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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
The Horse Peasants
11-5 115.48
102.26
 
VS
proj
Show Me Your TDs
77.1 10-5
96.96

The Horse Peasants earn win against Show Me Your TDs in 115.48-77.10 beatdown

The Horse Peasants brought their A game and beat expectations, cruising to a 115.48-77.10 win over Show Me Your TDs, who fell short of projections. Show Me Your TDs took a 25-point lead on Saturday behind impressive showings from Kyler Murray, who passed for 245 yards and a touchdown and ran for 74 yards for 21.9 points, and Michael Pittman Jr., who caught 8 passes for 82 yards (8.5 points). But The Horse Peasants held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Tee Higgins (34.4 points) and Amon-Ra St. Brown (17). This marks the second time this season The Horse Peasants have taken down Show Me Your TDs, after winning 86.1-80.64 in their last matchup.

Matchup Timeline

  The Horse Peasants   Show Me Your TDs

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

St. Brown (19 Rush Yds, 91 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 17 points against the Falcons in Week 16. He more-than-doubled his 7.6-point projection and overachieved for the first time this season. St. Brown will face the Seahawks next week.
Amon-Ra St. Brown

Top Player Comparison

The Horse Peasants
Points
% of total points 115.48
1
Tee Higgins
WR
34.4
10.15
29.8%
2
Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR
17
7.6
14.7%
3
Tom Brady
QB
14.38
21.14
12.5%
4
Cooper Kupp
WR
13.3
15.77
11.5%
Show Me Your TDs
Points
% of total points 77.1
1
Kyler Murray
QB
21.9
22.65
28.4%
2
Ronald Jones II
RB
14.1
10.87
18.3%
3
Antonio Brown
WR
12.1
10.15
15.7%
4
Michael Pittman Jr.
WR
8.5
9.04
11%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Kyler Murray had a 24-yard touchdown pass and a 57-yard run for Show Me Your TDs, contributing to a 30.40-5.40 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Tee Higgins had a 52-yard catch for The Horse Peasants, while Amon-Ra St. Brown had a 20-yard touchdown catch, helping The Horse Peasants to a 104.48-61.40 lead.

Points By Position

  The Horse Peasants   Show Me Your TDs

Game Notes

The Horse Peasants got the win despite the fact that only two of their nine starters exceeded their projected point totals.
Show Me Your TDs had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The Horse Peasants put up more points than their season scoring average (102.32) while Show Me Your TDs fell short of theirs (103.16).
The Horse Peasants scored more points than their projected total, while Show Me Your TDs fell short of their projection.
The loss snaps a streak of four consecutive wins for Show Me Your TDs.
Not only did The Horse Peasants earn the win, but they also easily covered the 5.3-point predicted margin of victory.
In blowout games this year, The Horse Peasants moves to (4-4), while Show Me Your TDs falls to (4-3).
In a losing effort, Kyler Murray put up 21.9 points, the fourth-best score for a QB this week.

Coach Talk

The Horse Peasants
Identifying mismatches is a big component to winning in football. We really took that to heart this week by royally dominating Show Me Your TDs at the wide receiver position (64.7 points to 23.6).
Show Me Your TDs
Talk about under-utilized: As a group, the starting backfield for Show Me Your TDs collectively registered three receptions on only four measly targets this past week.