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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Spoon
4-8 89
78.59
 
VS
proj
Assimilate THIS
75 6-6
92.23

Back-and-forth battle ends with Spoon coming back to defeat Assimilate THIS, 89.0-75.0

What a thriller! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring four lead changes, Spoon earned a come-from-behind victory over Assimilate THIS, staging a comeback for an 89.0-75.0 win. After trailing 74.0-73.0 heading into Monday night, Spoon roared back behind Jonathan Taylor (86 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 12 Rec Yds) and Bobby Okereke (6 Tackles). Jalen Hurts (153 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 157 Rush Yds) and DK Metcalf (11 Rec, 90 Rec Yds) were the leading scorers for Assimilate THIS in the loss. Spoon (4-8) will look to get another W against Can I Haz Touchdown?, while Assimilate THIS (6-6) face off against London Gentlemen in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Spoon   Assimilate THIS

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While making all 4 of his FG attempts against the Vikings, Folk scored 15 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 7.2-point projection and was much higher than his 8.5-point season scoring average. Folk ranks #84 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Bills next week.
Nick Folk

Top Player Comparison

Spoon
Points
% of total points 89
1
Nick Folk
K
15
7.2
16.9%
2
Kenneth Walker III
RB
14
9.54
15.7%
3
Jonathan Taylor
RB
12
9.81
13.5%
4
Kirk Cousins
QB
10.5
6.7
11.8%
Assimilate THIS
Points
% of total points 75
1
Jalen Hurts
QB
15
10.86
20%
2
DK Metcalf
WR
13
7.19
17.3%
3
Amari Cooper
WR
9
7.25
12%
4
Tyreek Hill
WR
8
11.84
10.7%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Michael Badgley had a 51-yard field goal for Assimilate THIS for the team, who trailed 30.5-18.0 after the first games of the week.
Sunday Early
Amari Cooper had a 45-yard catch for Assimilate THIS, helping the team to a 41.0-35.5 lead.
Sunday Night
Jalen Hurts had a 30-yard touchdown pass and a 42-yard run for Assimilate THIS, helping the team to a 74.0-73.0 lead.

Points By Position

  Spoon   Assimilate THIS

Game Notes

Half of the starters on Spoon scored higher than their projected point totals.
Assimilate THIS had only four of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
Spoon put up more points than their season scoring average (73.17) while Assimilate THIS fell short of theirs (87.83).
Spoon recorded more points than their projected total, while Assimilate THIS fell short of their projection.
The victory ends a streak of three consecutive losses for Spoon.
Spoon moves to (3-0) in upset games this season, while Assimilate THIS falls to (1-2).
In a losing effort, Jalen Hurts (15 points) recorded the highest score for a quarterback this week.

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