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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Cali life
6-6 107.44
101.25
 
VS
proj
gabriel's Genius Team
106.88 7-5
111.36

Despite top scorer Sanders, gabriel's Genius Team fall to Cali life in 107.44-106.88 cliff-hanger

gabriel's Genius Team had the premier scorer in the matchup with RB Miles Sanders racking up 29.5 points, the third-best total in the league this week, but it wasn't enough to defeat Cali life, who squeaked by for a 107.44-106.88 victory. It wasn't nearly as close as the final score indicates, as Cali life led 107.44-71.38 heading into Sunday night. gabriel's Genius Team made them sweat behind Miles Sanders, who racked up 160 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns (29.5 points), and the Philadelphia Eagles defense, who allowed 33 points, surrendered 342 yards, and intercepted 2 passes (6). Amon-Ra St. Brown (9 Rec, 122 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and DJ Moore (4 Rec, 103 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) won the week for Cali life in the victory. This marks the first time this season Cali life have taken down gabriel's Genius Team, after falling 109.32-80.64 in their last matchup. Cali life (6-6) will look to keep it rolling against Lamda's Legendary Team, while gabriel's Genius Team (7-5) will meet Riverside SWAMP RATS in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Cali life   gabriel's Genius Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Taking on the Broncos in Week 12, Moore caught 4 passes for 103 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 18.3 points and more-than-doubled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Cali life this week. Moore will play the Seahawks next week.
DJ Moore

Top Player Comparison

Cali life
Points
% of total points 107.44
1
Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR
23.4
12.87
21.8%
2
DJ Moore
WR
18.3
9.1
17%
3
Tom Brady
QB
18.04
18.33
16.8%
4
Justin Tucker
K
15
9.55
14%
gabriel's Genius Team
Points
% of total points 106.88
1
Miles Sanders
RB
29.5
12.49
27.6%
2
Keenan Allen
WR
13.4
12.78
12.5%
3
Jimmy Garoppolo
QB
13.28
16.94
12.4%
4
David Montgomery
RB
12.8
12.66
12%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
DJ Moore had a 52-yard catch for Cali life, while Justin Tucker had a 55-yard field goal to contribute to an 86.84-23.80 lead for Cali life.
Sunday Late
Travis Kelce had a 39-yard touchdown catch for Cali life, contributing to a 107.44-71.38 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Cali life   gabriel's Genius Team

StatSmack

Cali life have the clutch gene, with more close wins than gabriel's Genius Team (2 vs 0).
Cali life should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than gabriel's Genius Team (6 vs 5).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of gabriel's Genius Team - they’ve made more transactions (1) than Cali life (0) this week. That didn't seem to help them this time, though.
By position, Cali life have outscored gabriel's Genius Team at RB, TE, and DEF this season.
The starters for Cali life had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for gabriel's Genius Team (0).
There's not much good to say about gabriel's Genius Team this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

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