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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Awesomeness Defending Champion
8-8 127.5
107.07
 
VS
proj
Flying butt monkeys
88.46 8-8
102.15

Awesomeness Defending Champion smirk at projections, knock off Flying butt monkeys in 127.50-88.46 blowout

Awesomeness Defending Champion beat their projected point total, cruising to a 127.50-88.46 win over Flying butt monkeys, who fell short of projections. Flying butt monkeys jumped out to a 22.50-point lead on Thursday behind A.J. Brown, who caught 11 passes for 145 yards and a touchdown. But Awesomeness Defending Champion held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Joe Burrow (47.1 points) and Rashaad Penny (21.5). This marks the second time this season Awesomeness Defending Champion have taken down Flying butt monkeys, after falling 123.68-103.2 in their last matchup. Awesomeness Defending Champion improve to 8-8 for the season, while Flying butt monkeys fall to 8-8.

Matchup Timeline

  Awesomeness Defending Champion   Flying butt monkeys

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Ravens in Week 16, Burrow passed for 525 yards and 4 touchdowns and ran for 11 yards. In doing so, he put up 47.1 points to scored 83.4% higher than his 25.68-point projection, the third-highest percentage of any QB in the league this season. In Week 17, Burrow and the Bengals will square off against the Chiefs.
Joe Burrow

Top Player Comparison

Awesomeness Defending Champion
Points
% of total points 127.5
1
Joe Burrow
QB
47.1
25.68
36.9%
2
Rashaad Penny
RB
21.5
10.71
16.9%
3
Josh Jacobs
RB
14.4
12.78
11.3%
4
Justin Jefferson
WR
13.6
13.21
10.7%
Flying butt monkeys
Points
% of total points 88.46
1
A.J. Brown
WR
22.5
10.21
25.4%
2
Alexander Mattison
RB
13
14.24
14.7%
3
Greg Joseph
K
12
8.4
13.6%
4
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
11.36
22.56
12.8%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
A.J. Brown had a 42-yard catch for Flying butt monkeys, helping give Flying butt monkeys a 22.50-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Joe Burrow had a 68-yard touchdown pass and a 52-yard pass for Awesomeness Defending Champion to contribute to a 75.50-53.90 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
DK Metcalf had a 41-yard touchdown catch for Awesomeness Defending Champion, helping the team to a 127.50-88.46 lead.

Points By Position

  Awesomeness Defending Champion   Flying butt monkeys

Game Notes

Six of the nine starters on Awesomeness Defending Champion scored higher than their projected point totals.
Flying butt monkeys had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Awesomeness Defending Champion won despite starting Melvin Gordon III, who scored zero points.
Awesomeness Defending Champion put up more points than their season scoring average (101.14) while Flying butt monkeys fell short of theirs (92.44).
Awesomeness Defending Champion put up more points than their projected total, while Flying butt monkeys fell short of their projection.
This defeat concludes a four-game winning streak for Flying butt monkeys.
Not only did Awesomeness Defending Champion get the win, but they also easily covered the 4.92-point predicted margin of victory.
In blowout games this year, Awesomeness Defending Champion moves to (5-4), while Flying butt monkeys falls to (4-3).
A bright spot in the defeat, A.J. Brown recorded 22.5 points, the third-best score for a WR this week.

Coach Talk

Awesomeness Defending Champion
Hey, this sport is all about creating and exploiting the mismatches, right? Fueled by a solid showing from Joe Burrow, we quadrupled Flying butt monkeys at the quarterback position this past week (47.1 points to 11.36). Burrow orchestrated a big victory over the Ravens, going 37-of-46 for 525 yards and four passing TDs.
Flying butt monkeys
Recording four receptions on only five targets this past week, it appears that the starting RBs for Flying butt monkeys should work to smooth things over with their QBs... and remind them to check down more frequently.