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Matchup Recap Summary
Week 15
Weekly
Grade
Grade
Mean Machine
6-9 186.54
156.04
VS
proj
More Than A Thielen
117
6-9
132.3
Mean Machine hand More Than A Thielen sixth consecutive loss, 186.54-117.00
Mean Machine earned a 186.54-117.00 victory to hand More Than A Thielen their sixth straight loss. Mean Machine never trailed in this one after grabbing a 15.60-point lead on Thursday behind George Kittle (27.3 points) and Travis Homer (7). Christian McCaffrey (27.8 points) and CeeDee Lamb (21.7) carried the flag for More Than A Thielen in the loss. This marks the first time this season Mean Machine have beaten More Than A Thielen, after falling 195.04-142.7 in their last matchup. Mean Machine improve to 6-9 for the season, while More Than A Thielen fall to 6-9.
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Matchup Timeline
Mean Machine
More Than A Thielen
Inside the Matchup
Matchup Player of the Week
Against the Colts in Week 15, Cousins passed for 460 yards and 4 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 50.4 points and more-than-doubled his scoring projection, the fourth-highest percent increase of any QB in the league this season. Cousins will face the Giants in Week 16.
Kirk Cousins
Top Player Comparison
Mean Machine
Points
% of total points 186.54
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
50.4
23.65
27%
2
Patrick Mahomes
QB
38.74
31.58
20.8%
3
George Kittle
TE
27.3
10.21
14.6%
4
Alvin Kamara
RB
12.4
17.18
6.6%
More Than A Thielen
Points
% of total points 117
1
Christian McCaffrey
RB
27.8
20.73
23.8%
2
CeeDee Lamb
WR
21.7
19.68
18.5%
3
Diontae Johnson
WR
20
12.26
17.1%
4
Tee Higgins
WR
16.3
14.72
13.9%
Matchup Highlights
Thursday
George Kittle had a 54-yard touchdown catch and a 28-yard touchdown catch for Mean Machine, helping the team to a 43.40-27.80 lead.
Saturday
Kirk Cousins had a 64-yard touchdown pass and a 63-yard pass for Mean Machine, helping the team to a 93.80-38.60 lead.
Sunday Early
Patrick Mahomes had a 20-yard touchdown pass for Mean Machine, contributing to a 162.94-87.70 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Nick Folk had a 54-yard field goal for More Than A Thielen, who trailed 172.84-117.00 after the late afternoon round of games.
Points By Position
Mean Machine
More Than A Thielen
Game Notes
Only six of the 13 starting players on Mean Machine exceeded their projected scoring totals.
More Than A Thielen had only five of their 13 starters score higher than their projected points.
Was More Than A Thielen even trying this week? They started four players who scored zero points.
Mean Machine put up more points than their season scoring average (165.8) while More Than A Thielen fell short of theirs (141.58).
Mean Machine recorded more points than their projected total, while More Than A Thielen fell shy of their projection.
The matchup's 69.54-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
The win snaps a three-game losing streak for Mean Machine.
Not only did Mean Machine win, but they also easily covered the 23.74-point projected margin of victory.
Despite the loss, Christian McCaffrey put up 27.8 points, the third-best score for a RB this week.
Coach Talk
Mean Machine
Nice job, Mean Machine. Kudos on fielding a lineup that tallied 186.54 points this past matchup.
More Than A Thielen
Fortunately, More Than A Thielen, Week 15's problem was pretty easy to spot. Starting several zero-point players in a fantasy matchup where your opponent put up 186.54 points... let's try to play with a full deck of cards next time?