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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
New Era Patriots
7-8 112.84
109.13
 
VS
proj
nicholas's Amazing Team
57.64 3-12
80.6

New Era Patriots hand nicholas's Amazing Team fourth straight loss in 112.84-57.64 drubbing

New Era Patriots rolled to a 112.84-57.64 victory to hand nicholas's Amazing Team their fourth straight loss. nicholas's Amazing Team jumped out to a 24.04-point lead on Thursday behind Justin Herbert, who passed for 236 yards , ran for 16 yards and scored 3 touchdowns. But New Era Patriots held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Russell Gage, who caught 8 passes for 91 yards and a touchdown for 19.1 points, and Deebo Samuel, who racked up 89 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown (16.9 points). This marks the second time this season New Era Patriots have beaten nicholas's Amazing Team, after winning 100.8-83.9 in their last matchup. New Era Patriots ends the season on a high note, but they'll miss the postseason with a record of 7-8. nicholas's Amazing Team will also be home for the playoffs, finishing at 3-12.

Matchup Timeline

  New Era Patriots   nicholas's Amazing Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Going up against the Giants in Week 15, Schultz caught 8 passes for 67 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 16.7 points to scored 68.9% higher than his 9.89-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on New Era Patriots this week. Next week, Schultz will face the Football Team.
Dalton Schultz

Top Player Comparison

New Era Patriots
Points
% of total points 112.84
1
Russell Gage
WR
19.1
8.38
16.9%
2
Deebo Samuel
WR
16.9
12.48
15%
3
Dalton Schultz
TE
16.7
9.89
14.8%
4
Tua Tagovailoa
QB
15.74
19.89
13.9%
nicholas's Amazing Team
Points
% of total points 57.64
1
Justin Herbert
QB
24.04
23.7
41.7%
2
Dalvin Cook
RB
10.1
20.09
17.5%
3
Chris Godwin
WR
7.9
0.12
13.7%
4
Justin Tucker
K
6
9.6
10.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Russell Gage had a 20-yard touchdown catch for New Era Patriots, helping the team to a 93.44-33.64 lead.

Points By Position

  New Era Patriots   nicholas's Amazing Team

StatSmack

nicholas's Amazing Team would be doing great, if the goal was to lose. They've dropped their last four matchups.
We heard scoring helps you win. New Era Patriots are doing a better job of that, averaging 104.83 versus nicholas's Amazing Team's 86.84.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. New Era Patriots (7-8) have a better record than nicholas's Amazing Team (3-12).
Even the machines think New Era Patriots have a better lineup. They have a higher projected points average (112.8) than nicholas's Amazing Team (91.2).
New Era Patriots don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than nicholas's Amazing Team (3 vs 0).
New Era Patriots have had more fantasy starters beat their projected score than nicholas's Amazing Team (57 vs 41).
By position, New Era Patriots have outscored nicholas's Amazing Team at RB, WR, TE, and DEF this season.
New Era Patriots has a higher average scoring margin (1) than nicholas's Amazing Team this season (-22).
The starters for New Era Patriots had more big plays in their NFL games this week (1) than the starters for nicholas's Amazing Team (0).
There's not much good to say about nicholas's Amazing Team this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

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