xVMx fall to john's Team, 114.92-103.78
There's no sugarcoating it, xVMx underperformed, at least according to projections, as john's Team earned a 114.92-103.78 win. john's Team took an early 10.10-point lead on Thursday. xVMx bounced back to take the lead on Saturday, powered by Jonathan Taylor (10.8 points). Unphased, john's Team got it going later that afternoon, as Patrick Mahomes (22.32 points) and Josh Jacobs (10.9) put them back ahead for good. This marks the second time this season john's Team have beaten xVMx, after winning 115.5-105.6 in their last matchup.
Wilson Jr. racked up 57 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown as the 49ers lost to the Titans 20-17. In doing so, he put up 13.2 points to score 98.2% of his 13.44-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on john's Team this week. In Week 17, Wilson Jr. and the 49ers will face the Texans.
Saturday
Jonathan Taylor had a 43-yard run for xVMx to contribute to a 13.90-13.20 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Tom Brady had a 62-yard pass for xVMx, contributing to an 82.08-71.70 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Patrick Mahomes had a 50-yard pass for john's Team, helping the team to a 114.92-103.78 lead.
john's Team
Good job assembling a starting crew that won by over 11 points this past week. We consider that to be a job well done.
xVMx
Welp, we certainly can't complain about a shortage of opportunities this time, can we? Our pass-catching corps (two WR, one TE) collectively got a grand total of 25 targets in Week 16. With just 15 total catches, that group may need to work on chemistry with their QBs.