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Week 14

Weekly
Grade
Birdzilla
8-6 89.18
104.37
 
VS
proj
Nightmare LI
49.06 5-9
106.89

Birdzilla find way to beat Nightmare LI 89.18-49.06

Both teams failed to live up to projections, but Birdzilla did enough to take down Nightmare LI. Predicted to fall short by a score of 106.89-104.37, Birdzilla secured an 89.18-49.06 win over Nightmare LI. Birdzilla never trailed in this one after earning an 8.80-point lead on Thursday behind Cam Akers. Ja'Marr Chase, who caught 10 passes for 119 yards and a touchdown, was the top performer for Nightmare LI in the loss. This marks the second time this season Birdzilla have gotten the best of Nightmare LI, after winning 122-106.04 in their last matchup. Birdzilla (8-6) will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs. Nightmare LI will be home for the playoffs, finishing the season at 5-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Birdzilla   Nightmare LI

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Chark Jr. scored 18.4 points against the Vikings in Week 14 to more-than-double his 7.95-point projection. He caught 6 passes for 94 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Birdzilla this week. Next week, Chark Jr. will play the Jets.
DJ Chark Jr.

Top Player Comparison

Birdzilla
Points
% of total points 89.18
1
Josh Allen
QB
22.58
27.9
25.3%
2
DJ Chark Jr.
WR
18.4
7.95
20.6%
3
Zonovan Knight
RB
14.7
7.77
16.5%
4
Garrett Wilson
WR
10.8
8.51
12.1%
Nightmare LI
Points
% of total points 49.06
1
Ja'Marr Chase
WR
23.5
15.82
47.9%
2
QB
13.66
25.77
27.8%
3
D'Andre Swift
RB
5.4
12.78
11%
4
Devin Singletary
RB
4.8
9.65
9.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Josh Allen had a 24-yard touchdown pass for Birdzilla, while DJ Chark Jr. had a 48-yard touchdown catch, contributing to an 89.18-29.70 lead for Birdzilla.

Points By Position

  Birdzilla   Nightmare LI

What If

Birdzilla would have beaten only three other teams besides Nightmare LI this week.
Nightmare LI would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
If Birdzilla played Nightmare LI every week this season, they'd be 10-4.
Last week, Birdzilla would have defeated Nightmare LI 115.62-87.
Birdzilla would be 7-5 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Nightmare LI.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Birdzilla, Nightmare LI would be 5-7.
If Birdzilla had played every team in the league each week, they would be 84-70.
If they played every team every week, Nightmare LI would be 52-102.

Coach Talk

Birdzilla
A big key to success in football is creating mismatches. We really emphasized that by doubling up Nightmare LI at running back this past week (23.5 points to 10.2).
Nightmare LI
Welp, we can't really complain about a lack of opportunities this time, can we? As a group, our four pass-catchers (three WR and one TE) collectively saw a grand total of 24 targets in Week 14. Those players might need to hit the practice field, considering they recorded only 12 catches.