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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Grand Yellow Jackets
5-11 143.86
128.85
 
VS
proj
am Bad Mother Tucker!
94.62 3-13
97.2

Grand Yellow Jackets hand am Bad Mother Tucker! sixth straight loss in 143.86-94.62 drubbing

Grand Yellow Jackets rolled to a 143.86-94.62 win to hand am Bad Mother Tucker! their sixth straight loss. Grand Yellow Jackets never trailed in this one after grabbing a 14.56-point lead on Thursday behind Ryan Tannehill. Tyler Boyd (3 Rec, 85 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Marvin Jones Jr. (8 Rec, 74 Rec Yds) did their part for am Bad Mother Tucker! in the loss. This marks the first time this season Grand Yellow Jackets have knocked off am Bad Mother Tucker!, after falling 107.34-94.8 in their last matchup. Grand Yellow Jackets improve to 5-11 for the season, while am Bad Mother Tucker! fall to 3-13.

Matchup Timeline

  Grand Yellow Jackets   am Bad Mother Tucker!

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Dolphins defense (3 Pts Allowed, 164 Yds Allowed, 2 Turnovers) scored 27 points against the Saints in Week 16. Their scoring output more-than-tripled their 8.71-point projection and was much higher than their 10.91-point season scoring average. The Dolphins defense ranks #100 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Titans next week.
The Miami Dolphins defense

Top Player Comparison

Grand Yellow Jackets
Points
% of total points 143.86
1
The Miami Dolphins defense
DEF
27
8.71
18.8%
2
Chase Edmonds
RB
26.7
13.32
18.6%
3
Stefon Diggs
WR
21.5
17.38
14.9%
4
DeVonta Smith
WR
19
13.34
13.2%
am Bad Mother Tucker!
Points
% of total points 94.62
1
Tyler Boyd
WR
17.5
11.27
18.5%
2
Marvin Jones Jr.
WR
15.4
9.53
16.3%
3
The Green Bay Packers defense
DEF
13
7.81
13.7%
4
Mecole Hardman
WR
12.1
7.13
12.8%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Ryan Tannehill had a 42-yard pass for Grand Yellow Jackets, helping to give the team a 14.56-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays early Sunday, but it was Grand Yellow Jackets who owned the lead, 103.86-62.50. For Grand Yellow Jackets, DeVonta Smith had a 46-yard catch. Tyler Boyd made the highlight reel for am Bad Mother Tucker! with a 68-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Jerry Jeudy had a 40-yard catch for am Bad Mother Tucker!, who trailed 103.86-83.60 after the late afternoon games.
Monday
Tua Tagovailoa had a 40-yard pass for am Bad Mother Tucker!.

Points By Position

  Grand Yellow Jackets   am Bad Mother Tucker!

Game Notes

Five of the nine starting players on Grand Yellow Jackets exceeded their projected point totals.
am Bad Mother Tucker! lost despite five of their nine starters exceeding their points projection.
Grand Yellow Jackets had four players score more points than the leading scorer for am Bad Mother Tucker!.
Grand Yellow Jackets put up more points than their season scoring average (117.42) while am Bad Mother Tucker! fell short of theirs (97.1).
Grand Yellow Jackets put up more points than their projected total, while am Bad Mother Tucker! fell short of their projection.
This victory puts an end to a two-game winless streak for Grand Yellow Jackets.
Not only did Grand Yellow Jackets win, but they also covered the 31.65-point projected margin of victory.
Grand Yellow Jackets moves to (2-5) in blowout games this season, while am Bad Mother Tucker! falls to (0-10).

Coach Talk

Grand Yellow Jackets
Identifying mismatches is a big key to success in football. With good numbers from the backfield, our squad certainly took that to heart this past week. We royally dominated am Bad Mother Tucker! at the running back spot (29.3 points to 8.2). Chase Edmonds did most of the damage (127 total yards and a TD), while Myles Gaskin sprinkled on some extra goodness with 16 yards.
am Bad Mother Tucker!
As we say goodbye to 2021, let's look back on the fantasy season and appreciate all of the ups and the downs that came with it. Okay, well really just three ups and 13 downs, but still... Our coaching staff thanks you for spending a great year with us, and here's to 2022!