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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
Aiyukidding Me
6-7 235.56
242.14
 
VS
proj
Keen Tung Yuen cats
215.62 8-5
242.27

Keen Tung Yuen cats fall to Aiyukidding Me, 235.56-215.62

Keen Tung Yuen cats failed to rise to the occasion, coming up short of their projected point total, as Aiyukidding Me emerged victorious with a 235.56-215.62 victory. Keen Tung Yuen cats nabbed a 13.92-point lead on Thursday, but Aiyukidding Me held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Christian McCaffrey (24.6 points) and Tony Pollard (23.6). Davante Adams (8 Rec, 177 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) and A.J. Brown (8 Rec, 119 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) were the leaders for Keen Tung Yuen cats in the loss. This marks the second time this season Aiyukidding Me have beaten Keen Tung Yuen cats, after winning 257.24-224.4 in their last matchup. Aiyukidding Me (6-7) will look to rack up another win against Kamara chameleon, while Keen Tung Yuen cats (8-5) will try to get back on track against Akmal's Team.

Matchup Timeline

  Aiyukidding Me   Keen Tung Yuen cats

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While allowing 19 points, surrendering 309 yards, and forcing 5 turnovers against the Colts, the Cowboys defense recorded 20 points this week. Their scoring output more-than-doubled their 8.97-point projection and was much higher than their 10.22-point season scoring average. The Cowboys defense ranks #76 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Texans next week.
The Dallas Cowboys defense

Top Player Comparison

Aiyukidding Me
Points
% of total points 235.56
1
Christian McCaffrey
RB
24.6
16.86
10.4%
2
Tony Pollard
RB
23.6
11.21
10%
3
Terry McLaurin
WR
20.5
10.93
8.7%
4
The Dallas Cowboys defense
DEF
20
8.97
8.5%
Keen Tung Yuen cats
Points
% of total points 215.62
1
Davante Adams
WR
33.7
17.12
15.6%
2
A.J. Brown
WR
27.9
13.71
12.9%
3
DK Metcalf
WR
22.7
12.36
10.5%
4
The San Francisco 49ers defense
DEF
18
6.19
8.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
A.J. Brown had a 40-yard touchdown catch and a 29-yard touchdown catch for Keen Tung Yuen cats, while Pat Freiermuth had a 57-yard catch to contribute to a 105.62-89.64 lead for Keen Tung Yuen cats.
Sunday Late
Both teams had several players with highlight-reel moments on Sunday afternoon, but after the smoke cleared, Keen Tung Yuen cats owned a 213.02-156.06 lead. Patrick Mahomes had a 42-yard pass for Aiyukidding Me, while Daniel Carlson had a 55-yard field goal. Meanwhile, Davante Adams had a 45-yard touchdown catch and a 31-yard touchdown catch for Keen Tung Yuen cats, while Tua Tagovailoa had a 75-yard touchdown pass and a 45-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Night
Tony Pollard had a 30-yard touchdown run for Aiyukidding Me, while CeeDee Lamb had a 20-yard touchdown catch, helping Aiyukidding Me to a 217.56-215.62 lead.

Points By Position

  Aiyukidding Me   Keen Tung Yuen cats

Game Notes

Aiyukidding Me won even though only seven of their 18 starters exceeded their projected point totals.
Keen Tung Yuen cats had only six of their 18 starters score higher than their projected points.
The two highest scorers for Keen Tung Yuen cats (Davante Adams and A.J. Brown) scored more points than Christian McCaffrey, the leading scorer for Aiyukidding Me.
Aiyukidding Me put up more points than their season scoring average (227.51) while Keen Tung Yuen cats fell short of theirs (234.15).
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup's 19.94-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
The loss snaps a two-game unbeaten streak for Keen Tung Yuen cats.
Despite the loss, Davante Adams recorded 33.7 points, the best overall score for a wide receiver this week.

Coach Talk

Aiyukidding Me
A big key to success in football is exploiting the mismatches. Fueled by some stellar yardage production from our running backs, our team created a big disparity this week. Our five starting backs recorded 192 more total yards than the RBs on Keen Tung Yuen cats (434 yards from scrimmage to 242), and we wound up doubling up them at the position (78.4 points to 34.7).
Keen Tung Yuen cats
Do your best take solace in the fact that your generosity this week did not go unnoticed, Keen Tung Yuen cats. It takes a real kindred spirit to help someone like Aiyukidding Me succeed. Who knows, maybe they'll return the favor by choosing a couple of defenses early in next year's draft... something like that!