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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Eric's Excellent Team
7-8 115.94
102.87
 
VS
proj
wally's Nifty Team
64.6 2-13
59.15

Eric's Excellent Team defeat wally's Nifty Team for third straight win, 115.94-64.60

Eric's Excellent Team extended their win streak to three games with a hard-fought win over wally's Nifty Team, coming out on top with a 115.94-64.60 victory. Eric's Excellent Team never trailed in this one after earning a 13.7-point lead on Saturday behind Justin Jefferson (24.3 points) and Mark Andrews (4.6). Saquon Barkley (87 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 33 Rec Yds) and James Conner (63 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 28 Rec Yds) carried the flag for wally's Nifty Team in the loss. This marks the second time this season Eric's Excellent Team have taken down wally's Nifty Team, after winning 111.52-84.18 in their last matchup. Eric's Excellent Team ends the season on a high note, but they'll miss the postseason with a record of 7-8. wally's Nifty Team will also be home for the playoffs, finishing at 2-13.

Matchup Timeline

  Eric's Excellent Team   wally's Nifty Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Taking on the Texans in Week 15, Mahomes passed for 336 yards , ran for 33 yards and scored 3 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 32.74 points and scored 30.6% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Eric's Excellent Team this week. Next week, Mahomes will go up against the Seahawks.
Patrick Mahomes

Top Player Comparison

Eric's Excellent Team
Points
% of total points 115.94
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
32.74
25.07
28.2%
2
Justin Jefferson
WR
24.3
18.73
21%
3
Chris Godwin
WR
18.3
12.24
15.8%
4
Tony Pollard
RB
12.6
13.52
10.9%
wally's Nifty Team
Points
% of total points 64.6
1
Saquon Barkley
RB
20.5
13.6
31.7%
2
James Conner
RB
16.6
13.69
25.7%
3
Darren Waller
TE
12.3
7.68
19%
4
Stefon Diggs
WR
8.2
17.72
12.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Patrick Mahomes had a 20-yard touchdown pass for Eric's Excellent Team, helping the team to an 80.24-15.20 lead.
Sunday Late
Darren Waller had a 25-yard touchdown catch for wally's Nifty Team, who trailed 107.94-44.10 after the late afternoon games.
Monday
Matt Gay had a 55-yard field goal for Eric's Excellent Team during Monday Night Football, helping to increase the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  Eric's Excellent Team   wally's Nifty Team

StatSmack

One's a data point, Two's a trend. In their two head-to-head wins against wally's Nifty Team, Eric's Excellent Team averaged more points (113.73) than they usually score (103.62).
A tale of two teams...headed in opposite directions. Eric's Excellent Team have won three straight weeks, while wally's Nifty Team have dropped their last 12.
We heard scoring helps you win. Eric's Excellent Team are doing a better job of that, averaging 103.62 versus wally's Nifty Team's 77.76.
As Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game!" Eric's Excellent Team (7-8) have a better record than wally's Nifty Team (2-13).
Even the computers think Eric's Excellent Team have better players. They have a higher projected points average (104.75) than wally's Nifty Team (84.45).
Eric's Excellent Team don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than wally's Nifty Team (5 vs 1).
Eric's Excellent Team laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than wally's Nifty Team (0).
Eric's Excellent Team don't falter at the last minute, with fewer close losses than wally's Nifty Team (0 vs 1).
Eric's Excellent Team should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than wally's Nifty Team (6 vs 5).
Eric's Excellent Team have had more fantasy starters beat their projection than wally's Nifty Team (51 vs 39).
By position, Eric's Excellent Team have outscored wally's Nifty Team at QB, WR, TE, K, and DEF this season.
The starters for Eric's Excellent Team had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for wally's Nifty Team (1).
Hey wally's Nifty Team, want to see stats that favor your team? Well, try winning for a change, and see what the numbers have to say next week!

Coach Talk

Eric's Excellent Team
A big key to success in football is creating mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by soundly outplaying wally's Nifty Team at the wide receiver position (42.6 points to 8.2).
wally's Nifty Team
It's entirely possible that wally's Nifty Team could be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. Seeing just nine targets combined this past week, their two wide receivers apparently spent most of their games running decoy routes and blocking downfield.