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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Darth Tater
7-8 87.28
107.78
 
VS
proj
The Moan Zone
56.34 6-9
91.25

Darth Tater find way to defeat The Moan Zone 87.28-56.34 despite falling short of projections

Both teams failed to live up to expectations, but Darth Tater did enough to get the best of The Moan Zone, emerging victorious with an 87.28-56.34 victory. Darth Tater took a 22.60-point lead on Thursday behind 30.6 points from Patrick Mahomes, who passed for 410 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 32 yards, and never looked back. Matt Ryan (13.44 points) and Josh Jacobs (10.9) were the leaders for The Moan Zone in the loss. This marks the second time this season Darth Tater have gotten the best of The Moan Zone, after winning 102.88-70.88 in their last matchup. Darth Tater improve to 7-8 for the season, while The Moan Zone fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Darth Tater   The Moan Zone

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Kirk (9 Rec, 94 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 19.9 points against the Lions in Week 15. His scoring output was 76.4% more than his 11.28-point projection and was much higher than his 9.64-point season scoring average. Kirk ranks #75 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Colts next week.
Christian Kirk

Top Player Comparison

Darth Tater
Points
% of total points 87.28
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
30.6
24.05
35.1%
2
Christian Kirk
WR
19.9
11.28
22.8%
3
Dalton Schultz
TE
16.7
9.88
19.1%
4
Dak Prescott
QB
10.58
22.89
12.1%
The Moan Zone
Points
% of total points 56.34
1
Matt Ryan
QB
13.44
16.87
23.9%
2
Josh Jacobs
RB
10.9
14.17
19.3%
3
The Houston Texans defense
DEF
10
6.54
17.7%
4
DK Metcalf
WR
8.2
13.37
14.6%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Patrick Mahomes had a 34-yard touchdown pass and a 69-yard pass for Darth Tater to contribute to a 30.60-8.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Christian Kirk had a 26-yard touchdown catch for Darth Tater, contributing to an 84.38-18.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Matt Ryan had a 20-yard touchdown pass and a 49-yard pass for The Moan Zone, who trailed 87.28-31.44 after the late round of games.

Points By Position

  Darth Tater   The Moan Zone

StatSmack

There's a pattern emerging. In their two head-to-head wins against The Moan Zone, Darth Tater averaged more points (95.08) than they usually score (87.19).
We heard scoring helps you win. Darth Tater are doing a better job of that, averaging 87.19 versus The Moan Zone's 77.79.
Even the machines think Darth Tater have a better-constructed roster. They have a higher projected points average (100.12) than The Moan Zone (90.06).
You can't win if you don't play. Darth Tater has left fewer points on the bench this season (383.22) than The Moan Zone (453.68).
The Moan Zone are like tires on a highway full of nails. They've been blown out more times than Darth Tater (4 vs 2).
Darth Tater play up to their potential, with fewer upset losses (1) than The Moan Zone (2).
Darth Tater should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than The Moan Zone (4 vs 3).
The Moan Zone have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (1) than Darth Tater (0) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Darth Tater have outscored The Moan Zone at QB, RB, TE, and DEF this season.
Darth Tater has a higher average scoring margin (2) than The Moan Zone this season (-11).
The starters for Darth Tater had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for The Moan Zone (3).
Hey The Moan Zone, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Darth Tater
Hey, we'll definitely take the win, Darth Tater! Having said that, if we want to take our performance to the next level, then we have found an area to improve. Our starting running backs were thoroughly overmatched by the opposition. Devonta Freeman (24 total yards, no TDs) and Najee Harris (26 yards, no TDs) combined for just 6.5 points in Week 15, and the starting backfield for The Moan Zone nearly tripled us up with a score of 18.9.
The Moan Zone
Well, we can't really gripe about a lack of opportunities this time, can we? Our trio of pass-catchers (two WR and one TE) collectively got a grand total of 24 targets in Week 15. With only nine total catches, that group may need to work on chemistry with their QBs.