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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
SEEMS
5-7 86.92
116.88
 
VS
proj
85 Bears
85.42 7-5
101.01

SEEMS top 85 Bears for third straight win in 86.92-85.42 thriller

SEEMS extended their win streak to three games with a close victory over 85 Bears, narrowly earning an 86.92-85.42 win. 85 Bears had a chance to come from behind on Monday night, but it wasn't to be. SEEMS led 66.82-62.10 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite a combined 23.32 points from Taylor Heinicke and Tyler Lockett on Monday night for 85 Bears. SEEMS were led by Tee Higgins, who caught 6 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown for 20.4 points, and Antonio Gibson, who racked up 146 yards from scrimmage (20.1 points). SEEMS improve to 5-7 on the season, while 85 Bears fall to 7-5.

Matchup Timeline

  SEEMS   85 Bears

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cousins (238 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) scored 17.52 points against the 49ers in Week 12. His scoring output was right around his 19.86-point projection. Cousins ranks #11 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Lions next week.
Kirk Cousins

Top Player Comparison

SEEMS
Points
% of total points 86.92
1
Tee Higgins
WR
20.4
11.91
23.5%
2
Antonio Gibson
RB
20.1
13.3
23.1%
3
Kirk Cousins
QB
17.52
19.86
20.2%
4
Darnell Mooney
WR
15
14.68
17.3%
85 Bears
Points
% of total points 85.42
1
Adam Thielen
WR
20.7
12.65
24.2%
2
Jonathan Taylor
RB
17.7
20.28
20.7%
3
Taylor Heinicke
QB
12.22
19.61
14.3%
4
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense
DEF
12
6.58
14%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Darnell Mooney had a 52-yard catch for SEEMS, helping the team to a 20.00-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Tee Higgins had a 32-yard touchdown catch for SEEMS, helping the team to a 43.90-41.40 lead.
Sunday Late
There were players with highlight-reel plays on both teams on Sunday afternoon, but it was SEEMS who emerged with the lead, 66.82-62.10. For SEEMS, Kirk Cousins had a 20-yard touchdown pass. Adam Thielen made the highlight reel for 85 Bears with a 20-yard touchdown catch.
Monday
Tyler Lockett had a 55-yard catch for 85 Bears.

Points By Position

  SEEMS   85 Bears

Game Notes

Only three of the nine starting players on SEEMS scored higher than their projected point totals.
85 Bears had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could have looked differently, as each team had a starter score zero points.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
SEEMS ranked 11th in the league in scoring this week, while 85 Bears ranked 12th.
The matchup's 1.5-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
SEEMS managed to get the win, but failed to cover the 15.87-point projected margin of victory.
In close games this year, SEEMS moves to (1-1), while 85 Bears falls to (0-1).
For 85 Bears, Adam Thielen scored 20.7 points, the second-best score for a wideout this week.

Coach Talk

SEEMS
You know SEEMS, I'm a "glass half full" kind of coach. While others may harp on the fact that our scoring's slipped lately, I'll choose to spin this in a positive direction. Averaging 96.25 points through Week 11, our crew has shown it's certainly capable of outperforming the 86.92 we needed to win this past week!
85 Bears
Welp, we certainly can't gripe about a lack of opportunities this time, can we? Our four pass-catchers (three WR and one TE) were targeted a grand total of 19 times in Week 12. With just 11 total catches, that group may be showing signs of chemistry issues.