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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Butt smokers
8-4 174.47
169.7
 
VS
proj
Gamblers
135.81 7-5
167.77

Gamblers succumb to Butt smokers in 174.47-135.81 blowout

There's no way around it, Gamblers dropped the ball, at least compared to projections, as Butt smokers cruised to a 174.47-135.81 win. There wasn't much drama in this one, as Butt smokers leapt out to a 35.50-point lead on Thursday behind a combined 56 points from Amon-Ra St. Brown (9 Rec, 122 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Adam Thielen (9 Rec, 61 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD). Jalen Hurts (153 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 157 Rush Yds) and Devin White (13 Tackles) carried the flag for Gamblers in defeat. Butt smokers (8-4) will look to build on their success against Canadian Bacon, while Gamblers (7-5) meet GX s99 TLG 20 U in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Butt smokers   Gamblers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Thielen caught 9 passes for 61 yards and a touchdown as the Vikings beat the Patriots 33-26. In doing so, he put up 23.1 points and scored 73.4% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Butt smokers this week. Thielen will face the Jets next week.
Adam Thielen

Top Player Comparison

Butt smokers
Points
% of total points 174.47
1
Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR
32.9
18.4
18.9%
2
Austin Ekeler
RB
27
20.47
15.5%
3
Tua Tagovailoa
QB
24.46
29.05
14%
4
Adam Thielen
WR
23.1
13.32
13.2%
Gamblers
Points
% of total points 135.81
1
Jalen Hurts
QB
44.32
31.67
32.6%
2
Devin White
LB
14
10.97
10.3%
3
Alex Anzalone
LB
12.7
8.87
9.4%
4
Jake Elliott
K
10.5
7.55
7.7%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Darius Slayton had a 44-yard catch for Butt smokers, helping to stake the team to a 70.80-35.30 lead.
Sunday Night
Jalen Hurts had a 30-yard touchdown pass and a 42-yard run for Gamblers, while Jake Elliott had a 54-yard field goal for the team, who trailed 174.47-135.81 after Sunday night.

Points By Position

  Butt smokers   Gamblers

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. Butt smokers scored more in this matchup (174.47) than their season average (158.86).
Butt smokers don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than Gamblers (4 vs 1).
Butt smokers are the more resilient squad, with fewer upset losses (0) than Gamblers (3).
Butt smokers are better at closing games out, with fewer close losses than Gamblers (0 vs 1).
Butt smokers should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more matchups than Gamblers (7 vs 6).
Gamblers have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (4) than Butt smokers (0) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Butt smokers have outscored Gamblers at RB, WR, TE, and K this season.
Butt smokers has a higher average scoring margin (22) than Gamblers this season (3).
Hey Gamblers, 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

Butt smokers
Creating mismatches is a huge component to winning in football. Not only did we dominate Gamblers at RB (39.46 points to 15.2), we also utterly dominated them at WR (66.3 to 10.54).
Gamblers
Hey, Gamblers, what did your receivers do to tick off their quarterbacks this week? Seeing just 10 targets combined in Week 12, our three wide receivers clearly need to get in their respective QBs' ears this week in practice.