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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Cincinnati Bengals
9-5-1 23
29.97
 
VS
proj
New Orleans Saints
15 2-13
10.92

Cincinnati Bengals hand New Orleans Saints 10th consecutive loss, 23-15

Cincinnati Bengals earned a 23-15 victory to hand New Orleans Saints their 10th consecutive loss. Cincinnati Bengals never trailed in this one, coasting to victory behind Evan McPherson, who made all 3 of his FG attempts for 9 points, and the Cincinnati Bengals defense, who allowed only 10 points, surrendered 292 yards, and forced a fumble (6 points). The New Orleans Saints defense (0 Pts Allowed, 302 Yds Allowed, 2 Turnovers) and Marquez Callaway (6 Rec, 112 Rec Yds) carried the flag for New Orleans Saints in the loss. This marks the second time this season Cincinnati Bengals have knocked off New Orleans Saints, after winning 22-9 in their last matchup. Cincinnati Bengals (9-5-1) will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs. New Orleans Saints will be home for the playoffs, finishing the season at 2-13.

Matchup Timeline

  Cincinnati Bengals   New Orleans Saints

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 5 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown against the Broncos, Boyd put up 4 points this week. His scoring output crushed his 0.63-point projection and was much higher than his 0.93-point season scoring average. Boyd will face the Ravens next week.
Tyler Boyd

Top Player Comparison

Cincinnati Bengals
Points
% of total points 23
1
Evan McPherson
K
9
7.64
39.1%
2
The Cincinnati Bengals defense
DEF
6
4.57
26.1%
3
Tyler Boyd
WR
4
0.63
17.4%
4
Joe Burrow
QB
4
7.6
17.4%
New Orleans Saints
Points
% of total points 15
1
The New Orleans Saints defense
DEF
14
2.74
93.3%
2
Marquez Callaway
WR
1
0.83
6.7%
3
%
4
%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Evan McPherson had a 58-yard field goal and a 53-yard field goal for Cincinnati Bengals, while Tyler Boyd had a 56-yard touchdown catch, contributing to a 23-0 lead for Cincinnati Bengals.
Sunday Night
Marquez Callaway had a 40-yard catch for New Orleans Saints, who trailed 23-15 after Sunday Night Football.

Points By Position

  Cincinnati Bengals   New Orleans Saints

What If

Cincinnati Bengals would have beaten five other teams besides New Orleans Saints this week.
New Orleans Saints would have lost to nine other teams besides Cincinnati Bengals this week.
If they played New Orleans Saints every week, Cincinnati Bengals would be 12-3 this season.
Last week, Cincinnati Bengals would have beaten New Orleans Saints 32-13.
Cincinnati Bengals would be 5-8 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as New Orleans Saints.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints would be 3-9-1.
If Cincinnati Bengals had played every team in the league each week, they would be 107-83-5.
If they played every team every week, New Orleans Saints would be 44-144-7.

Coach Talk

Cincinnati Bengals
Hey, it's good to be confident, Cincinnati Bengals. Playing not one, not two, but FOUR starters with zero points while still getting the win... talk about arrogant.
New Orleans Saints
Hey, it's possible that New Orleans Saints could be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. Seeing only 11 total targets in Week 15, their four starting pass-catchers (two WR, two TE) apparently did a superb job running decoy routes and blocking downfield.