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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Damarris Murphy's Bold Team
10-6 88.12
94.03
 
VS
proj
E
80.8 10-6
87.23

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.

Matchup Timeline

  Damarris Murphy's Bold Team   E

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

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.
DeVonta Smith

Top Player Comparison

Damarris Murphy's Bold Team
Points
% of total points 88.12
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
22.32
25.31
25.3%
2
Sony Michel
RB
20
10.71
22.7%
3
DeVonta Smith
WR
16.5
11.05
18.7%
4
Michael Badgley
K
9
8.95
10.2%
E
Points
% of total points 80.8
1
Deebo Samuel
WR
23.6
12.94
29.2%
2
Dalton Schultz
TE
18.2
10.36
22.5%
3
Cooper Kupp
WR
16.3
20.06
20.2%
4
Aaron Jones
RB
11.2
14.82
13.9%

Matchup Highlights

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.

Points By Position

  Damarris Murphy's Bold Team   E

StatSmack

Damarris Murphy's Bold Team laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (2) than E (0).
Damarris Murphy's Bold Team are clutch masters, with more close wins than E (2 vs 1).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of E - they’ve made more transactions (1) than Damarris Murphy's Bold Team (0) this week. Too bad they couldn't transact a win.
By position, Damarris Murphy's Bold Team have outscored E at QB, TE, and DEF this season.
The starters for Damarris Murphy's Bold Team had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for E (1).
Hey E, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

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.