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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
BerniesBandits
7-5 195.25
194.55
 
VS
proj
Mean Machine
147.6 6-6
153.08

BerniesBandits hand Mean Machine fourth straight loss, 195.25-147.60

BerniesBandits earned a 195.25-147.60 win to hand Mean Machine their fourth consecutive loss. BerniesBandits never trailed in this one after taking a 4.80-point lead on Thursday behind the Chicago Bears defense (23.8 points) and Tyler Bass (7). Antonio Gibson (111 Rush Yds, 35 Rec Yds) and Tom Brady (226 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD) carried the flag for Mean Machine in the loss. This marks the second time this season BerniesBandits have gotten the best of Mean Machine, after winning 191.7-164.7 in their last matchup. BerniesBandits (7-5) will look to keep it rolling against Mean Machine, while Mean Machine (6-6) face off against BerniesBandits in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  BerniesBandits   Mean Machine

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Fournette racked up 131 yards from scrimmage and scored 4 touchdowns as the Buccaneers beat the Colts 38-31. In doing so, he put up 50.6 points and more-than-doubled his scoring projection, the fourth-highest percent increase of any RB in the league this season. In Week 13, Fournette and the Buccaneers will square off against the Falcons.
Leonard Fournette

Top Player Comparison

BerniesBandits
Points
% of total points 195.25
1
Leonard Fournette
RB
50.6
21.66
25.9%
2
Russell Wilson
QB
37.75
41.51
19.3%
3
Cordarrelle Patterson
RB
33.5
21.07
17.2%
4
The Chicago Bears defense
DEF
23.8
35.61
12.2%
Mean Machine
Points
% of total points 147.6
1
Antonio Gibson
RB
29.1
19.29
19.7%
2
Tom Brady
QB
27.1
43.67
18.4%
3
Hunter Renfrow
WR
26
14.31
17.6%
4
The Indianapolis Colts defense
DEF
24.4
26.33
16.5%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Hunter Renfrow had a 54-yard catch for Mean Machine for the team, who trailed 30.80-26.00 after Thanksgiving Day.
Sunday Early
Leonard Fournette had a 28-yard touchdown run for BerniesBandits, contributing to a 139.70-89.50 lead for the team.
Monday
Russell Wilson had a 32-yard touchdown pass and a 55-yard pass for BerniesBandits on Monday night en route to the win for the team.

Points By Position

  BerniesBandits   Mean Machine

Game Notes

BerniesBandits won despite the fact that only three of their nine starting players scored higher than their projected point totals.
Mean Machine had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Leonard Fournette, Russell Wilson, and Cordarrelle Patterson all scored more points than Antonio Gibson, the leading scorer for Mean Machine.
BerniesBandits put up more points than their season scoring average (160.9) while Mean Machine fell short of theirs (186.42).
BerniesBandits put up more points than their projected total, while Mean Machine fell shy of their projection.
The win concludes a streak of two consecutive losses for BerniesBandits.
Not only did BerniesBandits win, but they also covered the 41.47-point predicted margin of victory.
Despite the loss, Antonio Gibson (29.1 points) recorded the fourth-highest score for a RB this week.

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