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Week 18

Weekly
Grade
Steel City Irish
8-9 109.05
121.26
 
VS
proj
Warriors
87.25 4-13
84.26

Steel City Irish fall short of expectations, find way to knock off Warriors, 109.05-87.25

Despite failing to rise to the occasion and coming up short of projections, Steel City Irish came out on top with a 109.05-87.25 win over Warriors, who actually exceeded projections. Steel City Irish never trailed in this one after earning a 1.1-point lead on Saturday behind Tyreek Hill. The Washington Football Team defense (7 Pts Allowed, 177 Yds Allowed, 3 Turnovers) and Stefon Diggs (9 Rec, 81 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) were the leading scorers for Warriors in the loss. This marks the third time this season Steel City Irish have knocked off Warriors, after winning 121.35-84.1 in their last matchup. Steel City Irish finish the season with a record of 8-9, while Warriors end the campaign at 4-13.

Matchup Timeline

  Steel City Irish   Warriors

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Steelers defense (13 Pts Allowed, 381 Yds Allowed, 3 Turnovers) scored 32.5 points in a 16-13 win over the Ravens in Week 18. Their scoring output was 37% more than their 23.72-point projection and was higher than their 23.91-point season scoring average.
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense

Top Player Comparison

Steel City Irish
Points
% of total points 109.05
1
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
32.5
23.72
29.8%
2
Derek Carr
QB
23.2
25.81
21.3%
3
Michael Pittman Jr.
WR
17.2
11.85
15.8%
4
Mark Andrews
TE
12.25
11.13
11.2%
Warriors
Points
% of total points 87.25
1
The Washington Football Team defense
DEF
38.6
24.41
44.2%
2
Stefon Diggs
WR
19.05
15.41
21.8%
3
Tyler Bass
K
9
9.39
10.3%
4
Keenan Allen
WR
8.6
13.5
9.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Terry McLaurin had a 40-yard catch for Steel City Irish to contribute to an 83.70-50.60 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Steel City Irish   Warriors
Standings Update
Is it just us or did the end of the season come out of nowhere? Time flies when you're having fun. Before we look ahead to next year, we'd like to review this season one final time.
Steel City Irish
Steel City Irish finished the season with the league's 4th-most points average (133.04 ppg), placing them 7th in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Derek Carr
MVP
4804 Pass Yds, 23 Pass TDs, 108 Rush Yds
Tyreek Hill
Best Drafted
111 Rec, 1239 Rec Yds, 9 Rec TDs
Pit Defense
Best Acquisition
23.4 Avg Pts Allowed, 361.1 Avg Yds Allowed, 22 Turnovers
Warriors
Warriors finished the season with the league's 3rd-lowest points average (101.75 ppg), placing them 9th in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Jalen Hurts
MVP
3144 Pass Yds, 16 Pass TDs, 784 Rush Yds, 10 Rush TDs
Was Defense
Best Drafted
25.5 Avg Pts Allowed, 359.3 Avg Yds Allowed, 19 Turnovers
Best Acquisition

Game Notes

Just four of the nine starters on Steel City Irish exceeded their projected scoring totals.
Warriors had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could have looked differently, as Steel City Irish had one starter score zero points, while Warriors had three.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Steel City Irish got the win despite scoring fewer points than projected, while Warriors outscored their projection.
Steel City Irish had the lowest winning score of the week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Steel City Irish. They got the win, but failed to cover the 37-point projected margin of victory.
A bright spot in the defeat, the Washington Football Team defense (38.6 points) officially recorded the highest score of any player on Warriors this year.