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Week 14

Weekly
Grade
The Carolina
5-9 93.94
115.42
 
VS
proj
Coach's Cats
80.34 4-10
93.38

The Carolina manage to knock off Coach's Cats 93.94-80.34 despite coming up short of projections

Both teams failed to rise to the occasion, but The Carolina did enough to beat Coach's Cats. Predicted to win 115.42-93.38, The Carolina came out on top with a 93.94-80.34 win over Coach's Cats. The Carolina never trailed in this one after taking an 18.24-point lead on Thursday behind Josh Jacobs. Jerry Jeudy (29.3 points) and Josh Allen (19.64) were the top performers for Coach's Cats in the loss. This marks the second time this season The Carolina have taken down Coach's Cats, after winning 101.06-87.9 in their last matchup. The Carolina ends the season on a high note, but they'll miss the postseason with a record of 5-9. Coach's Cats will also be home for the playoffs, finishing at 4-10.

Matchup Timeline

  The Carolina   Coach's Cats

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Chiefs defense allowed 28 points, surrendered 320 yards, and intercepted 2 passes in a 34-28 win over the Broncos. In doing so, they put up 15 points and more-than-doubled their scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on The Carolina this week. The Chiefs will face the Texans in Week 15.
The Kansas City Chiefs defense

Top Player Comparison

The Carolina
Points
% of total points 93.94
1
Josh Jacobs
RB
18.4
16.75
19.6%
2
The Kansas City Chiefs defense
DEF
15
7.48
16%
3
Dalton Schultz
TE
11.7
9.4
12.5%
4
Diontae Johnson
WR
11.2
8.84
11.9%
Coach's Cats
Points
% of total points 80.34
1
Jerry Jeudy
WR
29.3
9.37
36.5%
2
Josh Allen
QB
19.64
23.04
24.4%
3
Garrett Wilson
WR
10.8
8.51
13.4%
4
T.J. Hockenson
TE
8.7
9.36
10.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Josh Allen had a 24-yard touchdown pass for Coach's Cats, who trailed 60.24-45.44 after the early games.

Points By Position

  The Carolina   Coach's Cats

StatSmack

They're not even trying that hard. The Carolina have a winning record vs Coach's Cats this season despite scoring less against them on average (97.5) than their average (109.86).
We heard scoring helps you win. The Carolina are doing a better job of that, averaging 109.86 versus Coach's Cats's 91.33.
Even the machines think The Carolina have better players. They have a higher projected points average (116.5) than Coach's Cats (92.73).
Once The Carolina put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than Coach's Cats (2 vs 1).
By position, The Carolina have outscored Coach's Cats at RB, K, and DEF this season.
Don't worry Coach's Cats, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

Coach Talk

The Carolina
Listen The Carolina, the good news is that we took this matchup by 13.6 points. Even better news is that we know we're stronger than this, as our scoring average through Week 13 stood at 111.08. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also get back up to where we know we can be!
Coach's Cats
Talk about under-utilized: As a group, the starting backfield for Coach's Cats collectively logged only one measly target this past week. Get those quarterbacks to dump it down a little more often in Week 15!