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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
The Horse Peasants
10-5 89.36
109.54
 
VS
proj
Mike’s Great Team
77.28 8-7
103.63

The Horse Peasants come up short of predictions, find way to beat Mike’s Great Team, 89.36-77.28

Both teams underachieved compared to their projected point totals, but The Horse Peasants did enough to knock off Mike’s Great Team, earning an 89.36-77.28 victory. The Horse Peasants jumped out to a 38.92-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind a combined 35.2 points from Brandin Cooks (7 Rec, 102 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) and the Buffalo Bills defense (14 Pts Allowed, 275 Yds Allowed, 1 Turnovers) and never looked back. Tyreek Hill (12 Rec, 148 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Dallas Goedert (7 Rec, 135 Rec Yds) were the leading performers for Mike’s Great Team in the loss. This marks the first time this season The Horse Peasants have beaten Mike’s Great Team, after falling 62.64-61.38 in their last matchup. The Horse Peasants will look to clinch the championship next week, while Mike’s Great Team seek to rebound and finish the season with a win in the 3rd Place game.

Matchup Timeline

  The Horse Peasants   Mike’s Great Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Kupp overachieved for the ninth time this season, scoring 27.7 points against his 14.62-point projection. In a 20-10 win over the Seahawks, he caught 9 passes for 136 yards and 2 touchdowns. Kupp ranks #8 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Vikings next week.
Cooper Kupp

Top Player Comparison

The Horse Peasants
Points
% of total points 89.36
1
Cooper Kupp
WR
27.7
14.62
31%
2
Brandin Cooks
WR
24.2
8.65
27.1%
3
The Buffalo Bills defense
DEF
11
12.4
12.3%
4
Zach Ertz
TE
7.4
7.17
8.3%
Mike’s Great Team
Points
% of total points 77.28
1
Tyreek Hill
WR
22.8
12.99
29.5%
2
Dallas Goedert
TE
15.5
6.83
20.1%
3
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
12
10.05
15.5%
4
Dak Prescott
QB
10.58
22.28
13.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Brandin Cooks had a 43-yard touchdown catch and a 22-yard touchdown catch for The Horse Peasants, helping the team to a 52.20-13.28 lead.

Points By Position

  The Horse Peasants   Mike’s Great Team

What If

The Horse Peasants would have beaten five other teams besides Mike’s Great Team this week.
Mike’s Great Team would have lost to just one other team besides The Horse Peasants this week.
The Horse Peasants would be 8-7 if they played Mike’s Great Team every week.
The Horse Peasants would be 7-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Mike’s Great Team.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Horse Peasants, Mike’s Great Team would be 6-7.
If The Horse Peasants had played every team in the league each week, they would be 95-66.
If they played every team every week, Mike’s Great Team would be 77-84.

Coach Talk

The Horse Peasants
Kudos on assembling a lineup that produced more than 89 points this past week. We consider that to be a job well done.
Mike’s Great Team
Whoa now, talk about under-utilized: As a group, the starting RBs for Mike’s Great Team collectively logged just three targets this past week.