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Week 17

Weekly
Grade
d.s. saints
7-10 144.3
126.57
 
VS
proj
SPARTICUS
86.7 8-9
133.57

d.s. saints outperform expectations, earn win over SPARTICUS in 144.3-86.7 drubbing

d.s. saints showed up, rolling to a 144.3-86.7 victory over SPARTICUS, who fell short of projections. There was very little drama in the matchup, as d.s. saints jumped out to an 81.5-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind standout efforts from Joe Burrow and David Montgomery. Burrow passed for 446 yards and 4 touchdowns for 69.6 points, while Montgomery racked up 81 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns (19.1 points). Josh Allen (120 Pass Yds, 81 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs) and DK Metcalf (6 Rec, 63 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs) carried the flag for SPARTICUS in the loss. This marks the second time this season d.s. saints have knocked off SPARTICUS, after winning 142.8-98.2 in their last matchup. d.s. saints improve to 7-10 for the season, while SPARTICUS fall to 8-9.

Matchup Timeline

  d.s. saints   SPARTICUS

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Dillon (63 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 20 Rec Yds) scored 20.3 points against the Vikings in Week 17. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 9.5-point projection and was much higher than his 9.6-point season scoring average.
AJ Dillon

Top Player Comparison

d.s. saints
Points
% of total points 144.3
1
Joe Burrow
QB
69.6
43.44
48.2%
2
AJ Dillon
RB
20.3
9.5
14.1%
3
David Montgomery
RB
19.1
13.07
13.2%
4
Odell Beckham Jr.
WR
9.9
8.11
6.9%
SPARTICUS
Points
% of total points 86.7
1
Josh Allen
QB
31.1
48.23
35.9%
2
DK Metcalf
WR
24.9
11.43
28.7%
3
Dallas Goedert
TE
7.1
7.41
8.2%
4
The Green Bay Packers defense
DEF
6
8.2
6.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Joe Burrow had a 72-yard touchdown pass and a 69-yard touchdown pass for d.s. saints, helping the team to a 118.2-36.7 lead.

Points By Position

  d.s. saints   SPARTICUS

Game Notes

Only four of the nine starting players on d.s. saints exceeded their scoring projections.
SPARTICUS had only one of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
d.s. saints put up more points than their season scoring average (121.22) while SPARTICUS fell short of theirs (114.34).
d.s. saints recorded more points than their projected total, while SPARTICUS failed to reach their projection.
This matchup featured both the league's highest (144.3) and league's lowest (86.7) scores of the week.
The matchup's 57.6-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
d.s. saints moves to (5-5) in blowout games this season, while SPARTICUS falls to (4-5).

Coach Talk

d.s. saints
Hey, the key to football is exploiting the mismatches. Not only did we double up SPARTICUS at QB (69.6 points to 31.1), we also thoroughly dominated them at RB (39.4 to 6.9).
SPARTICUS
With just three receptions on five targets this past week, the starting running backs for SPARTICUS should remind their quarterbacks to dump it down more frequently (and dial up a screen play or two).