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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Dirty Birds
10-5 73.6
133.16
 
VS
proj
Angel Zayola's Swell Team
69.44 8-7
126.22

Dirty Birds fall short of predictions, still manage to knock off Angel Zayola's Swell Team in 73.60-69.44 squeaker

Both teams failed to rise to the occasion, but Dirty Birds did enough to get the best of Angel Zayola's Swell Team, squeaking by for a 73.60-69.44 victory. It wasn't nearly as close as the final score indicates, as Dirty Birds led 64.50-25.70 heading into Monday night. Angel Zayola's Swell Team closed the gap behind Josh Jacobs (12.4 points) and Hunter Renfrow (6.2). Dirty Birds were led by Jimmy Garoppolo (235 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD) and Leonard Fournette (34 Rush Yds, 33 Rec Yds). This marks the second time this season Dirty Birds have knocked off Angel Zayola's Swell Team, after winning 119.72-111.44 in their last matchup. Dirty Birds will look to keep it going in the Championship next week, while Angel Zayola's Swell Team seek to bounce back and finish the season with a win in the 3rd Place game.

Matchup Timeline

  Dirty Birds   Angel Zayola's Swell Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While allowing 31 points and 346 yards against the Packers, the Ravens defense registered 2 points this week. Their scoring output was 36.4% of their 5.49-point projection and was lower than their 4.86-point season scoring average. The Ravens defense will face the Bengals next week.
The Baltimore Ravens defense

Top Player Comparison

Dirty Birds
Points
% of total points 73.6
1
Jimmy Garoppolo
QB
13.8
22.57
18.8%
2
Leonard Fournette
RB
13.7
17.2
18.6%
3
CeeDee Lamb
WR
11
16.87
14.9%
4
Terry McLaurin
WR
9.1
16.43
12.4%
Angel Zayola's Swell Team
Points
% of total points 69.44
1
Austin Ekeler
RB
18.2
15.85
26.2%
2
Aaron Jones
RB
15
18.13
21.6%
3
Josh Jacobs
RB
12.4
15.84
17.9%
4
Hunter Renfrow
WR
6.2
16.62
8.9%

Matchup Highlights

Points By Position

  Dirty Birds   Angel Zayola's Swell Team

Game Notes

Dirty Birds got the victory despite the fact that only one of their 10 starters scored higher than their point projections.
Angel Zayola's Swell Team had only one of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could've looked differently, as each team had a starter score zero points.
Austin Ekeler and Aaron Jones both outscored Jimmy Garoppolo, the leading scorer for Dirty Birds.
Both teams recorded their lowest scores of the season.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
Dirty Birds had the lowest winning score of the week.
The defeat puts an end to a two-game unbeaten streak for Angel Zayola's Swell Team.
Dirty Birds managed to earn the win, but failed to cover the 6.94-point projected margin of victory.
Dirty Birds moves to (2-2) in close games this season, while Angel Zayola's Swell Team falls to (1-1).
For Angel Zayola's Swell Team, Austin Ekeler scored 18.2 points, the second-highest score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

Dirty Birds
Hey, we do admire the confidence this past week, Dirty Birds. It takes real guts to deploy a starter with zero points (Ryan Succop), while still earning the win.
Angel Zayola's Swell Team
Yo, Angel Zayola's Swell Team, what did your receiving crew do to irk their quarterbacks this week? Seeing just 13 targets as a group in Week 15, our four starting pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) obviously need to get the attention of their respective signal-callers this week in practice.