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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
COLTastrophe
7-8 145.88
149.45
 
VS
proj
GMEN_86_90_07_11
123.52 4-11
129.76

Unable to overcome multiple busts, GMEN_86_90_07_11 fall to COLTastrophe, 145.88-123.52

Hindered by multiple starters who put up 0 points (Rashod Bateman, Chase Edmonds, and Breece Hall), GMEN_86_90_07_11 were unable to overcome COLTastrophe, which earned a 145.88-123.52 win. GMEN_86_90_07_11 nabbed a 25.80-point lead on Thursday behind Christian McCaffrey, who racked up 138 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown. But COLTastrophe held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Jerick McKinnon (52 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 70 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and the Minnesota Vikings defense (36 Pts Allowed, 341 Yds Allowed, 1 Turnovers). This marks the second time this season COLTastrophe have knocked off GMEN_86_90_07_11, after winning 175.1-139.36 in their last matchup. COLTastrophe ends the season on a high note, but they'll miss the postseason with a record of 7-8. GMEN_86_90_07_11 will also be home for the playoffs, finishing at 4-11.

Matchup Timeline

  COLTastrophe   GMEN_86_90_07_11

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 7.76 points, Okonkwo scored 28.9% more than that amount by scoring 10 points as the Titans lost to the Chargers 17-14. He caught 4 passes for 54 yards to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on COLTastrophe this week. Okonkwo will square off against the Texans next week.
Chig Okonkwo

Top Player Comparison

COLTastrophe
Points
% of total points 145.88
1
Jerick McKinnon
RB
34.2
14.28
23.4%
2
The Minnesota Vikings defense
DEF
26
25.39
17.8%
3
Tua Tagovailoa
QB
18.06
17.26
12.4%
4
Tee Higgins
WR
16.3
14.28
11.2%
GMEN_86_90_07_11
Points
% of total points 123.52
1
A.J. Brown
WR
27.1
19.8
21.9%
2
Trevor Lawrence
QB
26.82
16.83
21.7%
3
Christian McCaffrey
RB
25.8
20.47
20.9%
4
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense
DEF
16
21.64
13%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Tua Tagovailoa had a 67-yard touchdown pass and a 20-yard touchdown pass for COLTastrophe, contributing to a 59.08-41.20 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
There were players with big-time plays for both teams early Sunday, after which COLTastrophe emerged with a 119.58-101.62 lead. For COLTastrophe, Jerick McKinnon had a 26-yard touchdown run and a 20-yard touchdown catch. A.J. Brown had a 68-yard catch for GMEN_86_90_07_11, while Trevor Lawrence had a 59-yard touchdown pass.

Points By Position

  COLTastrophe   GMEN_86_90_07_11

What If

COLTastrophe would have beaten only three other teams besides GMEN_86_90_07_11 this week.
GMEN_86_90_07_11 would have lost to eight other teams besides COLTastrophe this week.
COLTastrophe would be 9-6 if they played GMEN_86_90_07_11 every week.
GMEN_86_90_07_11 would have topped COLTastrophe 123.62-100.12 had they played each other last week.
COLTastrophe would be 3-10 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as GMEN_86_90_07_11.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as COLTastrophe, GMEN_86_90_07_11 would be 1-12.
If COLTastrophe had played every team in the league each week, they would be 65-100.
If they played every team every week, GMEN_86_90_07_11 would be 50-115.

Coach Talk

COLTastrophe
The key to success in football is exploiting the mismatches. Thanks to some monster yardage production from our running backs, our team created a noticeable disparity this week. Our four backfield starters recorded 150 more total yards than the RBs of GMEN_86_90_07_11 (301 yards from scrimmage to 151), as we ultimately doubled up them at the position (61.1 points to 28.1).
GMEN_86_90_07_11
GMEN_86_90_07_11 will find it tough to complain about lack of opportunity this past week. As a group, our five pass-catchers (four WR and one TE) were targeted a healthy 33 times in Week 15. Those players should try to get some extra practice reps in with their QBs, considering they recorded only 20 receptions.