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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Football Giants
5-11 88.82
102.15
 
VS
proj
Naked Canadians
73.78 4-12
98.13

Football Giants come up short of predictions, still manage to top Naked Canadians, 88.82-73.78

Both teams were unable to bring their A game, but Football Giants did enough to get the best of Naked Canadians, coming out on top with an 88.82-73.78 win. Naked Canadians took a 14.28-point lead on Saturday behind Allen Lazard (12.8 points) and Austin Hooper (4.1), but Football Giants held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Dak Prescott, who passed for 330 yards and 4 touchdowns and ran for 21 yards for 27.7 points, and Amari Cooper, who caught 7 passes for 85 yards and a touchdown (18 points). Allen Lazard (12.8 points) and Jalen Hurts (12.68) led the way for Naked Canadians in the loss. This marks the first time this season Football Giants have taken down Naked Canadians, after falling 99.64-53.3 in their last matchup. Football Giants improve to 5-11 for the season, while Naked Canadians fall to 4-12.

Matchup Timeline

  Football Giants   Naked Canadians

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Elliott overachieved for the third time this season, scoring 10 points against his 7.94-point projection. In a 34-10 win over the Giants, he made 2 of his 3 FG attempts. Elliott ranks #8 among fantasy Ks this season and will face the Football Team next week.
Jake Elliott

Top Player Comparison

Football Giants
Points
% of total points 88.82
1
Dak Prescott
QB
27.7
18.62
31.2%
2
Amari Cooper
WR
18
12.95
20.3%
3
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
16.7
15.19
18.8%
4
Jake Elliott
K
10
7.94
11.3%
Naked Canadians
Points
% of total points 73.78
1
Allen Lazard
WR
12.8
9.63
17.3%
2
Jalen Hurts
QB
12.68
17.51
17.2%
3
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
11.5
7.05
15.6%
4
Marvin Jones Jr.
WR
11.4
7.87
15.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Jalen Hurts had a 46-yard pass for Naked Canadians, helping the team to a 65.78-18.82 lead.
Sunday Night
Dak Prescott had a 40-yard pass for Football Giants to contribute to an 86.72-73.78 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Football Giants   Naked Canadians

Game Notes

Five of the nine starters on Football Giants scored higher than their projected point totals.
Naked Canadians had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Football Giants had three players score more points than the leading scorer for Naked Canadians.
Football Giants put up more points than their season scoring average (84) while Naked Canadians fell short of theirs (98.57).
Both teams failed to reach their projected point total.
Naked Canadians ranked 11th in the league in scoring this week, while Football Giants ranked 9th.
This win ends a streak of two consecutive defeats for Football Giants.
Not only did Football Giants win, but they also easily covered the 4.02-point forecasted margin of victory.

Coach Talk

Football Giants
This sport is all about exploiting the mismatches. Our team found one this past week and doubled up Naked Canadians at the quarterback position (27.7 points to 12.68).
Naked Canadians
Naked Canadians will find it tough to complain about lack of opportunities this past week. Our trio of pass-catchers (two WR and one TE) combined to receive a healthy 23 targets in Week 16. Timing and chemistry appear to be issues as that group pulled down just 13 balls.