Despite top scorer Samuel, E fall to Damarris Murphy's Bold Team, 88.12-80.80
E had the premier scorer in the matchup with WR Deebo Samuel accumulating 23.6 points, the seventh-best total in the league this week, but it wasn't enough to overcome Damarris Murphy's Bold Team, who came out on top with an 88.12-80.80 victory. E leapt out to a 20.50-point lead on Thursday behind 23.6 points from Deebo Samuel, who racked up 191 yards from scrimmage . But Damarris Murphy's Bold Team held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Patrick Mahomes, who passed for 258 yards and 3 touchdowns for 22.32 points, and Sony Michel, who ran for 131 yards and a touchdown (20 points). This marks the first time this season Damarris Murphy's Bold Team have knocked off E, after falling 131.98-99.44 in their last matchup.
Against the Giants in Week 16, Smith caught 5 passes for 80 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 16.5 points and scored 49.3% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Damarris Murphy's Bold Team this week. Smith will go up against the Football Team next week.
Thursday
Deebo Samuel had a 56-yard catch for E, helping E to a 23.60-3.10 lead.
Sunday Early
DeVonta Smith had a 46-yard catch for Damarris Murphy's Bold Team, who trailed 62.60-59.70 after the early round of games.
Sunday Late
Patrick Mahomes had a 50-yard pass for Damarris Murphy's Bold Team, contributing to an 88.12-62.60 lead for the team.
Damarris Murphy's Bold Team
Solid job living up to that squad nickname! With a winning margin of 7.32 points this past week, the manager of Damarris Murphy's Bold Team assembled a starting roster that was quite bold, indeed.
E
Luckily, Week 16's problem was pretty easy to spot, E. Choosing to start D'Andre Swift and Tyler Huntley in a fantasy matchup where your opposition tallied over 88 points... we'll all just put this behind us and move on.