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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
🖕🏼
10-6 103.56
109.72
 
VS
proj
Stars + Stripes
88.06 10-5
97.63

🖕🏼 defeat Stars + Stripes, 103.56-88.06

🖕🏼 scored a hard-fought victory over Stars + Stripes, securing a 103.56-88.06 win. 🖕🏼 earned a 20.8-point lead on Saturday behind a combined 43.46 points from Kirk Cousins (299 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) and Justin Jefferson (12 Rec, 133 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and never looked back. James Conner (18 points) and DJ Moore (15.1) were the leaders for Stars + Stripes in the loss. This marks the first time this season 🖕🏼 have gotten the best of Stars + Stripes, after falling 131.76-96.66 in their last matchup.

Matchup Timeline

  🖕🏼   Stars + Stripes

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While making all 4 of his FG attempts against the Eagles, Maher put up 18 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 8.56-point projection and was much higher than his 8.11-point season scoring average. Maher ranks #73 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Titans next week.
Brett Maher

Top Player Comparison

🖕🏼
Points
% of total points 103.56
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
24.16
18.85
23.3%
2
Jaylen Waddle
WR
20.3
10.42
19.6%
3
Justin Jefferson
WR
19.3
16.84
18.6%
4
Brett Maher
K
18
8.56
17.4%
Stars + Stripes
Points
% of total points 88.06
1
James Conner
RB
18
11.93
20.4%
2
DJ Moore
WR
15.1
7.47
17.1%
3
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
12.1
11.57
13.7%
4
Justin Fields
QB
9.86
20.15
11.2%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
DJ Moore had a 47-yard catch for Stars + Stripes, while Justin Fields had a 44-yard pass for the team, who trailed 83.26-62.46 after Saturday's games.
Sunday Early
Jaylen Waddle had an 84-yard touchdown catch for 🖕🏼 to contribute to a 103.56-62.46 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
James Conner had a 22-yard touchdown run for Stars + Stripes, who trailed 103.56-80.46 after the evening game.

Points By Position

  🖕🏼   Stars + Stripes

Game Notes

🖕🏼 emerged victorious despite the fact that only four of their nine starting players scored higher than their projected point totals.
Stars + Stripes had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
🖕🏼 had three players score more points than the leading scorer for Stars + Stripes.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup's 15.5-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
The victory concludes a two-game winless streak for 🖕🏼, while the loss brings an end to a three-game winning streak for Stars + Stripes.
Not only did 🖕🏼 get the W, but they also covered the 12.09-point predicted margin of victory.
A bright spot in the defeat, James Conner (18 points) recorded the fourth-best score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

🖕🏼
A big key to success in football is creating mismatches. Thanks to an awesome showing from Kirk Cousins, we doubled up Stars + Stripes at the quarterback position this past week (24.16 points to 9.86). Cousins was impeccable in a win over the Giants, completing 34 of 48 passes for 299 yards and three touchdowns.
Stars + Stripes
As we move ahead to 2023, our coaching staff is just itching to get back out there again next year. Follow the Yahoo! Fantasy Experts throughout the offseason for news and player developments, and don't let your agent talk you out of reporting to training camp on time!