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Week 14

Weekly
Grade
Keep Firing @ssholes!!
10-4 994
845.41
 
VS
proj
Mario's Mind-Blowing Team
423.5 7-7
433.74

Keep Firing @ssholes!! beat Mario's Mind-Blowing Team for third straight win in 994.0-423.5 rout

Keep Firing @ssholes!! extended their win streak to three games with an easy victory over Mario's Mind-Blowing Team, rolling to a 994.0-423.5 win. It didn't take long to figure out who would have the advantage in the matchup, as Keep Firing @ssholes!! grabbed a 612.6-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind outstanding performances from Mark Andrews and Taysom Hill. Andrews caught 11 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown for 184 points, while Hill passed for 175 yards and ran for 73 yards and 2 touchdowns (170.6 points). Davante Adams (196 points) and Matt Ryan (61.3) led the charge for Mario's Mind-Blowing Team in defeat. This marks the first time this season Keep Firing @ssholes!! have beaten Mario's Mind-Blowing Team, after falling 891.6-837.9 in their last matchup. Keep Firing @ssholes!! (10-4) will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs, while Mario's Mind-Blowing Team (7-7) will attempt to bounce back and make a run of their own in the postseason.

Matchup Timeline

  Keep Firing @ssholes!!   Mario's Mind-Blowing Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Andrews scored 184 points in a 24-22 loss to the Browns to more-than-double his 65.72-point projection. He caught 11 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the fifth-highest percentage of any TE in the league this season. Next week, Andrews will go up against the Packers.
Mark Andrews

Top Player Comparison

Keep Firing @ssholes!!
Points
% of total points 994
1
Mark Andrews
TE
184
65.72
18.5%
2
Taysom Hill
QB
170.6
130.34
17.2%
3
Patrick Mahomes
QB
128
115.46
12.9%
4
Austin Ekeler
RB
108.2
125.47
10.9%
Mario's Mind-Blowing Team
Points
% of total points 423.5
1
Davante Adams
WR
196
105.19
46.3%
2
Matt Ryan
QB
61.3
92.05
14.5%
3
Zach Ertz
TE
49
49.81
11.6%
4
Antonio Gibson
RB
44
127.52
10.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel moments for both teams early Sunday, after which Keep Firing @ssholes!! boasted a 750.1-137.5 lead. Patrick Mahomes had a 23-yard touchdown pass and a 44-yard pass for Keep Firing @ssholes!!, while Taysom Hill had a 44-yard touchdown run. Harrison Butker made the highlight reel for Mario's Mind-Blowing Team with a 54-yard field goal.
Sunday Night
Davante Adams had a 38-yard touchdown catch for Mario's Mind-Blowing Team, who trailed 858.3-333.5 after Sunday night.
Monday
Van Jefferson Jr. had a 52-yard touchdown catch for Keep Firing @ssholes!!, while Matt Gay had a 55-yard field goal during Monday Night Football, helping to pad the margin of victory for Keep Firing @ssholes!!.

Points By Position

  Keep Firing @ssholes!!   Mario's Mind-Blowing Team

StatSmack

Get on their level! Keep Firing @ssholes!! have won three straight weeks, while Mario's Mind-Blowing Team have dropped their last three.
We heard scoring helps you win. Keep Firing @ssholes!! are doing a better job of that, averaging 923.01 versus Mario's Mind-Blowing Team's 802.65.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. Keep Firing @ssholes!! (10-4) have a better record than Mario's Mind-Blowing Team (7-7).
Even the computers think Keep Firing @ssholes!! have better players. They have a higher projected points average (835.7) than Mario's Mind-Blowing Team (732.8).
You can't win if you leave points on the bench. Mario's Mind-Blowing Team has left more points on the bench this season (5,329.4) than Keep Firing @ssholes!! (4,344.7).
Once Keep Firing @ssholes!! put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than Mario's Mind-Blowing Team (4 vs 1).
Keep Firing @ssholes!! should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more matchups than Mario's Mind-Blowing Team (10 vs 9).
By position, Keep Firing @ssholes!! have outscored Mario's Mind-Blowing Team at QB, TE, K, and DEF this season.
Keep Firing @ssholes!! don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 187 points, third-highest in the league.
The starters for Keep Firing @ssholes!! had more big plays in their NFL games this week (5) than the starters for Mario's Mind-Blowing Team (2).
Don't worry Mario's Mind-Blowing Team, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

Coach Talk

Keep Firing @ssholes!!
The key to success in football is creating mismatches. In addition to dominating Mario's Mind-Blowing Team at RB (199.5 points to 44), we also utterly dominated them at QB (298.6 to 61.3).
Mario's Mind-Blowing Team
With just two catches this past week, the starting RBs for Mario's Mind-Blowing Team should remind their quarterbacks to get them more involved (and dial up a screen play or two).