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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Dallas Cowboys
9-6 203.1
234.88
 
VS
proj
New Orleans Saints
177.5 8-7
262.09

Dallas Cowboys manage to top New Orleans Saints 203.10-177.50

Both teams were unable to rise to the occasion, but Dallas Cowboys did enough to take down New Orleans Saints. Predicted to lose 262.09-234.88, Dallas Cowboys secured a 203.10-177.50 victory over New Orleans Saints. Dallas Cowboys grabbed an early 7.80-point lead on Thursday. New Orleans Saints bounced back to take the lead early afternoon Sunday, powered by Dalton Schultz (20.7 points) and Quincy Williams (19). Not to be deterred, Dallas Cowboys got it going later that afternoon, as Marquise Brown (14.3 points) put them back ahead for good. This marks the first time this season Dallas Cowboys have taken down New Orleans Saints, after falling 241.94-204.46 in their last matchup. Dallas Cowboys will look to clinch the league title next week, while New Orleans Saints seek to rebound and lock up 3rd Place.

Matchup Timeline

  Dallas Cowboys   New Orleans Saints

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Patriots in Week 15, Willis scored 16 points to beat his 13.43-point projection. He made 9 tackles to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Dallas Cowboys this week. In Week 16, Willis and the Colts will battle the Cardinals.
Khari Willis

Top Player Comparison

Dallas Cowboys
Points
% of total points 203.1
1
Tae Crowder
LB
20
13.06
9.8%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
16.2
15.86
8%
3
Khari Willis
S
16
13.43
7.9%
4
Trevon Diggs
CB
15
9.86
7.4%
New Orleans Saints
Points
% of total points 177.5
1
Robert Quinn
LB
21
15.07
11.8%
2
Dalton Schultz
TE
20.7
12.1
11.7%
3
Quincy Williams
LB
19
12.53
10.7%
4
Jalen Thompson
S
18
13.66
10.1%

Matchup Highlights

Points By Position

  Dallas Cowboys   New Orleans Saints

StatSmack

Dallas Cowboys laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (2) than New Orleans Saints (1).
Dallas Cowboys have the clutch gene, with more close wins than New Orleans Saints (2 vs 1).
Dallas Cowboys should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than New Orleans Saints (6 vs 5).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of New Orleans Saints - they’ve made more transactions (2) than Dallas Cowboys (1) this week. Too bad they couldn't transact a win.
By position, Dallas Cowboys have outscored New Orleans Saints at WR and K this season.
The starters for Dallas Cowboys had more big plays in their NFL games this week (1) than the starters for New Orleans Saints (0).
Hey New Orleans Saints, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Dallas Cowboys
Hey, the key to football is creating mismatches, right? We really took that to heart this week by soundly outplaying New Orleans Saints at the wide receiver position (45.9 points to 17.02).
New Orleans Saints
Ugh, talk about old-school ground n' pound: The starting backfield for New Orleans Saints collectively registered only a couple of catches on six targets this past week.