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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Chubby Kupp
7-8 99.12
92.76
 
VS
proj
bigearv14's Fabulous Team
74.72 5-10
76.81

Unable to overcome starter's goose egg, bigearv14's Fabulous Team fall to Chubby Kupp in 99.12-74.72 rout

Hampered by a goose egg from Tony Jones Jr., bigearv14's Fabulous Team were unable to overcome Chubby Kupp, which cruised to a 99.12-74.72 win. bigearv14's Fabulous Team nabbed a 15.32-point lead on Thursday behind Geno Smith, who passed for 238 yards and a touchdown and ran for 18 yards. But Chubby Kupp held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Jerick McKinnon (52 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 70 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Ezekiel Elliott (58 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 13 Rec Yds). This marks the second time this season Chubby Kupp have gotten the best of bigearv14's Fabulous Team, after winning 73.92-59.62 in their last matchup. Chubby Kupp improve to 7-8 for the season, while bigearv14's Fabulous Team fall to 5-10.

Matchup Timeline

  Chubby Kupp   bigearv14's Fabulous Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 3 passes for 41 yards and a touchdown against the Colts, Thielen scored 11.6 points this week. His scoring output was 10.2% more than his 10.53-point projection and was higher than his 8.91-point season scoring average. Thielen ranks #85 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Giants next week.
Adam Thielen

Top Player Comparison

Chubby Kupp
Points
% of total points 99.12
1
Jerick McKinnon
RB
30.2
11.93
30.5%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
14.1
12.35
14.2%
3
Christian Kirk
WR
12.2
11.53
12.3%
4
Adam Thielen
WR
11.6
10.53
11.7%
bigearv14's Fabulous Team
Points
% of total points 74.72
1
Chris Godwin
WR
18.3
12.25
24.5%
2
DJ Moore
WR
15.8
8.95
21.1%
3
Geno Smith
QB
15.32
18.09
20.5%
4
Jerry Jeudy
WR
11.1
11.62
14.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Jerick McKinnon had a 26-yard touchdown run and a 20-yard touchdown catch for Chubby Kupp, helping the team to a 78.00-43.42 lead.

Points By Position

  Chubby Kupp   bigearv14's Fabulous Team

Game Notes

Five of the eight starting players on Chubby Kupp scored higher than their projected point totals.
bigearv14's Fabulous Team had only two of their eight starters score higher than their projected points.
bigearv14's Fabulous Team can partially blame the loss on Tony Jones Jr., who didn't score any points.
Chubby Kupp put up more points than their season scoring average (96.9) while bigearv14's Fabulous Team fell short of theirs (77.27).
Chubby Kupp scored more points than their projected total, while bigearv14's Fabulous Team failed to reach their projection.
The victory concludes a streak of five consecutive losses for Chubby Kupp.
Not only did Chubby Kupp get the win, but they also covered the 15.95-point projected margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, Chubby Kupp moves to (3-4), while bigearv14's Fabulous Team falls to (0-4).
On the losing side, Chris Godwin recorded 18.3 points, the second-best score for a WR this week.

Coach Talk

Chubby Kupp
Nice job, Chubby Kupp. Fielding a lineup that won by over 24 points this past week.
bigearv14's Fabulous Team
Fortunately, bigearv14's Fabulous Team, Week 15's problem isn't exactly a brain teaser. Starting Tony Jones Jr. in a fantasy matchup where your opponent put up over 99 points... let's use this as a learning experience and all agree that it's not going to happen again?