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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Keep Firing @ssholes!!
8-4 960.4
732.52
 
VS
proj
Dark Helmet 5-6
912 5-7
817.77

Keep Firing @ssholes!! beat projections, come back to defeat Dark Helmet 5-6, 960.4-912.0

Both teams showed up and outperformed their projected point totals, but Keep Firing @ssholes!! got the best of Dark Helmet 5-6. Predicted to lose 817.8-732.5, Keep Firing @ssholes!! rallied for a 960.4-912.0 victory over Dark Helmet 5-6. Keep Firing @ssholes!! trailed 912.0-736.8 heading into Sunday night, but the team came storming back behind Mark Andrews (87 points) and Devonta Freeman (76.6). Darnell Mooney (185.1 points) and Justin Herbert (171.8) were the top performers for Dark Helmet 5-6 in the loss. This marks the second time this season Keep Firing @ssholes!! have knocked off Dark Helmet 5-6, after winning 1,110.3-769.3 in their last matchup. Keep Firing @ssholes!! (8-4) will look to notch another win against Excellence of Execution, while Dark Helmet 5-6 (5-7) will try to right the ship against Mario's Mind-Blowing Team.

Matchup Timeline

  Keep Firing @ssholes!!   Dark Helmet 5-6

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Jefferson Jr. (3 Rec, 93 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 138 points in a 36-28 lost to the Packers in Week 12. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 63.82-point projection and was much higher than his 63.25-point season scoring average. Jefferson Jr. will face the Jaguars next week.
Van Jefferson Jr.

Top Player Comparison

Keep Firing @ssholes!!
Points
% of total points 960.4
1
Derek Carr
QB
179.2
93.68
18.7%
2
Van Jefferson Jr.
WR
138
63.82
14.4%
3
Austin Ekeler
RB
126.2
124.82
13.1%
4
Trevor Lawrence
QB
119.4
98.52
12.4%
Dark Helmet 5-6
Points
% of total points 912
1
Darnell Mooney
WR
185.1
85.58
20.3%
2
Justin Herbert
QB
171.8
118.62
18.8%
3
Dak Prescott
QB
163.3
116.48
17.9%
4
Dalvin Cook
RB
123
130.23
13.5%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
There were players with highlight-reel moments on both teams on Thursday, but after all the plays were accounted for, Dark Helmet 5-6 became the proud owner of a 467.2-212.2 lead. For Keep Firing @ssholes!!, Derek Carr had a 56-yard touchdown pass and a 54-yard pass. Dak Prescott had a 32-yard touchdown pass and a 51-yard pass for Dark Helmet 5-6, while Darnell Mooney had a 52-yard catch.
Sunday Early
Chase Claypool had a 41-yard catch for Keep Firing @ssholes!!, who trailed 617.2-449.6 after the early games.
Sunday Late
Van Jefferson Jr. had a 79-yard touchdown catch for Keep Firing @ssholes!!, who trailed 912.0-736.8 after the late round of games.

Points By Position

  Keep Firing @ssholes!!   Dark Helmet 5-6

What If

Keep Firing @ssholes!! would have beaten nine other teams besides Dark Helmet 5-6 this week.
Dark Helmet 5-6 would have lost to just two other teams besides Keep Firing @ssholes!! this week.
If they played Dark Helmet 5-6 every week, Keep Firing @ssholes!! would be 9-3 this season.
Had they played each other last week, Dark Helmet 5-6 would have defeated Keep Firing @ssholes!! 1,079.2-745.7.
Keep Firing @ssholes!! would be 7-3 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Dark Helmet 5-6.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Keep Firing @ssholes!!, Dark Helmet 5-6 would be 6-4.
If Keep Firing @ssholes!! had played every team in the league each week, they would be 96-36.
If they played every team every week, Dark Helmet 5-6 would be 75-57.

Next Week Preview

Dark Helmet 5-6
Looking ahead to Week 13, eighth-place Dark Helmet 5-6 (5-7) will look to get back in the win column against fifth-place Mario's Mind-Blowing Team (7-5). Each side has a pair of players on bye next week, as Cam Newton and Julio Jones are off for Dark Helmet 5-6 and Davante Adams and Christian McCaffrey for Mario's Mind-Blowing Team.
Keep Firing @ssholes!!
In a matchup that showcases teams separated by just a game in the standings, Keep Firing @ssholes!! (8-4) take on Excellence of Execution (9-3) in Week 13. After 12 weeks of action, Keep Firing @ssholes!! have accumulated the first-most points in the league while Excellence of Execution (and their 819.87 points per game) are ranked seventh. Over the last three weeks, Keep Firing @ssholes!! have put up 898.47 points per game, while Excellence of Execution have averaged just 609.93 per contest.