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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Mean Machine
9-7 163.4
189.37
 
VS
proj
The Firing Squad
150.5 9-7
156.42

Mean Machine fall short of predictions, still manage to knock off The Firing Squad, 163.4-150.5

There's no way around it, Mean Machine dropped the ball, at least based on projections. Still, they secured a 163.4-150.5 win over The Firing Squad. The Firing Squad grabbed a 16.2-point lead on Thursday, but Mean Machine held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Tom Brady, who passed for 232 yards and a touchdown and ran for 11 yards for 31.9 points, and the Kansas City Chiefs defense, who allowed only 10 points, surrendered 303 yards, and forced 3 turnovers (25.8 points). Josh Allen (61.1 points) and Cooper Kupp (21.3) did everything they could for The Firing Squad in the loss. This marks the second time this season Mean Machine have beaten The Firing Squad, after winning 258.45-201.05 in their last matchup. Mean Machine improve to 9-7 for the season, while The Firing Squad fall to 9-7.

Matchup Timeline

  Mean Machine   The Firing Squad

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

With 12 points, Joseph scored 47.2% more than his 8.15-point projection as the Vikings lost to the Rams 30-23. He made all 3 of his FG attempts to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Mean Machine this week. Next week, Joseph will square off against the Packers.
Greg Joseph

Top Player Comparison

Mean Machine
Points
% of total points 163.4
1
Tom Brady
QB
31.9
43.79
19.5%
2
The Kansas City Chiefs defense
DEF
25.8
31.72
15.8%
3
Antonio Brown
WR
23.1
17.18
14.1%
4
Alexander Mattison
RB
21.5
23.69
13.2%
The Firing Squad
Points
% of total points 150.5
1
Josh Allen
QB
61.1
44.28
40.6%
2
Cooper Kupp
WR
21.3
26.56
14.2%
3
Brandon Aiyuk
WR
16.2
15.64
10.8%
4
The Houston Texans defense
DEF
15
16.24
10%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tom Brady had a 62-yard pass for Mean Machine, who trailed 140.1-88.5 after the early action.

Points By Position

  Mean Machine   The Firing Squad

What If

Mean Machine would have beaten four other teams besides The Firing Squad this week.
The Firing Squad would have lost to just three other teams besides Mean Machine this week.
Mean Machine would be 8-8 if they played The Firing Squad every week.
Mean Machine would be 10-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Firing Squad.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Mean Machine, The Firing Squad would be 7-7.
If Mean Machine had played every team in the league each week, they would be 111-56-1.
If they played every team every week, The Firing Squad would be 110-58.

Coach Talk

Mean Machine
You know, the key to football is finding the mismatches. We really emphasized that by royally dominating The Firing Squad at running back this past week (37.3 points to 10.1).
The Firing Squad
Posting just three targets this past week, it appears that the starting running backs for The Firing Squad should investigate why their quarterbacks are giving them the silent treatment.