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Week 14

Weekly
Grade
Can I Haz Touchdown?
8-6 90
103.85
 
VS
proj
Hakuna Matata
80.5 6-8
90.3

Can I Haz Touchdown? come back to defeat Hakuna Matata 90.0-80.5

Both teams failed to rise to the occasion, coming up short of projections, but Can I Haz Touchdown? did enough to get the best of Hakuna Matata, coming back for a 90.0-80.5 win. Despite trailing 69.5-45.0 heading into Sunday night, Can I Haz Touchdown? charged back behind Austin Ekeler, who racked up 104 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown for 16 points. DJ Chark Jr. (6 Rec, 94 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Josh Jacobs (99 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 15 Rec Yds) led the charge for Hakuna Matata in the loss. This marks the second time this season Can I Haz Touchdown? have gotten the best of Hakuna Matata, after winning 100.5-89 in their last matchup. Can I Haz Touchdown? (8-6) will look to sustain their winning ways against The Klingons, while Hakuna Matata (6-8) face London Gentlemen in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Can I Haz Touchdown?   Hakuna Matata

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Lions in Week 14, Thielen scored 11 points to beat his 8.12-point projection. He caught 7 passes for 65 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Can I Haz Touchdown? this week. Next week, Thielen will go up against the Colts.
Adam Thielen

Top Player Comparison

Can I Haz Touchdown?
Points
% of total points 90
1
Austin Ekeler
RB
16
13.19
17.8%
2
QB
11
10.25
12.2%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
11
8.12
12.2%
4
WR
10
7.8
11.1%
Hakuna Matata
Points
% of total points 80.5
1
DJ Chark Jr.
WR
12
4.31
14.9%
2
Josh Jacobs
RB
11
10.43
13.7%
3
Josh Allen
QB
9.5
10.41
11.8%
4
Greg Rousseau
DE
9
3.55
11.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments early Sunday, after which Hakuna Matata had a 65.5-27.0 lead. For Can I Haz Touchdown?, Adam Thielen had a 23-yard touchdown catch. DJ Chark Jr. had a 48-yard touchdown catch for Hakuna Matata, while Josh Allen had a 24-yard touchdown pass.

Points By Position

  Can I Haz Touchdown?   Hakuna Matata

Game Notes

Can I Haz Touchdown? had six of their 12 starters exceed their projected point totals.
Hakuna Matata had only three of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
Can I Haz Touchdown? won despite starting Jeffery Simmons, who scored zero points.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
The matchup's 9.5-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Can I Haz Touchdown?. They got the win, but failed to cover the 13.55-point projected margin of victory.
Can I Haz Touchdown? moves to (2-3) in comeback games this season, while Hakuna Matata falls to (0-2).
Despite the loss, DJ Chark Jr. (12 points) recorded the fourth-best score for a WR this week.

Coach Talk

Can I Haz Touchdown?
Listen Can I Haz Touchdown?, the good news is that we won this matchup by 9.5 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even stronger than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through Week 13 stood at 95.85. So while we're happy to have gotten this victory, let's "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Hakuna Matata
Hey now, talk about under-utilized. The starting RBs for Hakuna Matata collectively logged just a pair of targets this past week. Tell those quarterbacks to check down a little more often in Week 15!