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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
No YOU'RE the puppet
6-7 93.21
109.07
 
VS
proj
Monday Nighter
84.66 4-9
99.63

Offensively challenged No YOU'RE the puppet top Monday Nighter, 93.21-84.66

With the 10th-ranked point total in the league for the week, No YOU'RE the puppet were lucky to earn a victory against an opponent that had an even worse week, securing a 93.21-84.66 victory over Monday Nighter. Monday Nighter grabbed a 6.90-point lead on Thursday, but No YOU'RE the puppet held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Tony Pollard, who racked up 106 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns for 23.6 points, and Brian Robinson Jr., who racked up 111 yards from scrimmage (12.1 points). Dak Prescott (170 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) and Leonard Fournette (49 Rush Yds, 32 Rec Yds) did everything they could for Monday Nighter in the loss. This marks the second time this season No YOU'RE the puppet have beaten Monday Nighter, after winning 127.49-114.66 in their last matchup. No YOU'RE the puppet (6-7) will look to keep it rolling against Sacktown, while Monday Nighter (4-9) match up against Deflated Expectation in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  No YOU'RE the puppet   Monday Nighter

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 8.47 points, Myers scored 18.1% more than that amount by scoring 10 points as the Seahawks beat the Rams 27-23. He made both of his FG attempts to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on No YOU'RE the puppet this week. In Week 14, Myers and the Seahawks will go up against the Panthers.
Jason Myers

Top Player Comparison

No YOU'RE the puppet
Points
% of total points 93.21
1
Tony Pollard
RB
23.6
11.21
25.3%
2
Brian Robinson Jr.
RB
12.1
10.85
13%
3
Taysom Hill
TE
12.1
7.6
13%
4
The Washington Commanders defense
DEF
11
11.1
11.8%
Monday Nighter
Points
% of total points 84.66
1
Dak Prescott
QB
20.86
18.95
24.6%
2
Leonard Fournette
RB
11.1
8.71
13.1%
3
Tee Higgins
WR
11
13.52
13%
4
Dameon Pierce
RB
11
12.71
13%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Night
There were players with standout moments on both teams on Sunday night, but it was No YOU'RE the puppet who took the lead, 81.11-66.56. For No YOU'RE the puppet, Tony Pollard had a 30-yard touchdown run. Dak Prescott made the highlight reel for Monday Nighter with a 20-yard touchdown pass.
Monday
Taysom Hill had a 30-yard touchdown catch for No YOU'RE the puppet on Monday night en route to the win for the team.

Points By Position

  No YOU'RE the puppet   Monday Nighter

StatSmack

One's a data point, Two's a trend. In their two matchup wins against Monday Nighter, No YOU'RE the puppet averaged more points (110.35) than they usually score (104.84).
Monday Nighter would be doing great, if the goal was to lose. They've dropped their last three matchups.
No YOU'RE the puppet don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than Monday Nighter (2 vs 0).
No YOU'RE the puppet should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more matchups than Monday Nighter (6 vs 5).
By position, No YOU'RE the puppet have outscored Monday Nighter at QB, RB, and TE this season.
The starters for No YOU'RE the puppet had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for Monday Nighter (1).
There's not much good to say about Monday Nighter this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

No YOU'RE the puppet
Listen No YOU'RE the puppet, the good news is that we took this matchup by 8.55 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even stronger than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through 12 weeks was 105.81. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Monday Nighter
Monday Nighter will find it tough to gripe about lack of opportunity this past week. Our pass-catching corps (three WR and one TE) collectively received a respectable 27 targets in Week 13. Chemistry appears to be an issue, as that group hauled in just 15 catches.