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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Eat it!
9-7 104.96
117.22
 
VS
proj
Daisy and the Bug
83.1 9-7
115.74

Eat it! come back to beat Daisy and the Bug in 104.96-83.10 blowout despite coming up short of expectations

Both teams were unable to bring their A game, but Eat it! did enough to take down Daisy and the Bug. Predicted to win 117.22-115.74, Eat it! rolled to a 104.96-83.10 win over Daisy and the Bug. Despite trailing 83.10-74.46 heading into Sunday night, Eat it! came storming back behind James Conner, who racked up 120 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown for 21.5 points, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense, who allowed 16 points, surrendered 325 yards, and forced 3 turnovers (9 points). Joe Burrow (27.5 points) and Tee Higgins (22.8) led the charge for Daisy and the Bug in the loss. This marks the second time this season Eat it! have gotten the best of Daisy and the Bug, after winning 131.84-113.38 in their last matchup.

Matchup Timeline

  Eat it!   Daisy and the Bug

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cousins (299 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) scored 30.16 points against the Giants in Week 16. His scoring output was 39.2% more than his 21.67-point projection and was much higher than his 19.61-point season scoring average. Cousins ranks #9 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Packers next week.
Kirk Cousins

Top Player Comparison

Eat it!
Points
% of total points 104.96
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
30.16
21.67
28.7%
2
James Conner
RB
21.5
13.26
20.5%
3
Christian McCaffrey
RB
12.8
18.29
12.2%
4
Tyreek Hill
WR
12.3
19.9
11.7%
Daisy and the Bug
Points
% of total points 83.1
1
Joe Burrow
QB
27.5
23.13
33.1%
2
Tee Higgins
WR
22.8
11.38
27.4%
3
Robbie Gould
K
13
7.55
15.6%
4
Noah Fant
TE
8.2
6.43
9.9%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Joe Burrow had a 23-yard touchdown pass for Daisy and the Bug to contribute to an 83.10-62.16 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Tyreek Hill had a 52-yard catch for Eat it!, who trailed 83.10-74.46 after the early games.
Sunday Night
James Conner had a 22-yard touchdown run for Eat it! to contribute to a 104.96-83.10 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Eat it!   Daisy and the Bug

Game Notes

Only two of the nine starters on Eat it! exceeded their projected scoring totals.
Daisy and the Bug had only four of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
Not only did Eat it! win, but they also covered the 1.48-point predicted margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, Eat it! moves to (3-3), while Daisy and the Bug falls to (5-3).
In a losing effort, Joe Burrow registered 27.5 points, the fifth-highest score in the league this week.

Coach Talk

Eat it!
Identifying mismatches is a big component to winning in football. Case in point: we really emphasized that by quadrupling Daisy and the Bug at running back this past week (34.3 points to 7.8).
Daisy and the Bug
Well, Daisy and the Bug, Week 16's problem isn't exactly a brain teaser. Starting the Detroit Lions defense in a fantasy matchup where your opposition put up almost 105 points... let's all just put this behind us and move on.