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Week 14

Weekly
Grade
James's Genius Team
4-10 66
52.16
 
VS
proj
Paul's Big ol Chub
65.68 5-9
113.79

Offensively challenged James's Genius Team beat Paul's Big ol Chub in 66.00-65.68 squeaker

Ranking eighth in the league in points scored for the week, James's Genius Team were lucky to earn a win against an opponent that had an even worse week, eking out a 66.00-65.68 win over Paul's Big ol Chub. Paul's Big ol Chub made a run at it on Monday night, but they came up short. James's Genius Team led 58.00-57.78 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite 7.9 points from Sony Michel on Monday night for Paul's Big ol Chub. James's Genius Team were led by Justin Herbert (24.9 points) and Mike Evans (18.1). This marks the first time this season James's Genius Team have gotten the best of Paul's Big ol Chub, after falling 133.98-109.22 in their last matchup. James's Genius Team (4-10) will look to sustain their momentum against Jack's Ingeneous Team, while Paul's Big ol Chub (5-9) take on ian's Wonderful Team in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  James's Genius Team   Paul's Big ol Chub

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 9.46 points, Tucker scored 58.6% more than that amount by scoring 15 points as the Ravens lost to the Browns 24-22. He made all 3 of his FG attempts to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on James's Genius Team this week. In Week 15, Tucker and the Ravens will go up against the Packers.
Justin Tucker

Top Player Comparison

James's Genius Team
Points
% of total points 66
1
Justin Herbert
QB
24.9
23.1
37.7%
2
Mike Evans
WR
18.1
14.31
27.4%
3
Justin Tucker
K
15
9.46
22.7%
4
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
8
5.29
12.1%
Paul's Big ol Chub
Points
% of total points 65.68
1
Greg Joseph
K
13
8.81
19.8%
2
Stefon Diggs
WR
10.9
15.61
16.6%
3
Mike Williams
WR
9.1
12.9
13.9%
4
Tyler Boyd
WR
8.3
8.89
12.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Justin Tucker had a 55-yard field goal and a 50-yard field goal for James's Genius Team, who trailed 28.18-15.00 after the early action.
Sunday Late
Justin Herbert had a 59-yard touchdown pass for James's Genius Team to contribute to a 58.00-57.78 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  James's Genius Team   Paul's Big ol Chub

StatSmack

Paul's Big ol Chub are like tires on a highway full of nails. They've been blown out more times than James's Genius Team (8 vs 5).
James's Genius Team see projections as no real threat. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than Paul's Big ol Chub (0).
James's Genius Team should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than Paul's Big ol Chub (5 vs 4).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of Paul's Big ol Chub - they’ve made more transactions (2) than James's Genius Team (0) this week. That didn't seem to help them this time, though.
By position, James's Genius Team have outscored Paul's Big ol Chub at QB and K this season.
The starters for James's Genius Team had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for Paul's Big ol Chub (0).
There's not much good to say about Paul's Big ol Chub this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

James's Genius Team
Well James's Genius Team, the good news is that we won this matchup by over zero points. The *even better* news is that we know we're stronger than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through 13 weeks was 86.91. So while we're happy to have earned this victory, let's get back up to where we know we can be!
Paul's Big ol Chub
Generally, a single missed field goal isn't anything to really be worried about. But come on now, talk about impeccable timing: Greg Joseph went 3-for-4 on FGs instead of 4-for-4, and Paul's Big ol Chub dropped the matchup by 0.32 points. We'll let you do the math on that one.