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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Mike Nerd's Amazing Team
7-9 110.1
79.81
 
VS
proj
Godzilla's Superb Team
72.5 8-8
78.55

Mike Nerd's Amazing Team outperform expectations, knock off Godzilla's Superb Team in 110.1-72.5 drubbing

Mike Nerd's Amazing Team brought their A game and beat expectations, rolling to a 110.1-72.5 win over Godzilla's Superb Team, who fell short of projections. Godzilla's Superb Team grabbed a 19.7-point lead on Saturday behind a combined 30.5 points from Brett Maher (4-4 FG, 48 long, 4-4 XP) and Najee Harris (53 Rush Yds, 42 Rec Yds). But Mike Nerd's Amazing Team held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Cam Akers (33.7 points) and Austin Ekeler (21.9). This marks the first time this season Mike Nerd's Amazing Team have gotten the best of Godzilla's Superb Team, after falling 69.8-55 in their last matchup. Mike Nerd's Amazing Team improve to 7-9 for the season, while Godzilla's Superb Team fall to 8-8.

Matchup Timeline

  Mike Nerd's Amazing Team   Godzilla's Superb Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Moore caught 5 passes for 83 yards and a touchdown as the Panthers beat the Lions 37-23. In doing so, he put up 17.6 points to scored 84.8% higher than his 9.52-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on Mike Nerd's Amazing Team this week. Moore will square off against the Buccaneers in Week 17.
DJ Moore

Top Player Comparison

Mike Nerd's Amazing Team
Points
% of total points 110.1
1
Cam Akers
RB
33.7
8.69
30.6%
2
Austin Ekeler
RB
21.9
16.69
19.9%
3
DJ Moore
WR
17.6
9.52
16%
4
Travis Kelce
TE
14.3
16.52
13%
Godzilla's Superb Team
Points
% of total points 72.5
1
Brett Maher
K
18
8.57
24.8%
2
Najee Harris
RB
12.5
11.17
17.2%
3
Nick Chubb
RB
10.7
12.58
14.8%
4
Isiah Pacheco
RB
9.5
11.69
13.1%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
DJ Moore had a 47-yard catch for Mike Nerd's Amazing Team, while Travis Kelce had a 52-yard catch for the team, who trailed 64.6-44.9 after Saturday's games.

Points By Position

  Mike Nerd's Amazing Team   Godzilla's Superb Team

Game Notes

Mike Nerd's Amazing Team won despite the fact that only four of their nine starters scored higher than their projected point totals.
Godzilla's Superb Team had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could have looked differently, as Mike Nerd's Amazing Team had two starters score zero points, while Godzilla's Superb Team had one.
Mike Nerd's Amazing Team put up more points than their season scoring average (88.52) while Godzilla's Superb Team fell short of theirs (100.58).
Mike Nerd's Amazing Team scored more points than their projected total, while Godzilla's Superb Team fell shy of their projection.
The matchup's 37.6-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
This defeat concludes a streak of four consecutive wins for Godzilla's Superb Team.
Not only did Mike Nerd's Amazing Team win, but they also covered the 1.26-point projected margin of victory.
Mike Nerd's Amazing Team moves to (3-2) in blowout games this season, while Godzilla's Superb Team falls to (3-3).
Despite the loss, Brett Maher registered 18 points, the fourth-highest scoring output for any K this season.

Coach Talk

Mike Nerd's Amazing Team
The key to success in football is exploiting the mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by tripling Godzilla's Superb Team at the wide receiver position (27.2 points to 9).
Godzilla's Superb Team
A lot of cake, no icing: The six offensive position starters (three RBs, two WRs, one TE) on Godzilla's Superb Team combined to register a whopping 385 total yards. No one from that group was able to score a touchdown in Week 16.