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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
The Riddlers
8-7 93.24
103.52
 
VS
proj
Blacktips
67.44 8-7
106.76

The Riddlers defeat Blacktips for third straight win in 93.24-67.44 rout

The Riddlers extended their win streak to three games with a dominant win over Blacktips, cruising to a 93.24-67.44 victory. The Riddlers were led by Jalen Hurts, who passed for 296 yards , ran for 38 yards and scored 3 touchdowns for 29.64 points, and Brandin Cooks, who caught 7 passes for 102 yards and 2 touchdowns (22.2 points), while Tua Tagovailoa (196 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 19 Rush Yds) and Justin Jefferson (4 Rec, 47 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) carried the flag for Blacktips in the loss. This marks the first time this season The Riddlers have taken down Blacktips, after falling 101.42-67.7 in their last matchup. The Riddlers will look to not lose that winning feeling in the Championship next week, while Blacktips attempt to bounce back and finish the season with a win in the 3rd Place game.

Matchup Timeline

  The Riddlers   Blacktips

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Pitts caught 4 passes for 77 yards as the Falcons lost to the 49ers 31-13. In doing so, he put up 7.7 points to scored 24.6% higher than his 6.18-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on The Riddlers this week. Next week, Pitts will face the Lions.
Kyle Pitts

Top Player Comparison

The Riddlers
Points
% of total points 93.24
1
Jalen Hurts
QB
29.64
23.71
31.8%
2
Brandin Cooks
WR
22.2
8.65
23.8%
3
AJ Dillon
RB
9.5
9.95
10.2%
4
The Miami Dolphins defense
DEF
9
9.03
9.7%
Blacktips
Points
% of total points 67.44
1
Tua Tagovailoa
QB
17.74
22.85
26.3%
2
Justin Jefferson
WR
10.7
14.47
15.9%
3
Greg Zuerlein
K
10
9.39
14.8%
4
James Conner
RB
7
12.27
10.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Brandin Cooks had a 43-yard touchdown catch and a 22-yard touchdown catch for The Riddlers, who trailed 56.74-41.00 after the early action.
Sunday Late
Kyle Pitts had a 49-yard catch for The Riddlers, helping the team to a 60.50-56.74 lead.

Points By Position

  The Riddlers   Blacktips

What If

The Riddlers would have beaten only two other teams besides Blacktips this week.
Blacktips would have lost to just one other team besides The Riddlers this week.
If they played Blacktips every week, The Riddlers would be 8-7 this season.
The Riddlers would be 9-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Blacktips.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Riddlers, Blacktips would be 4-9.
If The Riddlers had played every team in the league each week, they would be 74-55.
If they played every team every week, Blacktips would be 65-64.

Coach Talk

The Riddlers
Props on assembling a lineup that won by nearly 26 points this past week. We did what we had to do and took care of business.
Blacktips
"Not seeing enough chances" really isn't an excuse this week for Blacktips. As a group, our four pass-catchers (three WR and one TE) combined to get a respectable 32 targets in Week 15. Chemistry and timing seem to be issues as that group tallied only 17 catches.