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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
ReelDeel
7-5 132.36
124.82
 
VS
proj
The Bad News Bears
111 5-7
111.64

Back-and-forth battle ends with ReelDeel coming back to knock off The Bad News Bears in 132.36-111.00 landslide

Well, that was exciting! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, ReelDeel earned a convincing victory over The Bad News Bears, rolling to a 132.36-111.00 win. The Bad News Bears earned an early 26.30-point lead on Thursday behind stellar performances from Rhamondre Stevenson (15.7 points) and Nick Folk (15). ReelDeel came back to take the lead early afternoon Sunday, powered by stellar efforts from the Miami Dolphins defense (18 points) and Mark Andrews (9). Not to be deterred, The Bad News Bears pulled it together later that afternoon to take a 9.5-point lead behind Patrick Mahomes (16 points) and Travis Kelce (13.7). But ReelDeel came back again later that night, as Jalen Hurts (32.76 points) and DeVonta Smith (7) put them back ahead once and for all. This marks the first time this season ReelDeel have taken down The Bad News Bears, after falling 160.05-83.76 in their last matchup. ReelDeel (7-5) will look to build on their success against Georgiana, while The Bad News Bears (5-7) will face DemonApps in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  ReelDeel   The Bad News Bears

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While allowing 15 points, surrendering 210 yards, and forcing 3 turnovers against the Texans, the Dolphins defense registered 18 points this week. Their scoring output more-than-doubled their 8.2-point projection and was much higher than their 11-point season scoring average. The Dolphins defense will face the 49ers next week.
The Miami Dolphins defense

Top Player Comparison

ReelDeel
Points
% of total points 132.36
1
Jalen Hurts
QB
32.76
21.83
24.8%
2
Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR
25.4
12.88
19.2%
3
The Miami Dolphins defense
DEF
18
8.2
13.6%
4
Kenneth Walker III
RB
16.4
15.12
12.4%
The Bad News Bears
Points
% of total points 111
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
16
22.84
14.4%
2
Rhamondre Stevenson
RB
15.7
12.9
14.1%
3
Nick Folk
K
15
7.68
13.5%
4
Treylon Burks
WR
15
8.8
13.5%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Rhamondre Stevenson had a 40-yard catch for The Bad News Bears, contributing to a 53.30-27.00 lead for The Bad News Bears.
Sunday Late
Patrick Mahomes hit Travis Kelce for a 39-yard touchdown pass for The Bad News Bears to contribute to a 102.10-92.60 lead for The Bad News Bears.
Sunday Night
Jalen Hurts had a 30-yard touchdown pass and a 42-yard run for ReelDeel to contribute to a 132.36-111.00 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  ReelDeel   The Bad News Bears

What If

ReelDeel would have beaten nine other teams besides The Bad News Bears this week.
The Bad News Bears would have lost to six other teams besides ReelDeel this week.
If ReelDeel played The Bad News Bears every week this season, they'd be 5-7.
Had they played each other last week, The Bad News Bears would have topped ReelDeel 130.35-92.27.
ReelDeel would be 4-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Bad News Bears.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as ReelDeel, The Bad News Bears would be 5-5.
If ReelDeel had played every team in the league each week, they would be 70-62.
If they played every team every week, The Bad News Bears would be 75-57.

Coach Talk

ReelDeel
You know, football is all about exploiting the mismatches. Thanks to a sound outing from Jalen Hurts, we doubled up The Bad News Bears at the quarterback position this past week (32.76 points to 16). Hurts went 16-for-28 for 153 yards and two TDs in a 40-33 win over the Packers.
The Bad News Bears
Unless The Bad News Bears wants to go diva-mode on us, then "not seeing enough opportunities" isn't really an excuse this week. As a group, our five pass-catchers (four WR and one TE) were targeted a healthy 31 times in Week 12. With only 19 total catches, that group may need to work on chemistry with their QBs.