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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
The Mad Scientist
7-8 105.6
91.21
 
VS
proj
Yeti Attack!
75.08 3-13
69.13

The Mad Scientist hand Yeti Attack! third straight loss in 105.60-75.08 blowout

The Mad Scientist cruised to a 105.60-75.08 win to hand Yeti Attack! their third consecutive loss. The Mad Scientist earned an early 7.10-point lead on Thursday. Yeti Attack! came back to take the lead on Saturday, powered by Aaron Rodgers (19.98 points). Not to be deterred, The Mad Scientist made a run later that afternoon, as Sony Michel (19.5 points) and DeVonta Smith (14) put them back on top for good. This marks the second time this season The Mad Scientist have gotten the best of Yeti Attack!, after winning 82.64-73.72 in their last matchup. The Mad Scientist improve to 7-8 for the season, while Yeti Attack! fall to 3-13.

Matchup Timeline

  The Mad Scientist   Yeti Attack!

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Patriots in Week 16, Singletary racked up 78 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 13.8 points and nearly doubled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on The Mad Scientist this week. In Week 17, Singletary and the Bills will battle the Falcons.
Devin Singletary

Top Player Comparison

The Mad Scientist
Points
% of total points 105.6
1
Sony Michel
RB
19.5
9.95
18.5%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
16.2
13.87
15.3%
3
DeVonta Smith
WR
14
8.76
13.3%
4
Devin Singletary
RB
13.8
7.4
13.1%
Yeti Attack!
Points
% of total points 75.08
1
Tee Higgins
WR
31.4
10.15
41.8%
2
Aaron Rodgers
QB
19.98
23.67
26.6%
3
Greg Zuerlein
K
8
9.84
10.7%
4
Javonte Williams
RB
8
9.26
10.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel moments for both teams early Sunday, but after all the plays were accounted for, The Mad Scientist emerged with a 79.30-57.78 lead. DeVonta Smith had a 46-yard catch for The Mad Scientist, while Dustin Hopkins had a 50-yard field goal. Tee Higgins made the highlight reel for Yeti Attack! with a 52-yard catch.
Sunday Late
DK Metcalf had a 41-yard touchdown catch for The Mad Scientist, helping the team to an 89.40-67.08 lead.

Points By Position

  The Mad Scientist   Yeti Attack!

What If

The Mad Scientist would have beaten six other teams besides Yeti Attack! this week.
Yeti Attack! would have lost to nine other teams besides The Mad Scientist this week.
If they played Yeti Attack! every week, The Mad Scientist would be 8-7 this season.
The Mad Scientist would be 4-9 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Yeti Attack!.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Mad Scientist, Yeti Attack! would be 4-9.
If The Mad Scientist had played every team in the league each week, they would be 64-101.
If they played every team every week, Yeti Attack! would be 55-117.

Coach Talk

The Mad Scientist
Hey, this sport is all about creating mismatches, right? Thanks to some stellar yardage production from our running backs, our team created a noticeable disparity this week. Our backfield put up 235 more total yards than the RBs on Yeti Attack! (255 yards from scrimmage to just 20), and we wound up royally dominating them at the position, 49.5 points to 8.
Yeti Attack!
Talk about under-utilized: The starting RBs for Yeti Attack! collectively registered just a couple of targets this past week.