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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Brant's Unrivaled Team
8-8 128.58
122.1
 
VS
proj
Brian's Best Team
119.18 7-9
103.51

Brian's Best Team outperform projections but fall to Brant's Unrivaled Team, 128.58-119.18

Brian's Best Team beat expectations, but it wasn't enough to change the result as Brant's Unrivaled Team emerged victorious with a 128.58-119.18 victory. Brant's Unrivaled Team never trailed in this one after grabbing a 3.10-point lead on Thursday behind George Kittle. Mark Andrews (8 Rec, 125 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and David Montgomery (45 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 61 Rec Yds) were the leading scorers for Brian's Best Team in the loss. This marks the third time this season Brant's Unrivaled Team have gotten the best of Brian's Best Team, after winning 118.6-116.32 in their last matchup. Brant's Unrivaled Team improve to 8-8 for the season, while Brian's Best Team fall to 7-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Brant's Unrivaled Team   Brian's Best Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While allowing 23 points, surrendering 361 yards, and intercepting a pass against the Vikings, the Rams defense put up 11 points this week. Their scoring output was 76% more than their 6.25-point projection and was much higher than their 7.07-point season scoring average. The Rams defense will face the Ravens next week.
The Los Angeles Rams defense

Top Player Comparison

Brant's Unrivaled Team
Points
% of total points 128.58
1
Justin Jackson
RB
30.2
12.78
23.5%
2
Davante Adams
WR
28.4
18.13
22.1%
3
Aaron Rodgers
QB
19.98
23.67
15.5%
4
Greg Joseph
K
12
8.4
9.3%
Brian's Best Team
Points
% of total points 119.18
1
Mark Andrews
TE
22.5
11.1
18.9%
2
David Montgomery
RB
20.1
12.62
16.9%
3
Stefon Diggs
WR
18
14.13
15.1%
4
Tom Brady
QB
14.38
21.83
12.1%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tom Brady had a 62-yard pass for Brian's Best Team, who trailed 112.18-99.08 after the early slate.

Points By Position

  Brant's Unrivaled Team   Brian's Best Team

Game Notes

Brant's Unrivaled Team won even though only four of their nine starting players exceeded their projected scores.
Despite five of their nine starters exceeding their projected points, Brian's Best Team lost.
Brian's Best Team can partially blame the loss on Harrison Butker, who didn't score any points.
Both teams put up more points than their season scoring average.
Each team scored more than its projected point total.
The matchup's 9.4-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
The defeat snaps a streak of two consecutive wins for Brian's Best Team.
Brant's Unrivaled Team managed to earn the win, but failed to cover the 18.59-point projected margin of victory.
Despite the loss, Mark Andrews (22.5 points) posted the highest score for a TE this week.

Coach Talk

Brant's Unrivaled Team
Bravo, Brant's Unrivaled Team. Good job assembling a lineup that recorded 128.58 points this past matchup.
Brian's Best Team
Fortunately, Brian's Best Team, Week 16's problem was fairly easy to identify. Going with Harrison Butker in a fantasy matchup where your opposition tallied 128.58 points... we'll all just move on from this and assume that something like this won't happen again?