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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Fullback Dive
4-8 128.58
104.5
 
VS
proj
Battle Tested
95.7 6-6
83.58

Fullback Dive brush off expectations, knock off Battle Tested in 128.58-95.70 blowout

Both teams brought their A game, but Fullback Dive knocked off Battle Tested. Predicted to win 104.50-83.58, Fullback Dive cruised to a 128.58-95.70 victory over Battle Tested. Battle Tested took an 8.00-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Fullback Dive after that. They were led by Joe Mixon, who ran for 165 yards and 2 touchdowns for 30.3 points, and Russell Wilson, who passed for 247 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 16 yards (21.48 points). Leonard Fournette (100 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs, 31 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Josh Allen (260 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs, 43 Rush Yds) did their part for Battle Tested in defeat. Fullback Dive improve to 4-8 on the season, while Battle Tested fall to 6-6.

Matchup Timeline

  Fullback Dive   Battle Tested

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Gould overachieved for the second time this season, scoring 11 points against his 8.42-point projection. During a 34-26 win over the Vikings, he made 2 of his 3 FG attempts. Gould will face the Seahawks next week.
Robbie Gould

Top Player Comparison

Fullback Dive
Points
% of total points 128.58
1
Joe Mixon
RB
30.3
15.09
23.6%
2
Russell Wilson
QB
21.48
21.59
16.7%
3
Dawson Knox
TE
16.7
8.11
13%
4
Mark Andrews
TE
14.5
12.59
11.3%
Battle Tested
Points
% of total points 95.7
1
Leonard Fournette
RB
40.6
14.03
42.4%
2
Josh Allen
QB
30.7
25.17
32.1%
3
Michael Pittman Jr.
WR
7.3
12.36
7.6%
4
Cole Beasley
WR
7.1
10.5
7.4%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments on Thursday, but it was Battle Tested who grabbed the lead, 37.80-29.80. Dawson Knox had a 24-yard touchdown catch for Fullback Dive, while Michael Gallup had a 41-yard catch. Josh Allen made the highlight reel for Battle Tested with a 24-yard touchdown pass and a 23-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Early
Leonard Fournette had a 28-yard touchdown run for Battle Tested, contributing to a 90.70-81.60 lead for the team.
Monday
Russell Wilson had a 32-yard touchdown pass and a 55-yard pass for Fullback Dive during Monday Night Football, helping to increase the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  Fullback Dive   Battle Tested

Game Notes

Most (6 of the 9) of the starters on Fullback Dive exceeded their projected point totals.
Battle Tested had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Was Battle Tested even trying this week? They started three players who scored zero points.
The two highest scorers for Battle Tested (Leonard Fournette and Josh Allen) scored more points than Joe Mixon, the leading scorer for Fullback Dive.
Fullback Dive put up more points than their season scoring average (96.71) while Battle Tested fell short of theirs (103.68).
Both teams scored more than their projected point total.
The matchup's 32.88-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
This win ends a streak of two consecutive losses for Fullback Dive.
Not only did Fullback Dive win, but they also covered the 20.92-point predicted margin of victory.
Fullback Dive moves to (2-3) in blowout games this season, while Battle Tested falls to (2-3).
A bright spot in the defeat, Leonard Fournette (40.6 points) officially posted the third-best score for a RB this season.

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