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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
ThisIsUnbelievable
10-6 214
197.96
 
VS
proj
Frank's Team
153 10-6
183.33

ThisIsUnbelievable defeat Frank's Team for fifth straight win, 214-153

ThisIsUnbelievable extended their win streak to five games with a hard-fought victory over Frank's Team, emerging victorious with a 214-153 win. Frank's Team nabbed a 44-point lead on Saturday behind impressive efforts from Mac Jones, who passed for 240 yards and 2 touchdowns for 65 points, and Terry McLaurin, who caught 4 passes for 77 yards and a touchdown (21 points). But ThisIsUnbelievable held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Justin Herbert (235 Pass Yds) and Cam Akers (118 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs, 29 Rec Yds). This marks the first time this season ThisIsUnbelievable have gotten the best of Frank's Team, after falling 165-159 in their last matchup. ThisIsUnbelievable improve to 10-6 for the season, while Frank's Team fall to 10-6.

Matchup Timeline

  ThisIsUnbelievable   Frank's Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Pickens (5 Rec, 57 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 20 points in a 13-10 win over the Raiders in Week 16. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 9.33-point projection and was much higher than his 9.69-point season scoring average. Pickens will face the Ravens next week.
George Pickens

Top Player Comparison

ThisIsUnbelievable
Points
% of total points 214
1
Justin Herbert
QB
47
74.36
22%
2
Cam Akers
RB
45
9.99
21%
3
Alvin Kamara
RB
22
16.56
10.3%
4
George Pickens
WR
20
9.33
9.3%
Frank's Team
Points
% of total points 153
1
Mac Jones
QB
65
55.6
42.5%
2
Terry McLaurin
WR
21
12.05
13.7%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
17
22.52
11.1%
4
Kenneth Walker III
RB
12
14.95
7.8%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Mac Jones had a 48-yard touchdown pass for Frank's Team, while Terry McLaurin had a 51-yard catch, helping Frank's Team to a 144-100 lead.
Sunday Late
Brandon McManus had a 54-yard field goal for ThisIsUnbelievable, helping the team to a 164-146 lead.

Points By Position

  ThisIsUnbelievable   Frank's Team

Game Notes

ThisIsUnbelievable won despite the fact that only five of their 12 starters scored higher than their point projections.
Frank's Team had only three of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
Frank's Team can partially blame the loss on Alec Ingold, who didn't score any points.
ThisIsUnbelievable put up more points than their season scoring average (187.69) while Frank's Team fell short of theirs (184.88).
ThisIsUnbelievable recorded more points than their projected total, while Frank's Team fell short of their projection.
The matchup's 61-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Not only did ThisIsUnbelievable earn the win, but they also easily covered the 14.63-point predicted margin of victory.
On the losing side, Mac Jones scored 65 points, the third-highest score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

ThisIsUnbelievable
Putting together a lineup that won by 61 points this past week... we did what we had to do and took care of business.
Frank's Team
Logging just three targets this past week, it appears that the starting RBs for Frank's Team should remind their quarterbacks to get them more involved (and dial up a screen play or two).