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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
D Montgomery Burns
9-6 76.45
116.26
 
VS
proj
Bald Z-gles
73.4 8-7
94.4

D Montgomery Burns manage to knock off Bald Z-gles in 76.45-73.40 nailbiter despite falling short of predictions

Both teams were unable to bring their A game, coming up short of their projected point totals, but D Montgomery Burns did enough to beat Bald Z-gles. Predicted to win 116.26-94.40, D Montgomery Burns narrowly earned a 76.45-73.40 victory over Bald Z-gles. Bald Z-gles made a run at it on Monday night, but they fell short. D Montgomery Burns led 55.95-51.40 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite a combined 12.2 points from the Cleveland Browns defense and Tyler Conklin on Monday night for Bald Z-gles. D Montgomery Burns were led by Christian Kirk (19.9 points) and Davante Adams (13.4). This marks the second time this season D Montgomery Burns have knocked off Bald Z-gles, after winning 97.83-92.8 in their last matchup. D Montgomery Burns will look to not lose that winning feeling in the Championship next week, while Bald Z-gles seek to bounce back and lock up 3rd Place.

Matchup Timeline

  D Montgomery Burns   Bald Z-gles

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

With 19.9 points, Kirk scored 76.4% more than his 11.28-point projection as the Cardinals lost to the Lions 30-12. He caught 9 passes for 94 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on D Montgomery Burns this week. Next week, Kirk will square off against the Colts.
Christian Kirk

Top Player Comparison

D Montgomery Burns
Points
% of total points 76.45
1
Christian Kirk
WR
19.9
11.28
26%
2
Davante Adams
WR
13.4
18.64
17.5%
3
The San Francisco 49ers defense
DEF
13
13.45
17%
4
David Montgomery
RB
8.8
14.28
11.5%
Bald Z-gles
Points
% of total points 73.4
1
Jonathan Taylor
RB
24.5
19.69
33.4%
2
The Cleveland Browns defense
DEF
11
12.01
15%
3
Matthew Stafford
QB
9.8
15.82
13.4%
4
Jakobi Meyers
WR
8.3
10.35
11.3%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Jonathan Taylor had a 67-yard touchdown run for Bald Z-gles, contributing to a 40.80-6.40 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Christian Kirk had a 26-yard touchdown catch for D Montgomery Burns, who trailed 40.80-32.00 after the early slate.

Points By Position

  D Montgomery Burns   Bald Z-gles

What If

D Montgomery Burns would have beaten only two other teams besides Bald Z-gles this week.
Bald Z-gles would have lost to five other teams besides D Montgomery Burns this week.
D Montgomery Burns would be 8-7 if they played Bald Z-gles every week.
D Montgomery Burns would be 6-7 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Bald Z-gles.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as D Montgomery Burns, Bald Z-gles would be 5-8.
If D Montgomery Burns had played every team in the league each week, they would be 114-75.
If they played every team every week, Bald Z-gles would be 98-91.

Coach Talk

D Montgomery Burns
Creating mismatches is a huge component to winning in football. We really took that to heart this week by doubling up Bald Z-gles at the wide receiver position (39.7 points to 18.9).
Bald Z-gles
Unless Bald Z-gles wants to go full diva-mode, then "not getting enough chances" is definitely not a reasonable excuse this week. As a group, our pass-catching corps (three WR and one TE) collectively got a whopping 25 targets in Week 15. With just 15 total receptions, this group may have some chemistry issues.