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Week 14

Weekly
Grade
The Purple Dragons
2-12 145.67
134.09
 
VS
proj
Brick by brick
81.75 2-12
121.31

The Purple Dragons defeat Brick by brick, 145.67-81.75

Despite identical records, Brick by brick held a big season point advantage over The Purple Dragons coming into this one (1,653-1,303). But the trend wouldn't continue this week with The Purple Dragons earning a 145.67-81.75 win. Brick by brick nabbed a 0.10-point lead on Thursday, but The Purple Dragons held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Kyler Murray (25.57 points) and Clyde Edwards-Helaire (18.7). Teddy Bridgewater (179 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and Van Jefferson Jr. (10 Rush Yds, 58 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) were the leaders for Brick by brick in the loss. The Purple Dragons ends the season on a high note, but they'll miss the postseason with a record of 2-12. Brick by brick will also be home for the playoffs, finishing at 2-12.

Matchup Timeline

  The Purple Dragons   Brick by brick

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Fairbairn made both of his FG attempts as the Texans lost to the Seahawks 33-13. In doing so, he put up 9 points to scored 51.0% higher than his 5.96-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on The Purple Dragons this week. Next week, Fairbairn will battle the Jaguars.
Ka'imi Fairbairn

Top Player Comparison

The Purple Dragons
Points
% of total points 145.67
1
Kyler Murray
QB
25.57
31.63
17.6%
2
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
RB
18.7
12.7
12.8%
3
Allen Lazard
WR
18
7.1
12.4%
4
D'Onta Foreman
RB
14.5
10.08
10%
Brick by brick
Points
% of total points 81.75
1
Teddy Bridgewater
QB
19.21
29.04
23.5%
2
Van Jefferson Jr.
WR
13.9
9.91
17%
3
Brandon McManus
K
10
7.17
12.2%
4
Nick Chubb
RB
9.7
16.77
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Ka'imi Fairbairn had a 61-yard field goal for The Purple Dragons to contribute to a 75.30-20.30 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Brandon McManus had a 52-yard field goal for Brick by brick, who trailed 94.10-59.51 after the late action.
Monday
There were players with highlight-reel plays on both teams on Monday night. For The Purple Dragons, Kyler Murray had a 47-yard pass and a 41-yard pass. Van Jefferson Jr. made the highlight reel for Brick by brick with a 52-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  The Purple Dragons   Brick by brick

StatSmack

The Purple Dragons must have eaten their Wheaties this morning. They scored more points in this matchup (145.67) than their season average (93.07).
Brick by brick are making their mark - in the loss column that is. They've lost three in a row.
Well, there’s one stat in favor of Brick by brick - they’ve made more transactions (1) than The Purple Dragons (0) this week. That didn't seem to help them this time, though.
By position, The Purple Dragons have outscored Brick by brick at QB, WR, and TE this season.
The starters for The Purple Dragons had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for Brick by brick (2).
The Purple Dragons was able to get the win even though they had more players on a bye this week (5) than Brick by brick (3).
There's not much good to say about Brick by brick this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

The Purple Dragons
Identifying mismatches is a huge key to success in football. We really took that to heart this week by tripling Brick by brick at the wide receiver position (56.4 points to 18.34).
Brick by brick
It's entirely possible that Brick by brick would be a better GM in real football than in fantasy. Accumulating only eight targets as a group this past week, their five wide receivers apparently spent most of their games running decoy routes and blocking downfield.