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Week 17

Weekly
Grade
Det. Lions
12-5 176.2
145.84
 
VS
proj
ALSS81
127.97 13-4
158.58

Det. Lions defeat ALSS81 in 176.20-127.97 blowout

Det. Lions stepped up and exceeded expectations, rolling to a 176.20-127.97 victory over ALSS81, who fell short of projections. Det. Lions grabbed a 26.73-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Ja'Marr Chase (44.6 points) and Tom Brady (37.5) and never looked back. Davante Adams (19.6 points) and Daniel Carlson (19.27) were the top scorers for ALSS81 in the loss. This marks the first time this season Det. Lions have gotten the best of ALSS81, after falling 169.23-115.93 in their last matchup.

Matchup Timeline

  Det. Lions   ALSS81

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Chiefs in Week 17, Chase caught 11 passes for 266 yards and 3 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 44.6 points to more-than-quadruple his 10.1-point projection, the second-highest percent increase of any WR in the league this season.
Ja'Marr Chase

Top Player Comparison

Det. Lions
Points
% of total points 176.2
1
Ja'Marr Chase
WR
44.6
10.1
25.3%
2
Tom Brady
QB
37.5
31.16
21.3%
3
Najee Harris
RB
26.6
15.32
15.1%
4
Austin Ekeler
RB
17.2
13.37
9.8%
ALSS81
Points
% of total points 127.97
1
Davante Adams
WR
19.6
16.65
15.3%
2
Daniel Carlson
K
19.27
13.06
15.1%
3
Josh Allen
QB
19.1
31.34
14.9%
4
Rob Gronkowski
TE
11.5
10.13
9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Ja'Marr Chase had a 72-yard touchdown catch and a 69-yard touchdown catch for Det. Lions, while Tom Brady had a 33-yard touchdown pass, helping Det. Lions to a 112.10-85.37 lead.
Sunday Late
Austin Ekeler had a 40-yard catch for Det. Lions, contributing to a 137.30-93.37 lead for the team.
Monday
Najee Harris had a 37-yard touchdown run for Det. Lions during Monday Night Football, helping to add to the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  Det. Lions   ALSS81

StatSmack

ALSS81 are like tires on a highway full of nails. They've been blown out more times than Det. Lions (3 vs 2).
Det. Lions have the clutch gene, with more close wins than ALSS81 (3 vs 1).
ALSS81 have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (3) than Det. Lions (2) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Det. Lions have outscored ALSS81 at RB and WR this season.
The starters for Det. Lions had more big plays in their NFL games this week (5) than the starters for ALSS81 (0).
Hey ALSS81, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Det. Lions
Hey, creating mismatches is the key to football, right? Not only did we double up ALSS81 at WR (53.7 points to 23.8), we also nearly quadrupled them at RB (43.8 to 11.3).
ALSS81
Listen, ALSS81, I've been in this business long enough to realize that sometimes points can just magically show up out of nowhere. Then in some cases (*cough cough*, Week 17) they don't! You know, now that I think about it... asking for an extra 49 points may be a bit excessive.