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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
Blitzburgh
8-5 136.38
113.53
 
VS
proj
Long Island Steelers
92.32 7-6
104.46

Blitzburgh outperform predictions, defeat Long Island Steelers in 136.38-92.32 rout

Blitzburgh rose to the occasion, cruising to a 136.38-92.32 victory over Long Island Steelers, who fell short of projections. Long Island Steelers pulled out to a 6.80-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Blitzburgh after that. They were led by Diontae Johnson (8 Rec, 105 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) and Justin Herbert (317 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs). Kyler Murray (30.82 points) and Keenan Allen (19.9) carried the flag for Long Island Steelers in the loss. This marks the first time this season Blitzburgh have gotten the best of Long Island Steelers, after falling 125.3-123.52 in their last matchup. Blitzburgh (8-5) will look to notch another W against OléOlé Bombarders, while Long Island Steelers (7-6) will face Grand Sakhir in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Blitzburgh   Long Island Steelers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Montgomery (90 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 51 Rec Yds) scored 24.1 points against the Cardinals in Week 13. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 11.76-point projection and was much higher than his 8.15-point season scoring average. Montgomery will face the Packers next week.
David Montgomery

Top Player Comparison

Blitzburgh
Points
% of total points 136.38
1
Diontae Johnson
WR
26.5
12.97
19.4%
2
Justin Herbert
QB
26.28
21.57
19.3%
3
David Montgomery
RB
24.1
11.76
17.7%
4
Rob Gronkowski
TE
19.8
11.82
14.5%
Long Island Steelers
Points
% of total points 92.32
1
Kyler Murray
QB
30.82
20.64
33.4%
2
Keenan Allen
WR
19.9
13.56
21.6%
3
Matt Prater
K
9
8.44
9.7%
4
Dalton Schultz
TE
6.8
9.61
7.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with big-time moments on both teams early Sunday, but after all the plays were accounted for, Blitzburgh owned a 99.18-88.62 lead. Justin Herbert had a 44-yard touchdown pass and a 47-yard pass for Blitzburgh, while Rob Gronkowski had a 27-yard touchdown catch. Kyler Murray made the highlight reel for Long Island Steelers with a 23-yard touchdown pass and a 20-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Late
Diontae Johnson had a 29-yard touchdown catch for Blitzburgh to contribute to a 129.38-88.62 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Blitzburgh   Long Island Steelers

StatSmack

We heard scoring helps you win. Blitzburgh are doing a better job of that, averaging 118.86 versus Long Island Steelers's 99.57.
Once Blitzburgh put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than Long Island Steelers (4 vs 1).
Blitzburgh should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than Long Island Steelers (8 vs 1).
Blitzburgh have had more fantasy starters beat their projected score than Long Island Steelers (55 vs 37).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of Long Island Steelers - they’ve made more transactions (3) than Blitzburgh (2) this week. Too bad that itchy pickup finger didn't pay off.
By position, Blitzburgh have outscored Long Island Steelers at QB, RB, TE, K, and DEF this season.
Blitzburgh don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 8 points, third-highest in the league.
The starters for Blitzburgh had more big plays in their NFL games this week (5) than the starters for Long Island Steelers (2).
Time to rest the starters for Blitzburgh. They've clinched a playoff spot while Long Island Steelers are currently on the outside looking in.
There's not much good to say about Long Island Steelers this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

Blitzburgh
Hey, the key to football is exploiting the mismatches. We made that a point of emphasis by tripling Long Island Steelers at running back this past week (35.2 points to 10.9).
Long Island Steelers
Producing three catches on only four measly targets this past week, it seems like the starting RBs for Long Island Steelers should remind their quarterbacks to get them more involved (and dial up a screen play or two).