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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
HowAboutCowboys
9-4 99.64
115.51
 
VS
proj
NYG
98.4 7-6
109.69

HowAboutCowboys manage to top NYG in 99.64-98.40 thriller despite coming up short of expectations

Both teams underachieved compared to projections, but HowAboutCowboys did enough to get the best of NYG, squeaking by for a 99.64-98.40 victory. NYG had a chance to come from behind on Sunday night, but it wasn't to be. HowAboutCowboys led 99.64-90.20 after the afternoon action and held on for the win despite 8.2 points from Clyde Edwards-Helaire on Sunday night for NYG. Cooper Kupp (19.9 points) and the Dallas Cowboys defense (18.32) did the heavy lifting for HowAboutCowboys in the win. This marks the second time this season HowAboutCowboys have taken down NYG, after winning 154.76-81.54 in their last matchup. HowAboutCowboys (9-4) will look to add to their success against u gonna eat that?, while NYG (7-6) face CAPT. ED in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  HowAboutCowboys   NYG

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While allowing 17 points, surrendering 405 yards, and intercepting 4 passes against the Saints, the Cowboys defense scored 18.32 points this week. Their scoring output more-than-doubled their 8.99-point projection and was much higher than their 9.47-point season scoring average. The Cowboys defense ranks #88 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Football Team next week.
The Dallas Cowboys defense

Top Player Comparison

HowAboutCowboys
Points
% of total points 99.64
1
Cooper Kupp
WR
19.9
14.57
20%
2
The Dallas Cowboys defense
DEF
18.32
8.99
18.4%
3
Rob Gronkowski
TE
17.8
9.43
17.9%
4
Leonard Fournette
RB
15.2
14.4
15.3%
NYG
Points
% of total points 98.4
1
Alexander Mattison
RB
18.4
15.31
18.7%
2
Carson Wentz
QB
13.12
22.89
13.3%
3
Austin Ekeler
RB
12.4
15.46
12.6%
4
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
11.58
6.87
11.8%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Both teams had players with big-time plays on Thursday, after which HowAboutCowboys owned a 37.24-11.00 lead. For HowAboutCowboys, Dak Prescott had a 41-yard pass. Greg Zuerlein made the highlight reel for NYG with a 55-yard field goal.
Sunday Early
Rob Gronkowski had a 27-yard touchdown catch for HowAboutCowboys, helping the team to a 72.74-64.82 lead.
Sunday Late
Cooper Kupp had a 29-yard touchdown catch and a 43-yard catch for HowAboutCowboys, helping the team to a 99.64-90.20 lead.

Points By Position

  HowAboutCowboys   NYG

StatSmack

There's a pattern emerging. In their two head-to-head wins against NYG, HowAboutCowboys averaged more points (127.2) than they usually score (109.84).
Once HowAboutCowboys put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than NYG (5 vs 3).
HowAboutCowboys should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than NYG (6 vs 3).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of NYG - they’ve made more transactions (3) than HowAboutCowboys (0) this week. Too bad that itchy pickup finger didn't pay off.
By position, HowAboutCowboys have outscored NYG at QB, WR, and K this season.
HowAboutCowboys don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 14 points, second-highest in the league.
The starters for HowAboutCowboys had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for NYG (1).
There's not much good to say about NYG this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

HowAboutCowboys
Hey HowAboutCowboys, the good news is that we took this matchup by more than one points. The better news is that we've proven we're even stronger than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through 12 weeks was 110.69. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also get back up to where we know we can be!
NYG
Unless NYG wants to go full diva-mode, then "not seeing many looks" is definitely not an excuse this time around. As a group, our trio of pass-catchers (two WR and one TE) were targeted a respectable 24 times in Week 13. With only 13 total catches, that group may be showing signs of chemistry issues.