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Week 17

Weekly
Grade
sally's Fabulous Team
10-7 139.8
92.03
 
VS
proj
Chad's Excellent Team
83.8 9-8
84.77

sally's Fabulous Team defy expectations, knock off Chad's Excellent Team in 139.8-83.8 landslide

sally's Fabulous Team brought their A game and outperformed expectations, rolling to a 139.8-83.8 victory over Chad's Excellent Team, who fell short of projections. sally's Fabulous Team nabbed a 17.1-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Ja'Marr Chase (50.1 points) and the New England Patriots defense (12) and never let it go. Deebo Samuel (15.7 points) and Justin Tucker (15) carried the flag for Chad's Excellent Team in the loss. This marks the first time this season sally's Fabulous Team have gotten the best of Chad's Excellent Team, after falling 136.52-88.4 in their last matchup. sally's Fabulous Team end the season at 10-7, while Chad's Excellent Team finish the campaign at 9-8.

Matchup Timeline

  sally's Fabulous Team   Chad's Excellent Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

In a 34-31 win over the Chiefs, Chase scored 50.1 points to nearly quadruple his 12.63-point projection. He caught 11 passes for 266 yards and 3 touchdowns to beat his projection by the third-highest percentage of any player in the league this season.
Ja'Marr Chase

Top Player Comparison

sally's Fabulous Team
Points
% of total points 139.8
1
Ja'Marr Chase
WR
50.1
12.63
35.8%
2
Najee Harris
RB
28.1
16.99
20.1%
3
Eli Mitchell
RB
20
12.19
14.3%
4
Matt Prater
K
15
8.09
10.7%
Chad's Excellent Team
Points
% of total points 83.8
1
Deebo Samuel
WR
15.7
16.25
18.7%
2
Justin Tucker
K
15
8.54
17.9%
3
The Los Angeles Chargers defense
DEF
13
7.42
15.5%
4
Joe Mixon
RB
12.1
15.61
14.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Ja'Marr Chase had a 72-yard touchdown catch and a 69-yard touchdown catch for sally's Fabulous Team to contribute to a 62.1-45.0 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays on Sunday afternoon, after which sally's Fabulous Team emerged with a 111.7-73.7 lead. For sally's Fabulous Team, Matt Prater had a 53-yard field goal. Deebo Samuel made the highlight reel for Chad's Excellent Team with a 45-yard touchdown catch.
Monday
Najee Harris had a 37-yard touchdown run for sally's Fabulous Team during Monday Night Football, helping to increase the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  sally's Fabulous Team   Chad's Excellent Team
Standings Update
Well, that's a wrap for the season. Let's take one last look at where these teams finished up before looking ahead to next year.
sally's Fabulous Team
sally's Fabulous Team completed the regular season 4th in the standings after averaging 99.1 points per game, 4th-best in the league.
Important Players
Najee Harris
MVP
1172 Rush Yds, 7 Rush TDs, 440 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Lamar Jackson
Best Drafted
2882 Pass Yds, 16 Pass TDs, 767 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Mike Williams
Best Acquisition
67 Rec, 1027 Rec Yds, 8 Rec TDs
Chad's Excellent Team
Chad's Excellent Team ended the season with the league's 3rd-highest points average (101.0 ppg), placing them 3rd in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Kirk Cousins
MVP
3971 Pass Yds, 30 Pass TDs, 116 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD
Joe Mixon
Best Drafted
1205 Rush Yds, 13 Rush TDs, 314 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Devin Singletary
Best Acquisition
782 Rush Yds, 6 Rush TDs, 204 Rec Yds

Game Notes

Only four of the nine starters on sally's Fabulous Team exceeded their projected scoring totals.
Chad's Excellent Team had only four of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could have looked differently, as sally's Fabulous Team had two starters score zero points, while Chad's Excellent Team had two.
Ja'Marr Chase, Najee Harris, and Eli Mitchell all scored more points than Deebo Samuel, the leading scorer for Chad's Excellent Team.
sally's Fabulous Team put up more points than their season scoring average (99.06) while Chad's Excellent Team fell short of theirs (101.01).
sally's Fabulous Team put up more points than their projected total, while Chad's Excellent Team failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 56-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
The defeat puts an end to a two-game winning streak for Chad's Excellent Team.
Not only did sally's Fabulous Team win, but they also easily covered the 7.25-point projected margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, sally's Fabulous Team moves to (7-6), while Chad's Excellent Team falls to (5-3).
Despite the loss, Deebo Samuel (15.7 points) recorded the fifth-highest score for a wideout this week.