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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Cruel Tutelage
8-8 107.41
116.66
 
VS
proj
Midnight ramblers
78.94 10-6
118.39

Midnight ramblers lose to Cruel Tutelage, 107.41-78.94

Midnight ramblers were unable to rise to the occasion, coming up short of projections, as Cruel Tutelage came out on top with a 107.41-78.94 win. Midnight ramblers leapt out to a 33.2-point lead on Saturday behind outstanding performances from Nick Chubb, who racked up 184 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown for 19.95 points, and Zach Ertz, who caught 8 passes for 54 yards (5.5 points). But Cruel Tutelage held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Damien Harris (26.95 points) and Patrick Mahomes (22.16). This marks the first time this season Cruel Tutelage have beaten Midnight ramblers, after falling 117.16-79.51 in their last matchup. Cruel Tutelage improve to 8-8 for the season, while Midnight ramblers fall to 10-6.

Matchup Timeline

  Cruel Tutelage   Midnight ramblers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Diggs overachieved for the sixth time this season, scoring 12.7 points against his 9.31-point projection. In a 33-21 win over the Patriots, he caught 7 passes for 85 yards and a touchdown. Diggs ranks #35 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Falcons next week.
Stefon Diggs

Top Player Comparison

Cruel Tutelage
Points
% of total points 107.41
1
Damien Harris
RB
26.95
10.41
25.1%
2
Patrick Mahomes
QB
22.16
21.55
20.6%
3
Stefon Diggs
WR
12.7
9.31
11.8%
4
Devonta Freeman
RB
8.3
8.25
7.7%
Midnight ramblers
Points
% of total points 78.94
1
Nick Chubb
RB
19.95
9.88
25.3%
2
Tom Brady
QB
11.29
18.75
14.3%
3
Josh Jacobs
RB
11
10.99
13.9%
4
Zach Ertz
TE
5.5
6.85
7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tom Brady had a 62-yard pass for Midnight ramblers, who trailed 63.15-58.29 after the early round of games.
Sunday Late
Patrick Mahomes had a 50-yard pass for Cruel Tutelage to contribute to a 98.41-69.29 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Cruel Tutelage   Midnight ramblers

StatSmack

You won't win many matchups if you leave points on the bench. Cruel Tutelage has left fewer points on the bench this season (334.83) than Midnight ramblers (562.71).
Cruel Tutelage should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than Midnight ramblers (7 vs 6).
By position, Cruel Tutelage have outscored Midnight ramblers at WR and IDP this season.
Hey Midnight ramblers, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Cruel Tutelage
Good work deploying a starting crew that produced more than 107 points this past week. We consider that to be a job done right.
Midnight ramblers
The problem this week isn't exactly rocket science, Midnight ramblers. Starting Josh Allen in a fantasy matchup where your opposition tallied more than 107 points... let's deem this to be an opportunity to get better and all agree that it's not going to happen again?