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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
MAC's Lame Team
11-4 351.04
311.06
 
VS
proj
HURTS so Good
256.65 9-6
324.62

MAC's Lame Team beat HURTS so Good for fourth straight win, 351.04-256.65

MAC's Lame Team extended their win streak to four games with a hard-fought win over HURTS so Good, earning a 351.04-256.65 victory. It was the third loss in a row for HURTS so Good. HURTS so Good took an 8.01-point lead on Thursday, but MAC's Lame Team held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Josh Allen, who passed for 304 yards and 4 touchdowns and ran for 77 yards for 98.6 points, and the Green Bay Packers defense, who allowed only 12 points, surrendered 156 yards, and intercepted a pass (52.1 points). Derek Carr (58.48 points) and the Pittsburgh Steelers defense (34.2) did everything they could for HURTS so Good in the loss. MAC's Lame Team (11-4) will look to keep it rolling against Never Bend The Knee in the first round of the playoffs, while HURTS so Good (9-6) will take on Niner nation .1 in a playoff matchup of their own.

Matchup Timeline

  MAC's Lame Team   HURTS so Good

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Douglas (7 Tackles, 1 Int) scored 13.5 points in a 24-12 win over the Rams in Week 15. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 5.31-point projection and was much higher than his 7.8-point season scoring average. Douglas ranks #1 among fantasy CBs this season and will face the Dolphins next week.
Rasul Douglas

Top Player Comparison

MAC's Lame Team
Points
% of total points 351.04
1
Josh Allen
QB
98.6
72.47
28.1%
2
The Green Bay Packers defense
DEF
52.1
39.67
14.8%
3
A.J. Brown
WR
30.6
21.32
8.7%
4
Juwan Johnson
TE
22.7
7.02
6.5%
HURTS so Good
Points
% of total points 256.65
1
Derek Carr
QB
58.48
64.13
22.8%
2
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
34.2
39.01
13.3%
3
Terry McLaurin
WR
12
15.39
4.7%
4
Byron Pringle
WR
11.9
5.41
4.6%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Josh Allen had a 45-yard pass and a 44-yard run for MAC's Lame Team, while Justin Tucker had a 53-yard field goal, helping MAC's Lame Team to a 137.70-46.82 lead.
Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel plays for both teams early Sunday, but after the results were tallied, MAC's Lame Team boasted a 245.03-114.56 lead. For MAC's Lame Team, A.J. Brown had a 68-yard catch. Byron Pringle made the highlight reel for HURTS so Good with a 35-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Derek Carr had a 30-yard touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown pass for HURTS so Good, who trailed 258.03-217.75 after the late games.

Points By Position

  MAC's Lame Team   HURTS so Good

What If

MAC's Lame Team would have beaten 16 other teams besides HURTS so Good this week.
HURTS so Good would have lost to 12 other teams besides MAC's Lame Team this week.
If they played HURTS so Good every week, MAC's Lame Team would be 6-9 this season.
Last week, MAC's Lame Team would have been victorious over HURTS so Good 267.2-242.42.
MAC's Lame Team would be 6-8 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as HURTS so Good.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as MAC's Lame Team, HURTS so Good would be 10-4.
If MAC's Lame Team had played every team in the league each week, they would be 199-86.
If they played every team every week, HURTS so Good would be 203-82.

Coach Talk

MAC's Lame Team
Only one field goal on three attempts? It's quite possible that Justin Tucker just kicked himself back into the free agent pool after this effort.
HURTS so Good
Fortunately, HURTS so Good, this week's problem was fairly easy to diagnose. Choosing to start Kenyan Drake and Quinnen Williams in a fantasy matchup where your opposition tallied over 351 points... let's use this as a learning experience and agree that it's not going to happen again.