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Week 17

Weekly
Grade
Boats and Joes
9-7 87.02
90.46
 
VS
proj
The Phantom Limbs
82.52 8-8
102.69

The Phantom Limbs fall short of projections, succumb to Boats and Joes in 87.02-82.52 cliff-hanger

There's no easy way to say it, The Phantom Limbs dropped the ball, at least according to projections, as Boats and Joes staged an impressive comeback to earn an 87.02-82.52 victory. Boats and Joes trailed 82.52-77.92 heading into Monday night, but the unit made a run behind Diontae Johnson, who caught 8 passes for 31 yards and a touchdown for 9.1 points. Devin Singletary (110 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs) and Kyler Murray (263 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 44 Rush Yds) were the leaders for The Phantom Limbs in the loss. This marks the second time this season Boats and Joes have knocked off The Phantom Limbs, after winning 82.96-68.82 in their last matchup. Boats and Joes finish the season with a record of 9-7, while The Phantom Limbs end the campaign at 8-8.

Matchup Timeline

  Boats and Joes   The Phantom Limbs

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Williams (88 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 19 Rec Yds) scored 22.7 points against the Bengals in Week 17. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 8.92-point projection and was much higher than his 10.61-point season scoring average.
Darrel Williams

Top Player Comparison

Boats and Joes
Points
% of total points 87.02
1
Darrel Williams
RB
22.7
8.92
26.1%
2
The New Orleans Saints defense
DEF
15
8.61
17.2%
3
Davis Mills
QB
9.92
14.65
11.4%
4
Diontae Johnson
WR
9.1
10.43
10.5%
The Phantom Limbs
Points
% of total points 82.52
1
Devin Singletary
RB
23
11.26
27.9%
2
Kyler Murray
QB
22.92
23.68
27.8%
3
Robbie Gould
K
11
8.57
13.3%
4
Dalton Schultz
TE
5.4
8.52
6.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Jaylen Waddle had a 45-yard catch for The Phantom Limbs, who trailed 39.20-38.10 after the early slate.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 43-yard pass and a 42-yard pass for The Phantom Limbs to contribute to an 82.52-71.92 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
Greg Joseph had a 51-yard field goal for Boats and Joes, who trailed 82.52-77.92 after Sunday night.

Points By Position

  Boats and Joes   The Phantom Limbs

Game Notes

Boats and Joes won even though only two of their nine starters scored higher than their projected point totals.
The Phantom Limbs had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The Phantom Limbs can partially blame the loss on the Miami Dolphins defense, who didn't score any points.
The two highest scorers for The Phantom Limbs (Devin Singletary and Kyler Murray) scored more points than Darrel Williams, the leading scorer for Boats and Joes.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
In close games this year, Boats and Joes moves to (2-2), while The Phantom Limbs falls to (4-3).
In a losing effort, Devin Singletary (23 points) recorded the third-highest score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

Boats and Joes
Getting the win is most important, Boats and Joes, but we've also identified one spot where we should get stronger as a team: our quarterback was thoroughly overmatched this past week. Our one signal-callers combined for only 9.92 points in Week 17, while the QBs for The Phantom Limbs doubled us up with a score of 22.92.
The Phantom Limbs
Unless The Phantom Limbs wants to go diva-mode on us, then "not getting enough chances" can't be a viable excuse this time around. Our pass-catching corps (three WR and one TE) collectively received a grand total of 30 targets in Week 17. Chemistry could be the primary problem, as that group hauled in just 17 receptions.