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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
The Tortillas
7-8 133.64
160.52
 
VS
proj
IGottaFever
133.55 11-4
161.13

The Tortillas come up short of projections, still manage to beat IGottaFever in 133.64-133.55 cliff-hanger

Both teams failed to bring their A game, falling short of their projected point totals, but The Tortillas did enough to beat IGottaFever, squeaking by for a 133.64-133.55 victory. IGottaFever made a run at it on Monday night, but they came up short. The Tortillas led 93.84-105.35 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite a combined 28.2 points from Justin Jefferson and Daniel Carlson on Monday night for IGottaFever. The Tortillas were led by Justin Herbert, who passed for 236 yards , ran for 16 yards and scored 3 touchdowns for 33.04 points, and Miles Sanders, who racked up 146 yards from scrimmage (21.4 points). This marks the first time this season The Tortillas have taken down IGottaFever, after falling 172.78-110.47 in their last matchup. The Tortillas will look to clinch the championship next week, while IGottaFever attempt to rebound and finish the season with a win in the 3rd Place game.

Matchup Timeline

  The Tortillas   IGottaFever

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Sanders (131 Rush Yds, 15 Rec Yds) scored 21.4 points against the Football Team in Week 15. His scoring output was 45.3% more than his 14.73-point projection and was much higher than his 8.69-point season scoring average. Sanders will face the Giants next week.
Miles Sanders

Top Player Comparison

The Tortillas
Points
% of total points 133.64
1
Justin Herbert
QB
33.04
34.58
24.7%
2
Miles Sanders
RB
21.4
14.73
16%
3
Dalvin Cook
RB
13.9
23.96
10.4%
4
Zach Ertz
TE
13.4
11.84
10%
IGottaFever
Points
% of total points 133.55
1
Josh Allen
QB
31.85
35.01
23.8%
2
Deebo Samuel
WR
19.5
14.17
14.6%
3
The Dallas Cowboys defense
DEF
18
12.96
13.5%
4
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
17.8
17.21
13.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Josh Allen had a 20-yard touchdown pass for IGottaFever, who trailed 93.84-75.35 after the early slate.

Points By Position

  The Tortillas   IGottaFever

Game Notes

The Tortillas got the victory despite the fact that only two of their 10 starters exceeded their projected point totals.
IGottaFever had only four of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Both teams scored less than their projected point total.
IGottaFever ranked 3rd in the league in scoring this week, while The Tortillas ranked 2nd.
The loss ends a streak of three consecutive wins for IGottaFever.
In close games this year, The Tortillas moves to (3-0), while IGottaFever falls to (2-1).
On the losing side, Josh Allen registered 31.85 points, the second-best score for a signal-caller this week.

Coach Talk

The Tortillas
A lot of cake, no icing: The seven starting offensive skill players (three WRs, three RBs, one TE) on The Tortillas combined to record a whopping 484 total yards. None of those starters was able to score a touchdown in Week 15.
IGottaFever
Happy holidays, IGottaFever! We hope the GM of The Tortillas will send a thank-you card for the gift of a fantasy football victory this past week.