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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Ruptured spleen
12-4 108.64
101.03
 
VS
proj
Dirty Touchdown Dancing!
85.66 11-5
113.87

Dirty Touchdown Dancing! succumb to Ruptured spleen, 108.64-85.66

Dirty Touchdown Dancing! failed to rise to the occasion, as Ruptured spleen came out on top with a 108.64-85.66 win. Ruptured spleen took a 22.48-point lead on Saturday behind stellar efforts from Tee Higgins (8 Rec, 128 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Graham Gano (14) and never looked back. Justin Jefferson (12 Rec, 133 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Kirk Cousins (299 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) carried the flag for Dirty Touchdown Dancing! in the loss. This marks the second time this season Ruptured spleen have knocked off Dirty Touchdown Dancing!, after falling 146.02-67.94 in their last matchup.

Matchup Timeline

  Ruptured spleen   Dirty Touchdown Dancing!

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Playing the Raiders in Week 16, the Steelers defense allowed only 10 points, surrendered 201 yards, and intercepted 3 passes. In doing so, they put up 13 points to nearly double their 6.96-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Ruptured spleen this week. In Week 17, the Steelers will battle the Ravens.
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense

Top Player Comparison

Ruptured spleen
Points
% of total points 108.64
1
Tee Higgins
WR
22.8
11.38
21%
2
Graham Gano
K
14
7.78
12.9%
3
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
13
6.96
12%
4
Dawson Knox
TE
11.3
8.33
10.4%
Dirty Touchdown Dancing!
Points
% of total points 85.66
1
Justin Jefferson
WR
25.3
20.87
29.5%
2
Kirk Cousins
QB
24.16
18.85
28.2%
3
Tony Pollard
RB
11
13.17
12.8%
4
The San Francisco 49ers defense
DEF
7
8.09
8.2%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Graham Gano had a 55-yard field goal for Ruptured spleen, while Taylor Heinicke had a 51-yard pass, contributing to a 104.24-81.76 lead for Ruptured spleen.

Points By Position

  Ruptured spleen   Dirty Touchdown Dancing!

Game Notes

Just four of the nine starters on Ruptured spleen exceeded their projected scoring totals.
Dirty Touchdown Dancing! had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The two highest scorers for Dirty Touchdown Dancing! (Justin Jefferson and Kirk Cousins) scored more points than Tee Higgins, the leading scorer for Ruptured spleen.
Ruptured spleen put up more points than their season scoring average (100.56) while Dirty Touchdown Dancing! fell short of theirs (111.03).
Ruptured spleen recorded more points than their projected total, while Dirty Touchdown Dancing! fell shy of their projection.
The loss concludes a streak of three straight wins for Dirty Touchdown Dancing!.
In upset games this season, Ruptured spleen moves to (4-0), while Dirty Touchdown Dancing! falls to (0-1).
In a losing effort, Justin Jefferson scored 25.3 points, the fourth-highest score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

Ruptured spleen
Sure, we ultimately got the win, but there's really no way sugarcoat it, Ruptured spleen. Our quarterback was utterly outplayed this past week. Kirk Cousins went 34-of-48 for 299 yards and three touchdowns for Dirty Touchdown Dancing!, and all Taylor Heinicke could manage through the air was 166 yards and two passing TDs (plus an ugly interception).
Dirty Touchdown Dancing!
Unless Dirty Touchdown Dancing! wants to go diva-mode on us, then "not seeing many chances" won't cut it as an excuse this time around. As a group, our trio of pass-catchers (two WR, one TE) combined to see a healthy 29 targets in Week 16. With only 17 total receptions, that group may have some chemistry issues.