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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
El Diablo
9-7 90.8
73.25
 
VS
proj
Emmuh's Expert Team
74.8 6-10
83.03

El Diablo outperform predictions, earn win over Emmuh's Expert Team, 90.8-74.8

El Diablo rose to the occasion and exceeded expectations, earning a 90.8-74.8 win over Emmuh's Expert Team, who fell short of projections. Emmuh's Expert Team grabbed a 14.8-point lead on Saturday behind Tee Higgins (22.8 points) and Robbie Gould (13), but El Diablo held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Austin Ekeler (67 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 12 Rec Yds) and Matt Gay (3-3 FG, 55 long, 6-6 XP). Tee Higgins (8 Rec, 128 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Robbie Gould (3-3 FG, 35 long, 4-4 XP) carried the flag for Emmuh's Expert Team in the loss. This marks the second time this season El Diablo have knocked off Emmuh's Expert Team, after falling 102.5-93.04 in their last matchup. El Diablo improve to 9-7 for the season, while Emmuh's Expert Team fall to 6-10.

Matchup Timeline

  El Diablo   Emmuh's Expert Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Broncos in Week 16, Gay scored 19 points to more-than-double his 7.7-point projection. He made all 3 of his FG attempts to beat his projection by the third-highest percentage of any K in the league this season. In Week 17, Gay and the Rams will square off against the Chargers.
Matt Gay

Top Player Comparison

El Diablo
Points
% of total points 90.8
1
Austin Ekeler
RB
21.9
16.69
24.1%
2
Matt Gay
K
19
7.7
20.9%
3
Curtis Samuel
WR
13.9
5.89
15.3%
4
A.J. Brown
WR
13.3
14.1
14.6%
Emmuh's Expert Team
Points
% of total points 74.8
1
Tee Higgins
WR
22.8
11.38
30.5%
2
Robbie Gould
K
13
7.79
17.4%
3
Najee Harris
RB
12.5
11.17
16.7%
4
David Montgomery
RB
8.4
9.85
11.2%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Curtis Samuel had a 20-yard touchdown catch for El Diablo, while A.J. Brown had a 48-yard catch for the team, who trailed 60.3-45.5 after Saturday's games.
Sunday Late
Matt Gay had a 55-yard field goal and a 53-yard field goal for El Diablo, helping the team to a 68.9-60.3 lead.

Points By Position

  El Diablo   Emmuh's Expert Team

Game Notes

El Diablo had five of their nine starters score higher than their projected point totals.
Emmuh's Expert Team had only four of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could have looked differently, as El Diablo had two starters score zero points, while Emmuh's Expert Team had two.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
El Diablo put up more points than their projected total, while Emmuh's Expert Team fell shy of their projection.
In upset games this year, El Diablo moves to (2-0), while Emmuh's Expert Team falls to (0-1).
For Emmuh's Expert Team, Tee Higgins scored 22.8 points, the second-best score for a wideout this week.

Coach Talk

El Diablo
Listen, El Diablo, we do certainly respect the confidence. It takes real guts to roll out, not one, but TWO players with zero points (Darrell Henderson Jr. and Lamar Jackson), while still earning the win! All we ask is to please limit those flashy shenanigans to the regular season. Do it when the postseason rolls around, and we'll be toast.
Emmuh's Expert Team
There's a possibility that Emmuh's Expert Team may be a better talent scout in real football than in fantasy. Seeing only 11 total targets this past week, their four starting pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) apparently spent most of their games blocking downfield and running decoy routes.