia's Blowing Team
7-7 95.9
94.46
 
VS
proj
MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team
22.74 6-9
45.97

Julia's Blowing Team defeat MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team in 95.90-22.74 rout

Despite similar records, Julia's Blowing Team held a substantial season point advantage over MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team coming into this one (1,112-707), and they lived up to their reputation with a convincing win, rolling to a 95.90-22.74 victory. Julia's Blowing Team jumped out to a 37.00-point lead on Thursday behind a combined 37 points from Patrick Mahomes (410 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs, 32 Rush Yds) and Mike Williams (3 Rec, 49 Rec Yds) and never looked back. Matt Ryan (13.44 points) and Saquon Barkley (7.4) led the way for MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team in the loss. This marks the first time this season Julia's Blowing Team have taken down MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team, after falling 76.74-46.34 in their last matchup. Julia's Blowing Team improve to 7-7 for the season, while MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Julia's Blowing Team   MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 5 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown against the Broncos, Boyd put up 18.1 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 7.99-point projection and was much higher than his 8.17-point season scoring average. Boyd will face the Ravens next week.
Tyler Boyd

Top Player Comparison

Julia's Blowing Team
Points
% of total points 95.9
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
30.6
24.05
31.9%
2
Jonathan Taylor
RB
23
19.69
24%
3
Tyler Boyd
WR
18.1
7.99
18.9%
4
George Kittle
TE
12.3
14.96
12.8%
MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team
Points
% of total points 22.74
1
Matt Ryan
QB
13.44
16.87
59.1%
2
Saquon Barkley
RB
7.4
14.44
32.5%
3
Mike Evans
WR
1.9
14.66
8.4%
4
%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Patrick Mahomes had a 34-yard touchdown pass and a 69-yard pass for Julia's Blowing Team, helping to stake the team to a 37.00-0.00 lead.
Saturday
Jonathan Taylor had a 67-yard touchdown run for Julia's Blowing Team, contributing to a 60.00-0.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
There were players with standout plays on both teams on Sunday afternoon, but after all the points were tallied, Julia's Blowing Team emerged with a 90.40-20.84 lead. For Julia's Blowing Team, Tyler Boyd had a 56-yard touchdown catch. Matt Ryan made the highlight reel for MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team with a 20-yard touchdown pass and a 49-yard pass.

Points By Position

  Julia's Blowing Team   MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team

StatSmack

Everybody can't be a winner, especially if you're MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team. They've lost four in a row.
We heard scoring helps you win. MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team need some help then, averaging just 51.81 versus Julia's Blowing Team's 86.3.
Even the machines think Julia's Blowing Team have a better-constructed roster. They have a higher projected points average (93.95) than MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team (63.24).
Julia's Blowing Team don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team (5 vs 1).
Julia's Blowing Team should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team (5 vs 3).
Julia's Blowing Team have had more fantasy starters beat their projected score than MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team (39 vs 21).
By position, Julia's Blowing Team have outscored MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team at QB, RB, and TE this season.
Julia's Blowing Team has a higher average scoring margin (7) than MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team this season (-28).
The starters for Julia's Blowing Team had more big plays in their NFL games this week (5) than the starters for MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team (3).
Hey MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Julia's Blowing Team
This sport is all about exploiting the mismatches. Not only did we double up MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team at QB (30.6 points to 13.44), we also tripled them at RB (23 to 7.4).
MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team
It's entirely possible that MarkR's Mind-Blowing Team would be a better talent scout in real football than in fantasy. Accumulating only one total targets in Week 15, their four starting pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) apparently made most of their contributions by running decoy routes and blocking downfield.